I've typed up my notes of how Amazon EC2 was used for the Shodan Go Bet: http://dcook.org/gobet/using_amazon_ec2.html If you've any questions, or anything is not clear, please let me know, Darren -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles)