>> [...stuff about using the network as a delay-line storage >> mechanism...] > [...] > So who cares? Why juggle when shelves hold so much more? Because when you're storing something you don't want to be visibly seen to be storing (typically something that's strong evidence of nefarious activities - a simple example might be stolen credit card numbers) you want a form of storage that disappears with few-to-no traces pointing to you when law enforcement rolls through and seizes your computer. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B