What is WASTE ?
August 7th, 2005 -
p2pnet.net News:
Think of the power of Kazaa (back when it was a genuine indie p2p app) and Gnutella without the ability for them to be interfered with, or even eavesdropped on. Encrypted communications, private network meshes and the ability to collaborate and message as well as transfer files.
WASTE would have to be pretty close to what you’d come up with.
WASTE provides a way for you to create secure ad hoc p2p mesh networks with little technical setup and iron clad communications via link level Blowfish encryption and authentication via RSA public key cryptography. It allows secure instant messaging, group chat, file sharing, browsing and transfer. Everything you need to get some substantive work done, not to mention students or corporate techies just needing to communicate without interference.
From the software itself, ‘WASTE is a tool that is designed to permit secure distributed collaboration and communications for small trusted groups of users.’
For more info :
WIRED Magazine Article
Popular Science Article
P2P News Article
CNN Article
User’s Guide
Official WASTE website
WIKIpedia
WASTE Public Key Exchange here.