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Opera Unite

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worker201:
More than that, I think.  Most people with home broadband access have dynamic IP addresses, and a DNS service can't route to a dynamic address.  OSX has Apache installed by default, but it is designed to be accessed over an intranet, where your computer has a dynamic address but a unique name.

Probably what this Unite does is assign you some sort of unique ID which its service uses to find you.  When you connect to the internet with Opera, your browser broadcasts your IP and your ID to the service, which can then route all requests to you.  Although that begs the question of what happens when you log out.  Can my stuff be viewed when my computer is turned off?  One would think that it could not, unless it was cached somewhere.  And if it is cached somewhere, what exactly is this service providing for us?

davidnix71:
According to Opera they use universal plug and play services to find each other, and external servers to supplement routing. I guess if you don't have a static IP, it will have to call home to announce and connect. Probably the same way torrent file sharing is done.

http://unite.opera.com/support/

You have to get an account/password from them, so in theory they are watching your back and at the same time have a back door into your box.

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