On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 01:18:14PM +0100, Some Guy wrote: > --- Martin Stone Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In any case, I think this thread is complete... Toad's premix routing > > solution (when he's able to get to it) will solve the anonymity problems > > I raised. > > Don't want to reil anyone up but...... > > Long term if we implement something like premix routing, we could change the > underlieing network > to some more efficient DHT as long as it was secure against DSA and other censorship > attacks > dirrected at the data.
Yeah, right. It would be as vulnerable to attack as are all DHT based systems. It would not adapt to changing usage patterns or losing nodes, it would reduce anonymity and it would generally be a bad thing. And it is going in over my, and ian's, afaict, dead bodies. > > In the end we'd probably wind up with a two layer network dividing and conquering > the problem. > One layer would take care of requestor/poster annonymity, and the other would take > care of safe > storage. > > I see two nice ways they could interact: > 1) If I build several annoymous tunnels I can send data to the most appropriate end > node to > improve routing costs some. > 2) The DHT's traffic and topology should provide great cover against several atacks > on the > anonoymizing layer. > > I know this is all very long term, but if we've resigned ourselves to implement some > premix > solution, it seems logical to keep this idea in the back of our heads. No. Premix routing would be used exclusively on client requests. Not for other requests. Because we don't want to slow down the system even more. And if you want to implement a general purpose TCP anonymization system, go right ahead. But it'll be very difficult. However, you could certainly run a DHT on top of it. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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