On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:00:09PM -0500, Brandon wrote:
>
> > A problem with split files is that they are a threat to anonymity - if you
> > have all parts of a file in your store, it is almost certain that it was you
> > who requested the file.
>
> Actually, they are a threat to deniability, not anonymity. But anyway,
> there aren't any good solution to that particular threat except for the
> very strange behaviour of telling your node never to cache anything you
> actually request (only cache requests from other nodes).
>
> Whether this loss of deniability will matter depends on where you are. If
> you don't have the actual file on your HD, you might be okay. But then
> again if you can be held in reasonable suspicion of having request the
> file then maybe you won't be okay.
No, this one's trivial to solve. We've talked about doing selective caching
in 0.4 or soon after. Nodes should incorporate a simple key closeness
judgment as well as a load balancing judgment in the selective cache test.
Then if you request all parts of a splitfile, your node will only cache
some of them.
--
# tavin cole
#
# "The process of scientific discovery is, in effect,
# a continual flight from wonder."
# - Albert Einstein
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