Fwd: HiveCache - P2P Backups

[John Ioannidis]

Take a look at the following paper:

@inproceedings{fileteller,
  author = {John Ioannidis and Sotiris Ioannidis and Angelos Keromytis and Vass
ilis Prevelakis},
  title = {{Fileteller: Paying and Getting Paid for File Storage}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Financial C
ryptography},
  month = {March},
  year = {2002}
}



On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 11:42:28PM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:36:40 -0800
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> From: Fearghas McKay <fm at espace.net>
> Subject: Fwd: HiveCache - P2P Backups
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> From: Peter Gradwell <peter at gradwell.com> (by way of Fearghas McKay
> <fm-news123 at st-kilda.org>)
> To: fm at espace.net
> Subject: HiveCache - P2P Backups
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:04:35 -0800
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> Hello
> 
> Apologies for the intrusion. As well has running an ISP, I have an
> interest in Grid Computing systems and micro accounting architectures.
> 
> As part of the interest, I would like to deploy a product called
> HiveCache (www.hivecache.com) to my customer base, and others
> interested.
> 
> HiveCache is a p2p backup system where by you define an amount of disk
> space available on your machine (which is connected via broadband of
> course!) and vice versa, your files get split up, encrypted and then
> stored on everyone elses' disk space.
> 
> HiveCache does all sorts of clever things, like making sure enough
> copies are kept in various places, files are split & encrypted,
> allowing you to retrieve them, etc.
> 
> Ultimately, I would like to faciliate a system where by we act as a
> clearing house so that users can buy & sell disk space & resources.
> 
> In order to get going however, I would like to take part in the
> HiveCache pilot. To do this, I require 25-50 willing volunteers.
> 
> You will need:
> 
> - an always on broadband connection
> - a few gig of spare disk space
> - a little enthusiasm and a willingness to return comments
> 
> If that sounds like you, then please could you drop an email to
> hivecache at gradwell.net stating your
> - name,
> - email,
> - type of internet connection and
> - what operating system you're running on.
> 
> Any questions, let me know.
> 
> many thanks
> peter
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> peter gradwell. gradwell dot com Ltd. http://www.gradwell.com/
> engineering & hosting services for email, web and usenet
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