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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."

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  1. 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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