{"id":169713,"date":"2008-10-07T04:24:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T04:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/project\/nimbus\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T02:33:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T09:33:03","slug":"nimbus","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/project\/nimbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Nimbus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nimbus application from the Cambridge Innovation Development team<br \/>\n<!-- .asset-content --><br \/>\n<span id=\"1da919e7-32fe-4ab5-ae5a-93469876a228\" class=\"ImageBlock fl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Image1da919e7-32fe-4ab5-ae5a-93469876a228\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/nimbus-nimbus.jpg\" \/><span id=\"ImageCaption1da919e7-32fe-4ab5-ae5a-93469876a228\" class=\"ImageCaptionCoreCss ImageCaption\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Nimbus: Secure Peer Accelerated Downloads<\/h1>\n<p>Millions of people download files over the internet every day, and servers can\u2019t always keep up with the demand. See how Nimbus provides a solution to this growing problem.<\/p>\n<h1>About Nimbus<\/h1>\n<p>Secure peer accelerated downloads distribute authorized files to more people more quickly than any server can alone. Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/project\/avalanche-file-swarming-with-network-coding\/\" target=\"_self\">Network Coding research<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Research<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u2019s secure peer accelerated downloads use proven security technologies like <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/aa380516.aspx\">TLS<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/technet\/security\/guidance\/cryptographyetc\/certs.mspx\">digital certificates<\/a> in innovative ways, protecting clients and publishers alike. We also use the latest networking technologies like <a href=\"http:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/technet\/network\/ipv6\/teredo.mspx\">Teredo<\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/network\/bb530961.aspx\">IPv6<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to help computers communicate with each other in situations they otherwise could not. Secure Peer Accelerated Downloads with network coding \u2013 embodied in the Microsoft Secure Content Downloader &#8211; were recently used to <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/features\/mscddocx.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">distribute Visual Studio 2008 Beta-2 to customers<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nimbus application from the Cambridge Innovation Development team Nimbus: Secure Peer Accelerated Downloads Millions of people download files over the internet every day, and servers can\u2019t always keep up with the demand. See how Nimbus provides a solution to this growing problem. About Nimbus Secure peer accelerated downloads distribute authorized files to more people more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"research-area":[13547],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-pillar":[],"class_list":["post-169713","msr-project","type-msr-project","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-systems-and-networking","msr-locale-en_us","msr-archive-status-active"],"msr_project_start":"2008-10-07","related-publications":[],"related-downloads":[],"related-videos":[],"related-groups":[],"related-events":[],"related-opportunities":[],"related-posts":[],"related-articles":[],"tab-content":[],"slides":[],"related-researchers":[{"type":"user_nicename","value":"chriso","display_name":"Chris O&#039;Prey","author_link":"<a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/people\/chriso\/\" aria-label=\"Visit the profile page for Chris O&#039;Prey\">Chris O&#039;Prey<\/a>","is_active":false,"user_id":31429,"last_first":"O'Prey, Chris","people_section":0,"alias":"chriso"}],"msr_research_lab":[199561],"msr_impact_theme":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/169713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-project"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/169713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233943,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/169713\/revisions\/233943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-research-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-area?post=169713"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=169713"},{"taxonomy":"msr-impact-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-impact-theme?post=169713"},{"taxonomy":"msr-pillar","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-pillar?post=169713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}