A P2P is a play on a Peer to Peer network. While sometimes these two terms are incorrectly used synonymously, they actually are very different.\u00a0 Both involve the ability to share files.\u00a0 A key difference is that P2Ps allow and promotes sharing of files across the internet. Whereas Peer To Peer, is local area network only, it cannot (not without a VPN) share files across the internet. P2Ps typically involved installing a program and being a \u201cmember\u201d of the service network. \u00a0Most P2P\u2019s are free to join and install their applications.\u00a0 P2P\u2019s service do not actually store files on \u201ctheir servers\u201d but share files that are stores in the \u201cnetwork member\u2019s\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 If a member of the P2P has a file that you are looking for then you can simply download it from them.\u00a0 Conversely, if you have a file they are looking for they can get it from your computer.\u00a0 In some ways it P2Ps seem like a great service however in actual use they are extremely dangerous to your computer and you.\u00a0 First off they break rule 1.a of computer safety 101 \u2013 \u201cnever download or open anything from anyone that you do not know\u201d.\u00a0 You do not know who joe666 is. All you know is joe666 has the song, movie, or software that you were looking for.\u00a0\u00a0 How do you know that file does not contain malware, a virus, or is not copyrighted? \u00a0You don\u2019t.\u00a0 P2P are a common source of infections and pirated copy righted materials. \u00a0Next, you typically have no control over who has access to your files.\u00a0\u00a0 The files you share are shared with every member of the P2P network.\u00a0 Last, most user of P2P are also totally unaware that they are sharing files from there computer and totally unaware what they sharing.\u00a0\u00a0 P2P\u2019s should be avoided and forbidden on your computers and networks.\u00a0 There is one exception to P2Ps \u2013 LogMeIn has a product that they market as a VPN, Hamachi. It is not really a VPN but a P2P. What makes Hamachi different is you control who has access to your P2P network, what is shared and who has access to it. It is also encrypted communication.<\/p>\n
If you are on one of our Managed Service Plans or Monitored Antimalware and content filtering plans, we block most P2ps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A P2P is a play on a Peer to Peer network. While sometimes these two terms are incorrectly used synonymously, they actually are very different.\u00a0 Both involve the ability to share files.\u00a0 A key difference is that P2Ps allow and promotes sharing of files across the internet. Whereas Peer To Peer, is local area network […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n