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Supporting Wide Scale Secure P2P Search

Posted by timothy on from the in-your-drawers-under-your-drawers dept.

Bert690 writes "We all know that it's possible to search the huge expanse of the public web with a single uniform interface (think Google). But what about searching over private files, such as those someone you might not even know has given you access to on some obscure file-sharing network? A recent paper looks at supporting uniform search of distributed private content. The goal is to do it without opening up those who share stuff to lawsuits or other privacy violations, or relying on a central trusted index host."

11 comments

  1. Do me a favor... by satanami69 · · Score: 1

    Someone search that story and index what the hell it was trying to say.

    "such as those someone you might not even know has given you access to on some obscure file-sharing network"

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  2. my dream has been stolen by forkspoon · · Score: 0

    but I hope someone implements this, because it's the way to go.

    1. Re:my dream has been stolen by nate+nice · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Your dream hasn't been stolen, it has been enhanced because someone else took the time to write these things down for you in which you can expand upon them. This is the purpose of science, to share ideas so others can learn and improve upon them. So, compare this with what your ideas are and come up with something better and of course, implement it.

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  3. Better get your patent application in now... by Curtman · · Score: 3, Informative

    Before the patent office discovers Bitzi

  4. euhh by skybuck · · Score: 0

    Anybody can think up some wacko text like this hehe. Why dont they implement it themselfes or try to make some doh out of it ? Lol.

  5. Already out there. by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Users of the ed2k (edonkey) network, already have several of these indexers.
    Services like Jigle send and cache searches from servers and users to give users the latest avalibility and link for a particular file/hash.

    1. Re:Already out there. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You miss the point... To find a file with a particular hash value, you have to know the hash of the file. This lets you find files by keyword that you *have access to* which possibly nobody else in the world has access to, in a manner which doesn't require the file providers to reveal to all what files they are sharing.

  6. Anonymous P2P by DroopyStonx · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry, didn't RTFA because PDFs have to be one of the most annoying file formats ever created alongside Real media.

    Anyway, if anything, next gen. P2P networks should be encrypted AND anonymous.

    I heard that WASTE does this, but it's not true. You can always see the IP address (along with the handle) of the person you're downloading from.

    People need to stop putzing around and start developing some real secure file sharing apps. We need 'em more than anything.

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  7. What is wrong with PDF? by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Its really not that bad of a format, and is publically available, so most everyone supports both reading and creation..

    You arent tied down to any platform/os/application.. Sounds good to me.

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    1. Re:What is wrong with PDF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's really weird how the parent post was modded offtopic when it mentioned P2P, yet, the reply mentioned absolutely nothing about P2P and was even more offtopic than the parent!

      Slashdot mods, get your heads out of your asses!