Well, I've been on the lookout for a replacement for Waste since development on non-Windows clients seems to have halted permanently (they hardly even work at all), and this may just suit me.

However, the website is awfully skimpy on technical details, like how it connects different clients using a database that includes your login name, email address and, I'd assume, your IP address. Is this database centralized? (most likely, it is) or is it decentralized like Kademlia/DHT? Most importantly, does this database include metadata on the files you've been sharing?

These are all questions I would want answered before I would go around calling it a "darknet".

I mean, I assume that data transferred between peers is encrypted, but the database itself must be readable both for AllPeers themselves and all potential clients. If this database contains both personally identifying information (like we know it does) as well as data on what is being shared (which it certainly could), it's not exactly "dark", it's just dim, heh.

Then again, I have a hard time trusting ANY darknet whose software isn't open source. The only one I've ever used that wasn't open is Hamachi, which has completely open security standards, but a closed server/back end. And I only trust it because:

1. no information regarding the data being transferred between peers ever reaches the back-end bootstrap servers and

2. I've had plenty of conversations wih the actual author of the software, who is publicly available under his REAL name and very responsive to information requests.

So, Caveat Emptor (even if it IS free, heh)

This is actually pretty sweet. I'm not into the peer-to-peer scene, however, the other day I wanted to send my bro a large amount of pictures and had to break them into several emails. Maybe this would have been an easier way.

And the darknets keep-a-coming. There is not stopping them! Woo hoo!

Hellokitty is just a classical troll, just ignore him as he is intentionly trying to get a response for the sake of flaming out his ego. (a.k.a attention whore).

I just watched the tour over at Allpeers site. It looks terrific. You can drag-and-drop files to a contact in your list to share with them and it has a notification system. And unlike most broswer-centered tools, this doesn't look clunky at all.

hellokitty, I'm sure the RIAA will view this through their dirty pirate transmogrifier lens, but there's no need for anyone else to play their game and take it there. It looks like a fantastic collaboration tool for people working on projects with distant contacts. Sure there are other ways to do this, like setting up a WebDAV server or using Sharepoint Portal for MS Office collaboration, but the requirements are steep compared to this thing--two internet connections and two client installs.

Everything coz in Sweden is so cold !!!