On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 01:32:51PM +0900, Sam Joseph wrote:
> Tavin Cole wrote:
>
> > > What is it with this? Are you telling me that I couldn't set up a
> P2P
> > > network that stored cryptographically hashed content and did routing
>
> > > like freenet, but where the nodes blocked input of non
> natural-language
> > > text files?
>
> > You could do this, but it would obviously mean the nodes would be
> dealing
> > with unencrypted files.
>
> I don't think so. The interface for entering the files would screen out
> things that weren't natural language, and then encrypt the files before
> storage.
>
> If the files are thus encrypted the system can be as secure as Freenet
> is now, right?
No. If the files are encrypted before being transferred to another node,
then someone can just write a client that pretends to be a node and sends
an encrypted file to another node, without performing the language analysis.
> Anyway, clearly I am not helping get my point across by emphasizing
> this. I'm not trying to persuade anyone to build such a system, it was
> just a thought experiment (like Einstein's Elevator or Schrodinger's
> cat) to try and think about whether images were essential for protecting
> freedom of speech, and now I've got some opinions on that, we don't have
> to think about a text-only freenet anymore. I'm sorry I raised the
> possibility in the first place.
I've only been responding to the technical side of what you've brought up.
--
# tavin cole
#
# "The process of scientific discovery is, in effect,
# a continual flight from wonder."
# - Albert Einstein
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