Is there any plans to make a future version of limewire use secure sockets for all network connections? It seems the future of file sharing is being threatened by the legal issues surrounding it. One way to protect the users is to not let ISP's know who is using file sharing software like gnutella.

Filetopia already does this, but their program isn't nearly as nice as Limewire and there are much less files being shared.

SSL doesn't achieve much because the network remains fully searchable for the copyright owners. SSL will encrypt the connections, so somebody eavesdropping on your internet traffic from a local network cannot analyze your traffic.

Analyzing your traffic when it is sent as is, is only possible for your provider and the provider of the remote host (and people from your and the remote host's LANs) - but that would be illegal anyway.

Copyright owners use the gnutella network to search files and maybe try to download them to verify they are really there to find people sharing copyrighted works - SSL won't change that.

Filetopia's security is pure hype, by the way. - The only network that comes even close to being secure is Freenet (and a few related projects).

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