Comments on: ‘Considered to be a representative sample’ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14523 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:56:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrey http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14523/comment-page-1#comment-260550 Andrey Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:30:34 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14523#comment-260550 My guess is that they use scripts to find the top files for each public tracker, then sum and filter all the numbers. My guess is that they use scripts to find the top files for each public tracker, then sum and filter all the numbers.

]]> By: Skeptical http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14523/comment-page-1#comment-260530 Skeptical Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:01:51 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14523#comment-260530 BigChampagne sees all and knows all? I don't believe it. It's conceivable that they could monitor some (but not all) torrent traffic. But how in the world could they monitor traffic on distributed networks without central servers, using something like kademlia protocol? I know that they claim to be able to do this, and it is in their interest to make that claim, but it doesn't seem possible. Would someone more knowledgeable than I am care to comment? (Almost anyone is more knowledgeable than I am.) BigChampagne sees all and knows all? I don’t believe it. It’s conceivable that they could monitor some (but not all) torrent traffic. But how in the world could they monitor traffic on distributed networks without central servers, using something like kademlia protocol? I know that they claim to be able to do this, and it is in their interest to make that claim, but it doesn’t seem possible.

Would someone more knowledgeable than I am care to comment? (Almost anyone is more knowledgeable than I am.)

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