Oskar Sandberg <oskar at freenetproject.org> writes: <SNIP> > A > question is whether we should try to resolve DNS addresses to see if > they are real. I'm somewhat concerned about revealing too much about the > network if nodes immediately resolve addresses on announcements. How > much can people see by a DNS query? Will they see my IP address, or only > that there is a query from my ISPs DNS server? > > -- > > Oskar Sandberg > oskar at freenetproject.org >
I wouldn't try and resolve DNS addresses at each hop along the announcement path, but we can both cut down on invalid/bad announcements and allow for immediate feedback about whether a node can be contacted by others in the network. If the first node that recieves an announcement tries to contact the announcing node before passing on the reference, it would be able to stop the announcement in its tracks for invalid announcements, and even reply that the node wasn't able to be contacted, and there's some problem with a firewll or something like that. Thinking this through for security issues, I can't see any, as the first node in the announcement chain is already known by the announcing node. Thelema -- E-mail: thelema314 at bigfoot.com Raabu and Piisu GPG 1024D/36352AAB fpr:756D F615 B4F3 BFFC 02C7 84B7 D8D7 6ECE 3635 2AAB _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
