David McNab: > Freenet encrypts the datastore and consolidates it into one or more large > files for very good reasons:
I don't see many good reasons at all. (Does anyone else?) > 1) No one can determine exactly what's on your disk, not even you. Not > unless you request a given key at htl 0 while your node is disconnected. Which is trivial. > 2) There is no way you can eliminate any file from the datastore without > destroying the whole store. That keeps freenet uncensorable, and eliminates > the ability to monitor content (such ability is necessary for a node > operator to be answerable to the DMCA). Wrong. Deleting a file from the store is easy. > 3) You cannot be held responsible for the contents of your datastore, > because it can't be proved that you requested or inserted such materials. > Legally, you should be able to fall into the category of a 'caching online > service provider'. Here, freenet provides a level of 'plausible > deniability'. But this is also true for the "transparent" store that he suggested. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
