[plug] KaZaA for linux

[Peter Wright]

On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 04:49:41PM -0800, Wayne Vovil wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Sorry I can't suggest anything myself. But could you tell me what Kaza is
> and what you mean by "in its own chroot"?

http://www.kazaa.com/

Shocking page, does a sodding browser version check with Javascript *roll
of eyes*[0]. Had to turn off Javascript to look at the page. God I hate sites
that do that.

I think it's essentially a "peer-to-peer" filesharing program. Much like
Napster or Gnutella clients, but uses its own protocol. For a brief
comparison between Kazaa and a couple of alternatives Google gave me:

http://www.speedclock.com/kazaa-aimster-bearshare/



man chroot

Essentially, chroot ("change root") is a way to run a program in a fake
"root" directory. A useful security technique - it means the program will
not be able to access anything outside its given "root". Can be a good idea
for certain network services... and for any program you simply don't trust :).

> Wayne

Pete.

[0] "You need to download a version 4 or later browser." Well shit, good
thing I looked at your page, I'd never have known otherwise. :-]
-- 
http://akira.apana.org.au/~pete/

-- 
There are two ways of constructing a software design.  One way is to make
it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other is to
make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.
		-- C.A.R. Hoare