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Well, before we remove it, I would be interested to know what we can
learn from it. For example, what is the average ping time for a
network location? This could help us to determine the viability of
real-time messaging in Freenet.
Ian.
On 16 Jun 2006, at 09:19, Matthew Toseland wrote:
The node still includes routed ping support. This essentially is a way
to ping a location. The ping is routed, within the limits of HTL.
It was
used for testing the code in quasi-simulation, and may still be useful
for that purpose. The question is, should it be disabled on the main
network? It is not sufficiently reliable to be a useful communication
mechanism, especially when you consider that it is directed to a
node location, not to a node identity... It might be possible to ping
locations from the list captured for network size estimation, and
thereby estimate how many of them are still online. However, it is
unreliable, and spoofable.
Is it a security risk?
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