Question: How to check anonimity claims of a newish P2P system

I posted a reply a couple of hours ago!

Where is it?!

Oh! Here they are.

WTF!

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Hi,

Is there a simple way (like by means of one of more suitable programs or online testers) to test claims of newish P2P system that offers proxy, encryption, swarming and non-registry installation.

Check Zultrax P2P for yourself here:

I believe their anonimity claims need to be confirmed in view of recent court rulings against P2P systems and users.

System: XP, Broadband

Thanks

Here are some reasonably good rules of thumb for evaluating security software.

1. Is the source available? The right answer here is "yes". If the answer is "no", you need to ask very hard questions about why the source isn't available. Don't settle for answers like "if we published the source code, it'd make the system easy to subvert, so we hide it for your protection". If that's true, that's a clear admission their system is badly broken.

1. If they're using new protocols, have they published papers about them in technical literature? If the answer is "no", you need to ask hard questions about why not. Either (a) the technical journals don't think their protocol is all it's cracked up to be, or (b) they didn't publish the protocol in order to keep it "stronger" to "protect" you... see question 1.

2. Have they hired an outside security firm to investigate their claims? If so, where's their report--and if not, why haven't they?

1. Who wrote it? Do the people who wrote it have a reputation for having earned their bones breaking protocols? If they won't tell you who wrote it, why won't they tell you?

.... Zultrax has no source available (that I could see). Citeseer, a major computer science reference site, has never heard of their ZEPP protocol. I could find no independent review of the ZEPP protocol, and they're not saying who designed it or what their backgrounds are.

Color me deeply skeptical.

Hi, Thanks to all for fast responses,

cipherpunk, I am glad you reached the same conclusion. I am sorry a safe and anonimous P2P is still not to be found.

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