Comparison of methods for file sharing

Comparison of methods for file sharing \- The following tables compares the details of the different methods for file sharing.

| Required download manager  | Blocked ports

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Peer-to-peer | P2P client  | Common Issues with blocking ports.
Peer to mail  | webmail or e-mail client  | No problems with blocking ports (SMTP or HTTP)
File hosting service | Web browser or download manager | No problems with blocking ports (HTTP only)
Usenet | Newsreader
BitTorrent | BitTorrent or WebTorrent client  | Common Issues with blocking ports.
IRC (DCC)  | Web browser or IRC client  | No problems with blocking ports (IRC 6667 or HTTP)

## Contents

* 1 Security
* 2 Anonymity
* 3 Availability of sources
* 4 veracity

## Security

| Forced (simultaneous) providing for the collection  | The probability of contracting a computer virus

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Peer-to-peer | Yes  | high probability of infected files. P2P networks are increasingly under surveillance of various organizations.
Peer to mail  | No  | Less likely infected files when using the verified sources
File hosting service | No  | Less likely infected files when using the verified sources
Usenet | No  | Less likely infected files when using the verified sources
BitTorrent | Yes  | Files are checked by the community focused around the private tracker. Open trackers in no way guarantee the compatibility of the file with the description
IRC (DCC)  | Yes  | Low considering that we are downloading and sharing files with the fraternising people

## Anonymity

| Connecting with other users  | Disclosures of your IP address

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Peer-to-peer | Yes  | yes, unless uses to anonymous P2P or connect to VPN
Peer to mail  | No  | Can uses proxy servers
File hosting service | No  | Can uses proxy servers
Usenet | No  | Can uses proxy servers
BitTorrent | Yes  | yes, unless uses connect to VPN
IRC (DCC)  | No  | Can uses proxy servers

## Availability of sources

| Average speed of downloading files  | Limitations  | Global search

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Peer-to-peer | The transfer speed often depends on the number of people you are connecting to  | no  | Yes
Peer to mail  | High speed transfer without additional configuration  | no  | no, just internet forums
File hosting service | depending on server policy  | Smaller transfer speeds if use free account  | no, just internet forums
Usenet | Very restricted, if using free accounts  | most servers is available to pay or invite only.  | Yes
BitTorrent | The transfer speed often depends on the number of people you are connecting to  | no  | no, hovewer does exists multi-search eg. torrentz2.eu or DHT crawlers like btdig.com, experimental Tribler support global search thanks to gossip protocol
IRC (DCC)  | The transfer speed depends on people you are connecting to  | no  | no, hovewer does exists search eg. sunxdcc

## veracity

Protocol  | Conformity of the description of the content  | Verifying sources

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Peer-to-peer | Search in no way guarantees the compatibility description file  | None
Peer to mail  | Files checked by the administration and user forums  | A good description of the content and the quality of the file. When using unknown sources can fake.
File hosting service | Files checked by the administration and user forums  | A good description of the content and the quality of the file. When using unknown sources can fake.
Usenet | Files checked by the administration and users  | A good description of the content and the quality of the file. When using unknown sources can fake.
BitTorrent | Files are checked by the community focused around the private tracker. Open trackers in no way guarantee the compatibility of the file with the description  | A good description of the content and the quality of the file. When using unknown sources can fake.
IRC (DCC)  | Files checked by the administration and users  | A good description of the content and the quality of the file.

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