From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 14:42:27 +0800
To: platypus@acmeonline.net
Subject: Re: (eternity) Re: mirroring services, web accounts for ecash
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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
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