TinyDisk, A File System on Someone Else's Web App

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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @08:04AM from the all-your-byte-are-belong-to-us dept.

Psy writes "I attended Phreaknic this weekend where Acidus released TinyDisk, a shared file system that runs on top of TinyURL or his own implementation NanoURL. TinyDisk compresses a file, encrypts it, and dices it into clusters. Each cluster is submitted to TinyURL as if it were a url. This clusters can be read back out of the database, making TinyDisk a global file system anyone can use. There are safeguards in the default config to prevent people from dumping gigs of MP3s into TinyURL. While file-system-on-web-applications are nothing new (GMail file system anyone?) this hack shows how easy it is to accidentally design a web application insecurely despite the default PHP protections. See his presentation for more info"

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Problems ahead? ;) (Score:5, Funny)

by sznupi ( 719324 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @08:08AM (#13870620) Homepage

TinyURL might become not so tiny anymore...

NanoURL review (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @08:11AM (#13870634)

I like NanoURL but it scratches real easily.

Default PHP protections? (Score:4, Funny)

by Egregius ( 842820 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @08:12AM (#13870638)

Bwahahahahaha.

Re:I'm sure this won't be abused (Score:1, Funny)

by FidelCatsro ( 861135 ) * writes: <.fidelcatsro. .at. .gmail.com.> on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @08:16AM (#13870649) Journal

I don't think it would constitute a DOS attack (unless someone was trying to DOS it deliberately using said program) it would just be overloading the servers. if it did constitute one Slashdot would have a criminal record the length of the Nile .

Is it (Score:2, Funny)

by manojar ( 875389 ) writes: <.ni.oc.oohay. .ta. .23jonamk.> on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @08:20AM (#13870668) Homepage

is it another way to backup more porn/mp3s online?

Re:TinyDisk? (Score:2, Funny)

by orasio ( 188021 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @09:05AM (#13870908) Homepage

Maybe you sould review your logs:

2005-10-25 04:55:23 - Uploading DNA ..... 2005-10-25 04:55:35 - ftp: kleenex.tissue: Unknown host 2005-10-25 04:55:36 - DNA Upload failed. Cleaning up... OK. 2005-10-25 04:55:46 - Retrying Upload DNA .....

Re:Insecure? Really? (Score:5, Funny)

by xappax ( 876447 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @09:12AM (#13870947)

Is it hyperbole day on Slashdot and no one told me?

Hyperbole day? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my entire life!

Greatest FAQ answer ever. (Score:5, Funny)

by jdludlow ( 316515 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @10:02AM (#13871373)

From the TinyDisk FAQ:

Q: This damn thing doesn't work on large files! #@%& You!
A: Did you not read the manual? Man I wish I could punch you in the face over TCP/IP! Change the config file's MaxSize line. By default the limit is 2 megs.

Slashdot FS (Score:1, Funny)

by Borf ( 18392 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @10:58AM (#13871849)

SDFS010101M5&AI2!$3D$@8G)O861C87-T3:6YG('-YW1E;2X@ ($1U8VLN"FAE`

Re:Why not go further? (Score:2, Funny)

by John Nowak ( 872479 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @11:11AM (#13871955)

I have no idea what you're talking about. Get a clue.

Okay, back to working on my perpetual motion machine!

Re:TinyDisk? (Score:2, Funny)

by hobbit ( 5915 ) writes: on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @01:08PM (#13872944)

2005-10-25 04:54:53 - Attempting to contact external host 2005-10-25 04:54:56 - Connection refused 2005-10-25 04:55:34 - Attempting to contact external host 2005-10-25 04:55:36 - Connection refused 2005-10-25 04:55:38 - All hosts unreachable except localhost 2005-10-25 04:55:40 - Connecting to loopback interface

Re:It's simple. (Score:3, Funny)

by Syberghost ( 10557 ) writes: <syberghost@syber ... S.com minus poet> on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @01:40PM (#13873230)

I for one see great potential in this for the likes of Al Qaida (you know, where better to hide your building hitlist than on tinyurl).

Oh, great; now we're all gonna have to remember "http://tinyurl.nsa.gov" instead of "http://tinyurl.com".

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Problems ahead? ;) (Score:5, Funny)

NanoURL review (Score:5, Funny)

Default PHP protections? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:I'm sure this won't be abused (Score:1, Funny)

Is it (Score:2, Funny)

Re:TinyDisk? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Insecure? Really? (Score:5, Funny)

Greatest FAQ answer ever. (Score:5, Funny)

Slashdot FS (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Why not go further? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:TinyDisk? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:It's simple. (Score:3, Funny)

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