Caught file sharing - institutional action?

[diamethuel]

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2 years ago as a freshman, I was caught for torrenting a physics textbook and required to attend a group workshop held by a dean where we talked about how we were caught, alternatives to file sharing, etc. Essentially, I was given a warning and there were no other repercussions. Flashing forward to a few weeks ago, I was wondering if this was something that I would need to report as an institutional action on the AMCAS, so I ordered a copy of a Dean's Certification from my school. The certification, according to my school's website, is a "letter of clearance (Dean's Certification) is verification that you, as a student, have not violated any University policies or been subject to any disciplinary actions or proceedings." I assumed that anything that needed to be reported would be on this letter. When I received the letter, it said that there was nothing on my record, but it also said that it only reported those violations serious enough that they ended up in suspension or expulsion. So since I was neither suspended nor expelled, it wasn't on the Dean's Certification. I'm planing to contact the dean to clarify if this incident should be classified as an institutional action, but I'd also like to see what the SDN community's thoughts are on this.

 

[Cypher321]

Next time you go buccaneering on the high seas of the internets, try this...

http://www.torproject.org/

As for your question, I'm going to vote on a no but following up with your dean/ adviser can't hurt.

 

[indya]

Next time you go buccaneering on the high seas of the internets, try this...

http://www.torproject.org/

As for your question, I'm going to vote on a no but following up with your dean/ adviser can't hurt.

what is the difference between this and peerguardian?

 

[kami333]

what is the difference between this and peerguardian?

Peerguardian blacklists IPs and blocks them
Torproject connects through proxy and hides your IP address

Use both.

It's been a while since I've looked at running torrents through a proxy but I remember that one of the problems was that the torrent protocol specifies real IPs so it can still be sent out from behind a proxy.

 

[echolalia16]

Back in my day we would download music and movies, not textbooks 😛

 

[theVster]

Nah I doubt it'll affect you much especially if it's an internal matter. I know someone who got caught in undergrad and he's a third year now in med school. Also you guys have some crappy ways of filesharing.

 

[gettheleadout]

Peerguardian blacklists IPs and blocks them
Torproject connects through proxy and hides your IP address

Use both.

It's been a while since I've looked at running torrents through a proxy but I remember that one of the problems was that the torrent protocol specifies real IPs so it can still be sent out from behind a proxy.

PeerGuardian is crap and anyone experienced with torrenting should know that. See below.

http://fora.demonoid.com/index.php?topic=25342.0

 

[gettheleadout]

Next time you go buccaneering on the high seas of the internets, try this...

http://www.torproject.org/

Most good private trackers don't allow TOR. That said, if you're using a public one or one that allows it then by all means go for it.

Note: Nothing you do can hide your traffic from your ISP. They will always have the ability to see exactly what data you're torrenting and will take action to inform you of copyright infringement at their discretion.

 

[45408]

Most good private trackers don't allow TOR. That said, if you're using a public one or one that allows it then by all means go for it.

Note: Nothing you do can hide your traffic from your ISP. They will always have the ability to see exactly what data you're torrenting and will take action to inform you of copyright infringement at their discretion.

There are a few newsgroup servers that have SSL connections. Your ISP might see your heavy bandwidth use, but they can't prove anything.

 

[gettheleadout]

There are a few newsgroup servers that have SSL connections. Your ISP might see your heavy bandwidth use, but they can't prove anything.

Ehh even so, Usenet is an entirely different animal, and your ISP might just throttle your bandwidth in response lol

That said, a friend of mine used that solution to get around the anti-file sharing rules at college.