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Remote Direct Memory Access Over IP

Posted by timothy on from the ping-to-break-your-train-of-thought dept.

doormat writes "Accessing another computer's memory over the internet? It might not be that far off. Sounds like a great tool for clustering, especially considering that the new motherboards have gigabit ethernet and a link directly to the northbridge/MCH."

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  1. rdma? by CausticWindow · · Score: 4, Funny

    The security implications are staggering.

    How do we lobby for port number 31337 for the RDMA protocol?

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  2. 404, this DIMM not found.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I take it that error code 500 will be used when the DIMM or controller is fried?

  3. Yeah... by benntop · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be the first port I would firewall off...

    Brings up interesting ideas of ways to prank your friends & enemies though.

  4. Remote fun with an enhanced debug.com? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 3, Funny

    0100 lea edi, dma://foo.example.com:b8000h
    0103 mov al, 65
    0105 mov ecx, 2000
    010a rep stosb
    010b jmp 100

    g=100

  5. Already Done by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft products have had this "feature" for a while now. Esp. IIS.

  6. I have heard of a similar technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Allowing one to access the memory of a remote computer over an IP network. Several programs have presented this useful feature including BIND DNS server, Sendmail MTA and of course MS IIS web service. The technology is called "buffer overflow" and has been used by many individuals for "fun and profit"^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H their computing needs. The ultimate guide to using this great feature has been seen here

  7. Please don't say it. by JojoLinkyBob · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Imagine a Beo-(clobber mangle clobber mangle)..$%@$%@$@%$!"

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  8. Microsoft announces... by Tokerat · · Score: 2, Funny


    ..."See, we TOLD you it was a feature!" Microsoft will also sue the researchers working on this project, citing they Innovated this years ago.

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  9. Great, but what about XML? by Hassan79 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We can also start wrapping processor instructions in XML and transmit them via SOAP, in order to create more interoperability between different machine architectures! Remember, we already have IP over XML :-)
    That's what the whole thing sounds like to me...

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