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Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by malermeister »

ahelwer wrote: post #17

So since this was done at the DNS level, not the hosting level, does this mean if you're running a pi-hole or AdGuardHome you can add some extra redirects for zlib to its actual IPs? I guess you could also just hardcode these in your computer's host file but then you have to do it for every device on your LAN. Assuming their IPs change somewhat frequently, is there any way to do this in an auto-updating way?

Even more interestingly, could somebody set up a "pirate DNS" for public use that would still resolve these (and other domains seized for similar reasons) while deferring to a "regular" DNS for everything else?

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by WanderPanda »

boxed wrote: post #4
psychphysic wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would have been a godsend when I was still academic. This and sci-hub. The way they eviscerated the service makes clear that in general we need more robust web services. Tor is not ideal for this, onions are excellent and fill their niche really well. But we need something simpler here.

What is needed is a strong government for the people, by the people. Without that, it really doesn't matter what tech you can cobble together.

No we need a weak government such that it doesn‘t matter if it is for or against the people

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by roel_v »

WastingMyTime89 wrote: post #20
roel_v wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The full archive is also not that big (~30TB) so they are plenty of mirrors. " Like where? Zlibrary wasn't open for 'official' mirrors in the first place, and the 'unofficial mirror' hasn't had any seeders for its torrents since at least the seizure of the domains last week.

Zibrary is/was essentially a different frontend for libgen content. If you look for libgen archives, it is indeed mirrored.

No it's not. Well it started out that way, but libgen is 7TB, zlibrary added another 16TB to that, which was not shared in the way libgen is.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by roel_v »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #14
roel_v wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The full archive is also not that big (~30TB) so they are plenty of mirrors. " Like where? Zlibrary wasn't open for 'official' mirrors in the first place, and the 'unofficial mirror' hasn't had any seeders for its torrents since at least the seizure of the domains last week.

There's a person who comments on some of the z-lib posts and they are the ones who archived z-lib (and some other sites). If I can find it, I'll edit this comment. Here. Her name is Anna. http://annas-blog.org/blog-introducing.html http://pilimi.org/

Yah I know, it's the torrents on that site I was talking about.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by ahelwer »

malermeister wrote: post #21
ahelwer wrote: post #17

So since this was done at the DNS level, not the hosting level, does this mean if you're running a pi-hole or AdGuardHome you can add some extra redirects for zlib to its actual IPs? I guess you could also just hardcode these in your computer's host file but then you have to do it for every device on your LAN. Assuming their IPs change somewhat frequently, is there any way to do this in an auto-updating way?

Even more interestingly, could somebody set up a "pirate DNS" for public use that would still resolve these (and other domains seized for similar reasons) while deferring to a "regular" DNS for everything else?

I guess in a way the Pirate Bay is just a pirate DNS for magnet links.

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Post by bheadmaster »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #16
synergy20 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

aren't tor and onion pairs,why one not ideal while another excellent? confused.

Because some people go through TOR to browse regular non-onion web sites and their experience is not always pleasant.

> Because some people go through TOR to browse regular non-onion web sites

They still go through the onion circuit.

I agree with the GP, distinction you're trying to make is unclear - Tor is a browser that uses onion circuits to access the web, including onion sites. Without onion, Tor is just another flavor of Firefox.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by sigzero »

WanderPanda wrote: post #22
boxed wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is needed is a strong government for the people, by the people. Without that, it really doesn't matter what tech you can cobble together.

No we need a weak government such that it doesn‘t matter if it is for or against the people

There is no such government or governmental system that would actually work like that.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by WastingMyTime89 »

roel_v wrote: post #23
WastingMyTime89 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zibrary is/was essentially a different frontend for libgen content. If you look for libgen archives, it is indeed mirrored.

No it's not. Well it started out that way, but libgen is 7TB, zlibrary added another 16TB to that, which was not shared in the way libgen is.

The core of Libgen is indeed 33TB. No idea where you get your 7TB from. The content difference between it and zlibrary is marginal from what I understand.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Post by somenameforme »

vegetablepotpie wrote: post #12
boxed wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is needed is a strong government for the people, by the people. Without that, it really doesn't matter what tech you can cobble together.

That doesn’t happen because most people can’t or won’t participate in government. This is because many government meetings are held during the day, during working hours, usually in places far from the individuals affected. The people who do show up are independently wealthy, retirees, and people being paid to represent an organization. Representitive government doesn’t, and cannot represent the people.

The founding vision of the US was one where the further away government was from the people, the less impact it would have on their lives. The Federal government was to have an extremely limited role in society, largely tasked with things such as international relations. Your day to day would primarily be affect by your state, and ideally on downward with a further delegation of responsibilities getting closer and closer to you.

This also helps curtail corruption. It is ostensibly easier to coerce/bribe/etc a state than a nation, but you have to do this for every single state and then try to keep them all under your thumb. A federal government may ostensibly be harder to corrupt, but once corrupted they can affect your whims on a national level and be relatively easier to maintain control of.

This decentralization of power seems to be the easiest way to have a functioning political system. It's always the same decision. Centralization paired with selflessness, benevolence, and competence will trend towards utopia. Centralization paired with selfishness, greed, or incompetence will trend towards dystopia. Decentralization will always just trend towards mediocrity as a mish mash of the averages of society.

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