From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:33:19 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <20110821173318.GA6792@nibiru.local> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: [9fans] files vs. directories Topicbox-Message-UUID: 14c33464-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 * Lucio De Re wrote: Hi, > If the cloud were to be a mere repository of (encrypted) Venti blocks, > wouldn't it be a very useful tool? Actually, I already had been doing some works in that area. Not actually venti, but a some bit similar object store, which supports some kind of distribute gc, etc. (yet just unfinished code fragments, didnt have the time to do anything useful yet). > In fact, how do we know that Al Qaeda are not already storing and > distributing all their plans for nuking New York on line as > steganographically encrypted Venti blocks on porno sites? They don't need to, Langley and DOD have enough datacenters around the world ... cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------