--- freenet-dev-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > Send Freenet-dev mailing list submissions to > freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the web, visit > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > freenet-dev-request at lists.sourceforge.net > You can reach the person managing the list at > freenet-dev-admin at lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific than > "Re: Contents of Freenet-dev digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: A clear point by point comparison of the > metadata formats (Scott G. Miller) > 2. Re: Re: Associating a public key with node > addresses (Marc Schneiders) > 3. 0.3 protocol documentation? (Zem) > 4. Re: A clear point by point comparison of the > metadata formats (Travis Bemann) > 5. Re: 0.3 protocol documentation? (Travis Bemann) > 6. Re: Timetable to 0.3 - GUI client status > (Stephen Blackheath) > 7. Re: Re: Associating a public key with node > addresses (Oskar Sandberg) > 8. Re: A clear point by point comparison of the > metadata formats (Oskar Sandberg) > 9. Re: 0.3 Testing feedback (Oskar Sandberg) > 10. Re: A clear point by point comparison of the > metadata formats (Oskar Sandberg) > 11. Re: A clear point by point comparison of the > metadata formats (Travis Bemann) > 12. Re: Re: Associating a public key with node > addresses (Marc Schneiders) > 13. Re: Re: Associating a public key with node > addresses (Oskar Sandberg) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 21:51:47 -0500 > To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freenet-dev] A clear point by point > comparison of the metadata formats > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; > boundary="i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH" > From: "Scott G. Miller" <scgmille at indiana.edu> > Reply-To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > > > --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > Content type is optional. But you need it to > determine what to do with the > > data. Most clients are going to launch a > content-type specific module or > > viewer/player program determined by the content > type. If data doesn't have > > a content type field then the best the client can > do is save it to disk or > > display it as a text file. > You're not thinking outside the box Brandon. There > will be applications > on Freenet that do not use the standard clients in > order to perform a > useful function. Freenet-news is a good example. > There, it would be way > more logical to use the standard email header > format. > > > It's about as difficult in both schemes. In your > scheme the client checks > > the length of the data. If it's 0, then metadata > is in FNP. Otherwise it's > > in some unknown format. In my scheme it checks the > Metadata-format field > > to see what format the metadata is in and handles > it appropriately if it > > can knows how to handle that format. > But having a metadata format storable is > unnecessary, and probably too > revealing about the nature of the data. > > >=20 > > I don't see how whether the metadata is in FNP or > XML format is a security > > concern. > >=20 > It reveals information about the nature of the data > section. If there is > a metadata form that is very specific to a certain > application, then > traffic analysis to track that application is > easier. > > > --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE5n0fDr9IW4v3mHtQRAhQvAJ0TauIN7rIB60CKeHYLeHFYdR3xRwCgjfnI > loxEerVG+ChjIbF8uas9ho8= > =hjru > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH-- > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 04:57:44 +0200 (CEST) > From: Marc Schneiders <marc at bijt.net> > To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freenet-dev] Re: Associating a public > key with node addresses > Reply-To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > > On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Brandon wrote: > > [...] > Earlier I wrote: > > > And in using DNS in stead of IP numbers a lot > more people could fully > > > participate in Freenet. > > > > Yes, but developing a system for providing dynamic > IPs with permanent > > names that does not rely on DNS would solve the > same problem while being > > anonymous and peer-to-peer, so we might as well do > that. > > Not "as well" but better :-) > > > I'm happy with > > fingerpirnt->IP mappings updated by handshake up > IP changes with Oskar's > > ARK system to take care of the loose ends. > > I will reread the earlier messages on the topic and > try to understand > how my node will find the node it must send an > insert to or request a > file from, because the key is closest to one known > to be at that > node. How will it find another computer from a > fingerprint? By > accident? Will this not take most of the efficiency > out of Freenet? Or > will we all have more permanent connections by the > time Freenet is at > 1.0? > > -- > Marc Schneiders ------- Venster - > http://www.venster.nl > |marc at venster.nl - marc at bijt.net - > marc at schneiders.org| > A sleepless night's thoughts : > http://www.freecopy.org > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:06:58 +1000 > From: Zem <zem at zip.com.au> > To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Freenet-dev] 0.3 protocol documentation? > Reply-To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > > > Is anyone working on documenting the protocol as > implemented in 0.3? > > (reading the code isn't necessarily a viable option) > > -- > zem at zip.com.au F289 2BDB 1DA0 F4C4 DC87 EC36 B2E3 > 4E75 C853 FD93 > zem.squidly.org "..I'm invisible, I'm invisible, > I'm invisible.." > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 22:10:21 -0400 > === message truncated ===
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