You can download bittorrent from http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/ The links to shrike are at: http://f.moya.scarywater.net/ The source is all python - and there is no install required. so all you need to do is - tar -xzf. But apparently there are some rpms availabe http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html If you are concerned about security - you can run it from a different account which has minimal privilidges on your machine (whatever that would be). I've used it behind my home NAT box - and it worked fine.. I guess it can initiate all connections from the client box (even when it is serving data to other hosts) Satish On Tue, 6 May 2003, D. D. Brierton wrote: > I'm completely new to BitTorrent - I've only just heard of it (must have > my head buried in the sand, I guess). The sourceforge page just seems to > have Windows binaries. Is it available for Linux? If so are RPMs > available for shrike? > > I understand that it is another peer-to-peer file sharing kind of thing > - how secure is it? In using it are you basically allowing people access > to your computer? Does it work behind a firewall? > > Can anyone direct me to a good web page explaining how to set it up > (assuming it is available for Linux)? > > TIA, Darren > >
