At 4:30 PM -0800 1/13/98, ? the Platypus {aka David Formosa} wrote:
You know, I think we have been missing one use for eternerty services. Its a cheap reliable off site backup system. You simply encrypt your data, and throw it into the system.
Bandwidth. Think about it. Most of us are backing up on DATs or CD-ROMs. But our Net connections are running at 30-50 KB/sec. Do some quick calculations! Plus, Bandwidth Part II: When N people begin using Eternity for this kind of backup.... In any case, this was discussed a few years ago, so we're not "missing" this use. (Gelernter's Linda system touched on similar uses.) --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."