On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:58:56PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:33:21AM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote: > > And how the fuck does "one reference per node" help against a malicious > > attacker? Nothing stops them from making up a new node identity with > > every reply. > > A new IP address every time? Not impossible, but rather difficult.
I don't know about you, but I am in this project for the long haul. I will not support the implementation of any security measure that relies on the short term shortage of addresses in the current underlying network level address space. Trying to think in terms of individuals in cyberspace is crazy. One person can be twenty peers, twenty people can be one peer. This is as fundamental as that information can be copied, and trying to fight it is just as crazy. Remember the first law: "There is no negative trust." (negative trust means treating somebody worse than you treat a complete stranger, which is what you are suggesting one does to peers that already have a reference.) Live by the first law. -- '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
