-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah<[email protected]> wrote:
> The future of cloud computing just got foggier. > > A new feature in Opera's browser aims to turn every Web client into a Web > server. > Maybe. File sharing, at least. > > http://vip.itworldcanada.com/t?ctl=53EC3:46C72B916E3085486D78A7221C7A6 > B4D&&p=CI&sub=7345 > > In terms of availability, this sounds possible, although the backend > stuff (and the article doesn't seem to talk about that) might still need > some work. (Maintaining DNS tables, domain names, all that sort of > thing.) > > In terms of confidentiality, I shudder. > > (Interestingly, Opera doesn't seem to be saying anything about this > themselves: http://www.opera.com/browser/next/ ) > > I call it "The Coming of The 'Opera Unite' Botnet". :-) See also: http://www.betanews.com/article/How-secure-is-Opera-Unite/1245176152 - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFKOT5Qq1pz9mNUZTMRAuoUAKCf8C8lmGbg9U0LFmw0+tBubN7FrwCffUZH 1lme+GgxL6fGriAepQj1udQ= =jVGU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
