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Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by dark-star »

stared wrote: post #97
simongr3dal wrote: post #64

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From the article: > If this is all too involved for you, or you only want to seed a small subset of the data, then it might be easier to pin a few directories: 1. Use a VPN. 2. Install an IPFS client. 3. Google the “Pirate Library Mirror”, go to “The Z-Library Collection”, and find a list of directory CIDs at the bottom of the page. 4. Pin one or more of these CIDs. It will automatically start downloading and seeding…

Any instruction that involves "Google X" (or even a general term "Install Y"), is not a good instruction. It is like a maze - easy to go once you know the path. Otherwise - dozens of subtle things that can go wrong, at each step (e.g. installing a different version of Y, or to a wrong path, etc). The best instructions can have descirptions, but also contains a FULL list of command lines instructions, ideally without…

I usually tend to agree, but in this case the link would be a link to pirated content and would quickly get the site taken down. So "google XYZ" is the only viable way here

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by hellfish »

capableweb wrote: post #96
hellfish wrote: post #94

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We're talking about seeding a library full of copyrighted content. The person who made this site couldn't take 2 seconds to set up HTTPS? They're either incompetent or part of a honeypot. In either case, it's best to steer clear Keep in mind, the first post on this site was in 2022. 2022, and no https... is this some kind of joke? And in this case the adversary isn't necessarily the three letters, it's the copyright…

Again, how does no HTTPS makes it more likely to be a honeypot than not? Everything on that website is about being a "pirate archivist", they don't even need to know what page you visited, just that you visited the domain, so the SNI and Host header already gives it away, TLS or not.

> so the SNI and Host header already gives it away, TLS or not

Couldn't you just use ech/esni, ISP wouldn't see the domain only IP (and dns provider)?

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by deknos »

snvzz wrote: post #61
imhoguy wrote: post #48

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IPFS wont run via Tor, DHT is UDP based and Tor doesn't support UDP by design. Did my research last weekend, anybody more knowledgable, please correct me if I am wrong. Possibly it should run fine via I2P or Yggdrasil.

Googled ipfs and tor just to make sure it's not hard to find. The first result was a guide on how to do it.

did you also TEST it? last time i did this, it never really connected to the IPFS network. also it was marked as experimental

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by dane-pgp »

api wrote: post #87
michelb wrote: post #84

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and the usability/UX is horrible.

I use Mastodon a lot now. It has greatly improved vs years ago but yes it still lags behind what closed silos can do. The main reason for this is lack of an economic model to fund polish. Same is true for all the other FOSS decentralized things.

Maybe Mastodon/Fediverse instances need to start giving out blue checkmarks to accounts that pay them $8 per month to fund development/design work. Then if enough brands and celebrities move away from Twitter, their followers could bully them into paying this fee to support the ecosystem.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by chmike »

pyinstallwoes wrote: post #13
bheadmaster wrote: post #5

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Copying is not stealing. Stealing removes the original, copying leaves the original intact.

So when you copy answers on a test, that is seen as valid by the teachers because the other person's answers are intact; correct?

That is pure whataboutism.

What has this to do with stealing books ?

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by 8t88t8tttt8 »

KoftaBob wrote: post #80
8t88t8tttt8 wrote: post #8

There is no chance that I would risk this. I would gladly donate several Terabytes of seeding if this possible in a secure and _anonymous_ network.

Secure and anonymous network like which? Tor isn't meant for P2P seeding, so not sure which it would be.

I don't know. Tahoe-LAFS in I2P? Syncthing via Tor?

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by hellfish »

amiga386 wrote: post #98
hellfish wrote: post #67

Why the hell is this site not https? Note the first blog post was in 2022. No https in 2022? Red flag. This looks like a honeypot to me And for the record, z library gets its books from libgen? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was just a frontend?

You should read the link, even though it is http. It would correct your understanding: z-library started with all the books from libgen, set up access controls and limits to incentivize uploading new books, garnered millions of new books, and didn't contribute them back. Also, consider your risks more holistically: * Honeypots can and do have valid https certificates, what matters is who controls the site (for exampl…

> Even if you use DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS, you don't know if your DNS provider is in cahoots with the eavesdropper. You have to trust someone

but in this case, couldn't you just use an offshore dns provider that's in a jurisdiction that won't cooperate with judicial system? (assuming here adversary is getting sued by copyright holder, not govt agency)

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by pentachoron »

swayvil wrote: post #93
boredemployee wrote: post #36

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let's just be adults here and face it. unless using rhetoric, we still dont know how to deal with piracy in 2022

On one hand, authors need to pay their bills. On the other hand, free exchange of information benefits humanity immeasurably. In terms of amount-of-benefit, the second vastly outweighs the first. But if the author can't pay his bills then there is no author. Does that cover it? Would UBI fix this?

Honestly, merely limiting drastically the maximum copyright term would probably cover it. (Not just by making things public domain more rapidly, but also by presumably providing pressure on the business models of companies currently relying on the existing duration of copyright.)

Back in 2006, the UK commissioned a report recommending how to revise the copyright system (the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property), and it particularly recommended against any further increases in copyright terms - contra pressure from the music industry - and essentially only didn't argue for decreases because of international obligations. On pages 52 to 55 of the Review, however, there's quite a lot of evidence suggesting that most producers of creative works would not be meaningfully harmed in earning power if the term of copyright was as short as 10 to 20 years after production.

A 10 year copyright term, renewable for a further 10 on application, would do a lot to redress the balance you mention here.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by chmike »

angio wrote: post #16
pyinstallwoes wrote: post #13

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So when you copy answers on a test, that is seen as valid by the teachers because the other person's answers are intact; correct?

As you said, you "copy" the answer, you don't "steal" it.

You steal the author's investment in time and effort to write the book and conceive it's content.

How you steal (making a copy) doesn't affect the fact that you prevent the author to get his share or reward from it.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by NotEvil »

hellfish wrote: post #102
capableweb wrote: post #96

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Again, how does no HTTPS makes it more likely to be a honeypot than not? Everything on that website is about being a "pirate archivist", they don't even need to know what page you visited, just that you visited the domain, so the SNI and Host header already gives it away, TLS or not.

> so the SNI and Host header already gives it away, TLS or not Couldn't you just use ech/esni, ISP wouldn't see the domain only IP (and dns provider)?

We can't because nobody supports it. Only firefox has support for esni and it's behind an about:config
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