> > As I see it, the following are ripe for implementation now and all that
> > is needed is for someone to take responsibility for them:
> >
> > Inter-node encryption
> 
> I can take this one in the manner Oskar suggested.  I've already completed
> a key exchange and socket crypto layer.  Its just a matter of hooking it
> up to freenet at the connection layer.  What cipher do we want to
> use.  My vote is for Blowfish or Twofish (probably the former since its
> more aged :)

I agree, I think Blowfish provided that it is sufficiently efficient,
although I don't know enough about crypto to decide between the two. 
Anyone else have any preferences here?

How do you propose maintaining backward compatibility?

>  > > Local data encrpytion using the plaintext keys
> Ditto.  This is a client issue, probably a 20 minute job if we decide on a
> cipher.

Again, we need to be clear on how backward compatibility is maintained.

Ian.

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