In your own words analyze BitTorrent and address the following issues. Write sep
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Question
In your own words analyze BitTorrent and address the following issues. Write separate paragraph responses of at least five sentences for each of the following questions.
A. Is BitTorrent a threat to other network applications that use the Internet as a distribution model?
B. Is BitTorrent a stable or fast enough solution to support streaming business level applications?
C. Envision three different types of threats that would negatively impact a company that is doing business on the Internet and using a distribution tool like BitTorent. DO NOT write about worms, viruses, trojans or cyber attacks. Instead focus on business level considerations, licensing and legalities, and performance issues that could have a negative impact on distributing application services through the Internet.
Explanation / Answer
Solution:
A)
Yes, it can be a threat since your computer becomes the server as well as it is client already the attackers use to spread viruses, worms, and ads for monetization purposes. Even recently in the news it is rumored that pirateBay was using your computer to do bit mining. It means they was using our computers to earn bit coins which means if someone donloaded a torrent from piratebay, there processot must be heating up becuase of extra process load.
B)
Yes, it is fast eough to support streaming business level applications and it is getting updated very fast.
C)
The threats can be:
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