On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 06:20:45PM +0100, Ian Clarke wrote:
> 
> > We shouldn't require that nodes do this because this appears to be a
> > possible security risk.
> 
> I agree that it shouldn't be compulsory, but for
> backward-compatability not for security reasons.  Can you elaborate on
> why you think this will be a security risk?

If it is required, it makes it impossible for people to make sure that
their node only talks to certain nodes (which will require a few minor
Freenet node changes be fully true (which will be put in nfreenetd)).

-- 
Travis Bemann
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