Using eMule Safely & Securely - IP Blocking
March 25, 08 by sharky 1,306 viewsSeveral experts have rated eDonkey as the second largest contributor to Internet-based piracy, behind BitTorrent. Currently, with over 4 million users worldwide at any given time sharing roughly 500 million files, few can question its success.
The eDonkey (eD2k) network has forever been an easy target and a brunt of punishment for anti-piracy organizations. Anti-P2P groups (MediaSentry and MediaDefender - to name just two) have flooded the network with bogus files, and filled the network with rogue users that share nothing but misery. They’ve even managed to shut down high-profile eDonkey servers from all corners of the globe, and set up their own ‘fake servers’ in an attempt to marginalize the filesharing.
As a counterattack, eMule users can incorporate two preventative measures - IP Blocking, and the use of known good eDonkey servers (serverlists). When combined, they provide a high level of protection against most threats.
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