HotLine, the
underground file sharing community
By: Chris Kaminski
Date: Aug 23, 2001
Version: 1.85
Windows and Mac version available
HotLine is one of the
Internet’s best secrets dirty little secrets. Hotline is a file
sharing and community building application composed of a client and a
server application. The client lets you connect to thousands of active
hotline servers across the world. The server application lets you set up
your own Hotline community in a matter of minutes.
Hotline is similar to Napster
and many of the other peer to peer file sharing applications, but it
encourages building a community through real-time chat and
message boards as well as sharing files
. A hotline server can be set up with its own theme and its own
security with NO PROGRAMMING. Hotline is perfect for setting up a secure
file sharing and chatting community for your friends.
Hotline incudes:
 File
uploading and downloading Read-time chat Message boards Extensive security Other features:
Optional listing of your server in ‘hotline
tracker’ lists Super-easy setup and administration Easy to
configure with a firewall / NAT device Developed in 1996 for the Macintosh, Hotline has
become a staple in the Internet file sharing underground for both the Mac
and Windows platforms. HotLine 2.0 will be released in late 2001, but why
wait to get started!
WARNING: Like all file
sharing communities, HotLine is filled with ‘rascals’. Be sure your
anti-virus software is up to date before downloading anything from unknown
Hotline web sites. If you don’t have an anti-virus program you can
download one free from
http://www.grisoft.com
Follow the links below to learn more
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