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IP: Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:49:06 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:36:44 -0500 To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com April 1, 2002, 5:35 PM PT A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own. Brilliant Digital Entertainment, a California-based digital advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant Digital. The company plans to wake up the millions of computers that have installed its software in as soon as four weeks. It plans to use the machines--with their owners' permission--to host and distribute other companies' content, such as advertising or music. Alternatively, it might borrow people's unused processing power to help with other companies' complicated computing tasks. ... http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873181.html ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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