From time to time, reimplementing TCP, or using UDP, has been suggested for Freenet. I will now show that Freenet's future security requires it. An attacker who can observe the traffic to and from a node, and who can introduce a tiny amount of traffic, can close any TCP connection between the node and the rest of the network, with virtually no effort, and perhaps using spoofed packets. Thus, the ability to surveil a Freenet node and spoof a tiny number of packets equates to the ability to destroy the node in question.
Why is this crazytalk? -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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