On Monday 03 November 2003 06:16 pm, Toad wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 02:35:57AM -0600, Tom Kaitchuck wrote:
> > Cancer nodes currently pose a serious threat to the network. However
> > stopping them is not simple, especially an anti-specialization attack, as
> > discussed previously. My previously proposed solution would not work,
> > because someone could find a hash that works and then start subtracting
> > values until they find XXX. Toad pointed this out as a problem with SSKs,
> > but it is a problem with CHKs too.
>
> No it isn't, because XXX depends on the hash of the content on a CHK.
> I'll look at the rest of your suggestions later...

The node that is requesting the data does not know the content of the data 
unless it gets it. One could start hashing values until one finds one that 
matches the hash they want to route with. Then they start subtracting numbers 
from that until they find one who's last few bit match the one they just 
found. They use the second number as the the hash and the number they 
subtracted as the XXX. Anyway this is a moot point, as my new proposal solves 
this problem.

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