TinyDisk, A File System on Someone Else's Web App

Psy writes "I attended Phreaknic this weekend where Acidus released TinyDisk, a shared file system that runs on top of TinyURL or his own implementation NanoURL. TinyDisk compresses a file, encrypts it, and dices it into clusters. Each cluster is submitted to TinyURL as if it were a url. This clusters can be read back out of the database, making TinyDisk a global file system anyone can use. There are safeguards in the default config to prevent people from dumping gigs of MP3s into TinyURL. While file-system-on-web-applications are nothing new (GMail file system anyone?) this hack shows how easy it is to accidentally design a web application insecurely despite the default PHP protections. See his presentation for more info"

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Re:Repeal the 19th ammendment

[Elad Alon]

Death To women's Rights.

For the millionth time, Jerry, I apologize for sleeping with your wife! We were both drunk and we both regret it. It's been 20 years now, so for heaven's sake. Please, let it go!