On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 07:59:24AM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > Scenario: I set up a Freenet node, and configure it to refer to itself > using a DNS hostname. I set up my nameserver to have a 60 second (or > whatever the minimum is) TTL for that domain name. I let my node > integrate into the network. > > What can I learn from who does DNS lookups on that hostname? I can't > think of a specific danger here, but it could be worrying if Freenet > does a lookup on hosts unless it is just about to connect to them > directly. AFAIR, it is looked up when it is used, and the ISP can't get any useful information from the lookup that they couldn't get from the connection... we can't disable support for DNS anyway, ARKs will never work with firewalled nodes. > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > Latest Project http://locut.us/ > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ian/
-- Matthew Toseland toad at amphibian.dyndns.org/amphibian at users.sourceforge.net Full time freenet hacker. http://freenetproject.org/ Freenet Distribution Node (temporary) at http://amphibian.dyndns.org:8889/g9UWlG9KX~w/ ICTHUS. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20030128/11544f85/attachment.pgp>
