On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 12:30:32PM -0500, Nick Tarleton wrote: > Why not periodically bring all the files in the DS up to date? Or to be even more > devious, periodically set them to random dates within the uptime of the node?
Becuase LRU is a basic part of the algorithm. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Kaitchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Nov 2, 2003 11:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [freenet-dev] Analsis of contents of datastore. > > One thing that recently occurred to me, that I had not previously seen > discussed here is that if someone were to analyze the contents of a data > store to try to determine if the owner of the store had requested a > particular file, one thing that might be particularly incriminating is the OS > storing the last accessed and last modified time stamps on the files. > > On the one hand it is easy to say that your node storing splitfile components > probabilisticly is not a problem, as they fall within your specialization and > so could easily have ended up there anyway. However the odds of them ending > up there all at around the same time is harder to refute. > > Also if the multi layer store, as discussed previously, was implemented the > same thing would apply. If the second data store were a single file, it > should write any of the 'last accessed' times to the disk. I know the 'I was > framed' defense would still work for the datastore, but we should make sure > that when nodes connect using premix routing that they stick with the same > node for a while, rather than just one per request or one per > splitfile/manifest request. This way large amounts of related data could be > placed there in a confined period of time as a result of normal network > operation, not just by someone out to get you. > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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