On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 07:58:56PM -0600, Tom Kaitchuck wrote:
> 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 

It does however know the hash of the content. XXX is some complex
function involving breaking a hash of the routing key, which for a CHK
would be the hash of the content, and for an SSK would be something
else.

> 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.

Your new proposal looks pretty drastic, and I don't understand the
problem you suggest is the main reason for it.

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