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User-friendly ‘Darknets’ may become a Reality
Jul 27th
ZDNet ran a story recently called Researchers create browser-based ‘darknet’ that sheds favorable light on computer manufacturer HP, and gives some credit to Google Chrome, Mozilla and Firefox. Evidently HP has come up with a browser-based darknet (Wikipedia – Darknet) that they have no intention of patenting, copyrighting or making into anything more than an open source their idea.
Advances in JavaScript engines, such as Google’s Chrome V8 and Mozilla’s TraceMonkey, have also helped make browser-based darknets possible, according to Wood. These engines allow browser-based communications to be set up quickly and encrypted. The Veiled darknet uses RSA public key cryptography, but any cryptography will work.
So thank HP for getting the ball rolling and pushing the envelope with new browser advancements and the promise of simpler file sharing, but expect the open source community to have to actually write the code for the project since HP isn’t sharing code.
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Read ZDNet – Researchers create browser-based ‘darknet’
Read HP – Hello darknets, my old friend…
Read Slashdot – Researchers Build a Browser-Based Darknet
Run Windows Update in Firefox!
Sep 17th
I only use Internet Explorer when I must, and that may change since I’ve read How to run Microsoft Update using Firefox on PCTips Box. After finding out I didn’t have to use Internet Explorer (IE) to run Windows Update (and possibly other sites that refuse to work in anything besides IE) I immediately went to Firefox Add-ons’ IE Tab page . As of this post they have downloadable versions of IE Tab for Firefox 1.5 through 3.
I installed it and restarted Firefox, went to google and searched Windows Update then right-clicked the link and selected the “Open Link in IE Tab” and tried it out right away. Windows Update ran flawlessly – well not really, but it only did the normal silly stuff it does in IE like warnign me to install the Critical Updates for Windows XP when none are available.
Get IE Tab!
