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Safemedia's CEO Tells Congress He Can Stop P2P
palewook writes "Yesterday, Safwat Fahmy appeared in front of the House Science and Technology Committee. During Fahmy's testimony [PDF], he claimed Safemedia's "P2P Disaggregator" technology uses traffic-shaping systems and network-filtering systems that can destroy contaminated P2P networks. And their Clouseau product will make it impossible to send or receive any illegal P2P transmission on any installed network. However, Clouseau allows tunneling and SSH and never opens packets to determine file legality."
Awesome! When he's finished with that, he can stop the AIDS epidemic in Africa, and stabilize Iraq. Then maybe next summer he can finally get that space elevator built using all the energy from the fusion power plant his company has just finished perfecting.
One time I threw a brick at a duck.
Isn't lying to Congress illegal?
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
the traffic shaping just looks for the 'Evil Bit' set in the TCP header
Everyone will DL the patch from file planet instead?
You mad
AACS is an impenetrable fortress, standing against the efforts of our piratical enemies! Do not listen to reports that our encryption has been breached. Like golden armor, our DRM will never be broached, never tarnish, and never fail. These movie pirates will surrender or die. They will surrender, it is they who will surrender!
- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf,
AACS Information Minister
well if it works I'm buying Powerball tickets...
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Drink deeply or not at all."
Does their product bite?
We'll never win until we take off the white gloves...
Concerning P2P, I think it is unlikely that a permanent technical solution can ever be found to this pandemic. It is first and foremost a human issue. It might be a genetic issue as well. It would be interesting to see if there is a genetic connection between David Berkowitz, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, P2P users, and Swedes.
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I heard that during his testimony Fahmy's left eye kept blinking uncontrollably and that at one point, while raving about Clouseau, he absentmindedly amputated his pinky while toying with his Leatherman.
No kidding. I also find the irony of naming a tool for stopping copyright infringement after a fictional character from a movie/cartoon series which I'm surprised isn't trademarked in some way somewhat delicious.
I guess it's a better name than Dreyfus though?
> So wait, it blocks P2P sharing, but not BitTorrent, or it only allows legal torrents? If I'm reading this correctly, it assumes all bitTorrent is legal, so therefore allows it to pass. Isn't BitTorrent that majority of file-sharing anymore? I can't see this tool being extremely useful.
/. already (several months ago). When it comes to the market it will be like stealth warplanes, it is so advanced. Illegal MP3 and movie sharing will collapse like Panama and Iraq did in the face of F117 attacks.
You are both stupid and ignorant. Bittorrent is the company, which recently settled to the tune of 100 million dollars with movie moguls and agreed to come to the light side of P2P (selling copyrighted works online for money as opposed to piracy).
This does not mean pimpy and fat basement junk guys will not be stopped from using the Bittorrent developed protocol for purposes of illegal file swapping.
By the way, the product now described by Safemedia was previously known as the "Peer2Plate Systems Juggernaut 2" appliance. It was developed with help from the NSA and some input from the russkies (as part of theit WTO ascension deal). It was mentioned in a comment here on
Typo in parent:
Isn't lying to Congress illegal?
It's a French word, easy to misspell. The correct spelling is, "de rigueur."
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That's not their product.
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If you buy this, I'd have this lovely bridge for sale, great view on the skyline of San Francisco included...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
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that all contaminated mp3s,movies etc have their evil bit set ???
Considering the implications, I'd say yes, far better.
Then again, considering the way the mafiaa works...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
So I'm a communist pirate?
Wow, you're mother sounds kinda geeky. Does that mean she lives in her own basement?
Arrrr comrade!
In Congress, P2P could mean Pay to Play and is an integral part of many gov't subcontracts.
Have gnu, will travel.
The folks over at Freedom to Tinker seem to think Safemedia is an elaborate hoax.
On the other hand, its CEO is testifying in front of Congress...