Storm: using P2P to make the desktop part of the web

We present Storm, a storage system which unifies the desktop and the public network, making Web links between desktop documents more practical. Storm assigns each document a permanent unique URI when it is created. Using peer-to-peer technology, we can locate documents even though our URIs do not include location information. Links continue to work unchanged when documents are emailed or published on the network. We have extended KDE to understand Storm URIs. Other systems such as GNU Emacs are able to use Storm through an HTTP gateway. Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.3.4 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Systems and Software—distributed systems, information networks General Terms: Design, Reliability, Performance

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: HT
• Authors: Benja Fallenstein, Tuomas J. Lukka, Hermanni Hyytiälä, Toni Alatalo
• Keywords: Documents, HT 2003, Permanent Unique Uri, Storm