Network World on P2P http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/p2p.html The latest peer-to-peer news and analysis from Network World Fusion. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. Spec to bring enterprise mgmt. to P2P Wi-Fi http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2009/101909wireless1.html The Wi-Fi Alliance -- a self-described marketing organization chartered to accelerate the use of wireless LANs -- is increasingly inventing and promoting the use of new Wi-Fi protocols. The latest example is a spec for direct, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connections that's likely to trump the IEEE's ad-hoc mode specification written into the original 802.11 standards. Joanie Wexler 2009-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 Security researchers ask: Does self-destructing data really vanish? http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100109-vanish-researchers-crack.html Researchers this week published a paper describing how they broke Vanish, a secure communications system prototype out of the University of Washington that generated lots of buzz when introduced over the summer for its ability to make data self-destruct. Bob Brown 2009-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 Net neutrality, Alcatel-Lucent style http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/092509-alcatel-lucent-ventures.html Network World interviews Wim Sweldens, VP of Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, about finding common ground between carriers and the newfangled application and content providers who are bringing P2P and other services onto the market. Bob Brown 2009-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 Kazaa launches payment model http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072109-kazaa-launches-payment.html Kazaa, once a peer-to-peer file sharing site at the centre of many copyright lawsuits, has officially been re-launched as a legal subscription music service. Kathryn Edwards 2009-07-21T12:00:00-04:00 Conficker, the Internet's No. 1 threat, gets an update http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/040909-conficker-the-internets-no-1.html Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while also trying to attack more machines. Jeremy Kirk 2009-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 Data About Presidential Helicopter Leaked via P2P http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/030909-data-about-presidential-helicopter-leaked.html A company that monitors peer-to-peer networks said it found classified information about the systems used onboard the U.S. president's helicopter in a shared folder on a computer in Iran, after a file containing the data was accidentally leaked on a peer-to-peer network last summer. Jaikumar Vijayan 2009-03-09T12:00:00-04:00 Researchers applying P2P to traffic control http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/010709-p2p-traffic-control.html University of California, Irvine researchers are applying lessons learned from music and video peer-to-peer file transfer networks to a system for reducing traffic jams on the roads. Network World Staff 2009-01-07T12:00:00-04:00