IP: Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:36:44 -0500
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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.

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873181.html



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