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Nullsoft's Waste: Encrypted, Distributed, Mesh Net

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the p2p-gets-more-and-more dept.

Myriad writes "Nullsoft, makers of the venerable Winamp MP3 player, released today a secure, distributed mesh-like networking protocal and platform called Waste. This v1.0 beta release uses RSA (key based) and Blowfish encryption for security, and features Instant Messanging and group chat, along with file browsing, searching, and transfer. Waste has been released under the GPL, with source and binaries available here."

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  1. Waste? by arvindn · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Why would anyone call their product waste? I thought it must be an acronym, since they've spelt it in all caps, but they haven't said what it stands for.

  2. hope that AOL by KingRamsis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...wont pull the plug on them.

  3. Re:Gnutella by fasuin · · Score: 1, Redundant

    No! Ferrero makes nutella !! :-)