[p2p-hackers] P2P Backup Survey...

[Martin LANDERS]

Hi Thorsten,

> | The application is supplied as a jar file containing classfiles and
> | .dll files -- but no source.
>
> _and_ there are neither links to the research-project nor the university
> or the research-department...?

Another valid concern. I've added a plethora of links to the universities
and professors involved in the project, to give the whole thing a bit of
"context". I must admit that the pages on the server are a bit "thrown
together", and don't look much like a project page.

Also, the research project itself doesn't have any kind of homepage, as it
only is a "Diplomarbeit" (master's thesis), and I'd rather finish the work
(deadline is the end of april), that write a homepage about it ;)

But I admit that I'd also find such a "bare" server, telling me to
download this *bells-and-whistles* great application and run it, more than
a bit suspicious...

I hope the links and available source code alleviate the concerns a bit ;)

> Many people are unsure about executing unknown programs from the
> internet without having context-information... ;-)

Er, yes, and I'm one of them... Interesting how much one's perspective
changes when one is on "the other side".

I hope the page is better now. I you have further suggestions how I can
convince people that I'm not a l33t hax0r kiddie trying to take over their
computer, but rather a desperate student looking for nice results to
include in my thesis ;) please let me know...

Thanks,

Martin