Re: [freenet-devl] What replaces inform.php in 0.4 (if anything)?

[Michael Carmack]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:22:22PM +0200, Sebastian Sp�th wrote:
> Ian Clarke schrieb:
> > The simplest solution would be to keep using the current inform.php
> > script, a node connects to it on startup, and gets a list of other node
> > addresses.  The problem here is that it would be trivial to fill up
> > inform.php with references to nodes controlled by Mr Evil.  Any user
> > which connected to this script would unwittingly join a network of nodes
> > controlled by Mr Evil who would then be able to do evil things (as Mr
> > Evil is known to do).
> 
> Who needs Mr Evil when we have Mr. Bad? ;-). Why not leave the user the
> choice and for example expand Setup.java to ask if the user should get
> nodes via inform.php or propose a central (relatively trusted) node as
> default instead.

A bit off topic, but do you know where one might find the source to
inform.php?

m.


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