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. _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
