Madster
I’m sure some readers wondered: Madster? We’ll briefly touch on this client, formerly and better known as Aimster, because it’s been in the news from time to time. Some confusion exists concerning what kind of p2p model Madster is, or is becoming, and how “private” (in other words, secure) it is.
The Aimster name (and domain aimster.com) was legally contested by AOL as being too close to its AIM messaging client, and the court recently awarded both name and domain to AOL. The AbovePeer company’s client and network were renamed Madster (madster.com). Only the name changed; Aimster clients still work.
Anyway, nee Aimster is a sharing system at root, essentially similar to Gnutella. In other words, it has no central servers. The company, ...
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