On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 03:38:33PM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote: <> > > Once it is passed upstream the node will no longer be queried (at least > > from that > > direction) right? So if you delete a datum after so many requests, it is > > trivial for a > > specific node to force that data out of the data store. It simply > > progresses from one > > node to the next, until it is gone completely (i.e. the malicious node is > > assumed to have > > this upstream copy, when in fact, it has been performing the requests to > > force the data > > out of store). > > > > Perhaps I am misunderstanding, but this would appear to be a major > > vulnerability. > > No, there is no reason why the first node wouldn't continue servicing requests > for the key. It wouldn't drop out one-by-one up a chain, instead each node > in the > chain would periodically drop and regain it at a different frequency.
No, he has a point. When Node A reaches your threshhold for K and allows the next search through, then it will most probably not reset the DataSource on the reply. So it does cause the node to get queried less for K. > > -- > > # tavin cole > # > # "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that > # man doesn't have to experience it." > # > # - Max Frisch > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl -- 'DeCSS would be fine. Where is it?' 'Here,' Montag touched his head. 'Ah,' Granger smiled and nodded. Oskar Sandberg oskar at freenetproject.org _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
