NAME CHI::Driver::Ping - Cache data in the Ether.

SYNOPSIS use CHI;

     $< == 0 or exec 'sudo', $0, @ARGV; # sending ICMPs requires root priv

     system 'sysctl', '-w', 'net.ipv4.icmp_ratelimit=100000';

     my $cache = CHI->new( driver => 'Ping', ip => 74.125.73.105 ); # google IP

DESCRIPTION Tap into the Ether. Optimize for CPU or storage? Fuck that.

   If you thought the Cloud was awesome, just wait until you try storing
   your data in the Ether.

   Inspired by Delay Line Memory,
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory>, this modules stores
   data by transmitting it through a medium known to have a delay and
   waiting for it to come back again, whereupon it both returns it and
   retransmits it out again.

   It seems rather pointless and silly to bother with spinning metal oxide
   covered platters or billions of tiny capacitors when data can be stored
   in the air between the Earth and sattelites, in ordinary copper wire,
   and in easy to extrude lengths of glass fiber.

ATTRIBUTES ip Who to send all of the ICMP ECHOPINGs to.

   namespace
       Not currently used (XXX).

TODO CIDR block of hosts to use, or a list, or something. Even better, scan the network for hosts that are up and build this dynamically. For extra points, find hosts with a lot of hops to them.

   namespace. XXX.

   remove. XXX.

   purge. XXX.

BUGS 0.00000001 Initial; github dev version. Requires root privilege.

Authors CHI::Driver::Ping by Scott Walters ([email protected]) with suggestions from Brock Wilcox ([email protected]).

   Uses code stolen from Net::Ping by [email protected] (Rob Brown),
   [email protected] (Colin McMillen), [email protected] (Scott Bronson),
   [email protected] (Andreas Karrer), [email protected] (Paul
   Marquess), and [email protected] (Russell Mosemann).  These folks shall
   remain blameless for my actions.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright (c) Scott Walters (scrottie) 2011

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the same terms as Perl itself.