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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. Also by madcoder47 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not to mention easy access to sensitive information in emails, documents, and PIMs that the user currently is running and are resident in memory.

  2. I smell a hotfix... by fejrskov · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > Microsoft ultimately is expected to support RDMA
    > over TCP/IP in all versions of Windows

    Can you see it coming? The ultimate Windows root exploit!! Hmm... I guess someone has to go tell them. Othervise they won't notice it until it's too late...

    Seriously, how do you dare to enable this kind of access?!?