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Packet Juggling - Floating Data Storage

Posted by Hemos on from the utility-computing dept.

Filthmaster writes "I just saw an interesting paper that has been posted to bugtraq, full-disclosure and vulnwatch. It deals with the principles of stealthily using network infrastructure as either short-term or long-term storage. Not sure if I'm ready to implement it, but it makes interesting food for thought." There's also a mirror up.

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  1. Bandwidth? by shish · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Won't everyone pinging their gigabytes of data back and forth totally screw the net, a la slammer?

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  2. the heck? by Frac · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How does using a scarce resource (bandwidth) to create an abundant resource (disk space) make any economic sense?

    Headline: How to turn gold into copper! News at 11.