On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 10:44:12AM -0700, Aaron P Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Freenet uses an inform server to inform nodes about each other. This
> should be replaced by something that can't be attacked, but, I don't know
> what. There is an option to turn off inform read/write in the settings
> for freenet, and I think you can tell it to look at a file full of node
> addresses.
You can learn about other nodes by simply making requests. Every request
your node handles discovers yet another node. That's why Freenet is an
"adaptive network."
The tricky part is: how do you let other nodes know that you exist?
That's the point of the 0.4 node announcement protocol.
> Also, freenet depends upon people knowing about existing keys, and
> currently everyone is useing keyservers such as Steve's Key Index
> which you can put your keys on and browse other keys. I sure hope
> freenet's dependance on such centralized servers is removed some time
> in the near future.
Searching demands a network of trust--otherwise you get malicious search
results. Freenet is essentially trustless. Sorry.
"Centralized" keyindexes within Freenet are not harmful. The problem
here is general: anonymous submissions are not practical, any way you
look at it. And what use is a keyindex if nobody can submit a URI to it?
We need a way to (a) verify that a person is not evil, in a scalable and
unintrusive fashion, and (b) prohibit evil people from posting to a
keyindex. We have neither. Any suggestions?
--
"...it must be held that third-party electronic monitoring, subject
only to the self-restraint of law enforcement officials, has no place
in our society..." Mark Roberts | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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