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Can peer-to-peer coexist with network security?

Security experts have long cautioned about the risk posed by the use of peer-to-peer file sharing by individuals working in corporations, warning that the practice creates holes that let malware in and sensitive data out.

Their message may be having an impact in the P2P development community.

A trade group representing peer-to-peer file sharing providers next week will publish a report that finds P2P software companies are modifying their programs in an effort to make it harder for users to inadvertently share sensitive information.

For corporate IT administrators, that shift can't come soon enough. The problem was highlighted by … Read more

Q&A: Tiversa co-founder talks about P2P leak

Updated at 3 p.m. PST: An earlier version of this report misidentified Sam Hopkins' position at the company. He is chief technology officer and a co-founder.

Earlier this weekend, I pointed to a report that a Pittsburgh area Internet security firm had discovered a file containing government blueprints and avionics for President Obama's helicopter on an IP address in Tehran.

During a traffic analysis, the company, Tiversa, headquartered in Cranberry Township, found that one particular file was actively being shared via a P2P protocol. On Sunday, I spoke by phone with the company's co-founder and chief technology … Read more