# BitTorrent Alternatives? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bittorrent-alternatives/30458 "2007-06-06T10:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bittorrent-alternatives/30458/15 "2007-06-06T15:32:47Z")
well, someone with a decent internet connection would have to run it… and would want to take the risk of 15-30 connections to this computer, which can be easily monitored, yadda yadda, yadda, I’ll do some research on an DC++ hub and see what kind of risks are involved… Being on campus the one I partially run, which i haven’t looked at in more than a week lol, we’re closed off to the outside world and security isn’t a big deal… being on the outside world… certain percausion are nessecary --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bittorrent-alternatives/30458)._