On Wednesday 15 October 2003 12:06 pm, Edward J. Huff wrote:
> I'm just trying to figure out how to meet the goals of freenet, without
> necessarily using all of the current design decisions.
>
> For instance, suppose we have a very anonymous mixnet, with source
> routing.  I pick a random list of nodes, and pass nested envelopes.
> Somewhere in the middle, the decrypted instructions say issue a request
> for a CHK via the routing network.  The reply, which says where to find
> the CHK, comes back to that node.  The node sends it along to the next
> node on the source routed path, which eventually comes back to the me.
> I can then issue a direct request for that CHK.  Since the supplier of
> the CHK has no idea whatever what is in it, I am anonymous.  There are
> many omitted details.
>
> Also, suppose we have a completely non-anonymous distributed backup
> system.  BTW, I would pay money and provide 10x bytes storage to join a
> system where I could backup x bytes and be sure of getting it back if I
> lose my disks...  I suspect lots of other people would too.  So here is
> a valid reason for sending lots of encrypted data around and storing it
> on my disk without knowing what it is, and also for constantly proving
> to others that I still have it.  Everybody in the network has put up 10x
> space in exchange for distributed redundant backup of x space, and they
> are continually sending updates around.
>
> I want to run freenet on the back of these two services:  a highly
> anonymous mixnet and, on the same network, constant traffic in large
> encrypted files which actually are just the network user's mundane files
> being backed up remotely.
>
> I suspect this can be done, and furthermore, that it can achieve actual
> anonymity rather than just plausible deniability.  But the devil is in
> the details.

I already know of a better way to do this. Lets move this discussion to chat.
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