] Exclusive: Life at SuprNova.org
] posted Dec 28, 04 | 11:27 am
] A few days back we reported on a site that called the
] SuprNova.org shutdown a hoax. Well, it appears that the
] site, or its rumored project "Exeem", may be making an
] appearance.
] [more]
] An update recently posted to SuprNova.org's homepage...
] "It has been more then a week since SuprNova.org went
] down. We are sorry that we have not updated the site with
] more recent news, but we have been very busy.
] Anyway, we will soon be making an announcement.
] Announcement will be made on NovaStream.org radio on 30th
] December around 10 PM CET (9 PM GMT, 4 PM EST)."
]
] Back on the 1st of December, Slyck ran an article about
] SuprNova working on a project to decentralize BitTorrent.
] Well, this is it. The project was apparantly under heavy,
] yet closed-to-the-public beta-testing at the time of the
] site's closure, and due to recent MPAA action against
] many BitTorrent file sites, SuprNova has clearly moved
] onto Phase B... by ditching their central servers. Sounds
] like the torrent sites are going to be giving the movie
] companies even more of a headache now... yet this time,
] they're one step ahead.
]
] A quote from Slyck's article:
] "The BitTorrent tracker, similar to a central server, has
] been the great weakness of any P2P network. Although
] BitTorrent trackers do not operate identically to
] indexing servers, they still act like traffic cops -
] directing traffic to their intended destination.
] SuprNova.org, while not a tracker per se, still operates
] as a impromptu tracker as it points traffic to the actual
] tracker. Regardless, the bandwidth consumption remains
] enormous. This equates to prolonged searches, lengthy
] load times and other typical slow downs associated with
] the World Wide Web."
]
] Information will be posted as it's made available. Check
] back for more.