>> The thing is that a lot of people will have only one entry point, and what >> they do is ask their friend to connect them to that friend's friends, which >> is more secure then being connected to ubernodes or to random people on >> IRC. Think about it, who is closer to you and less likely to turn you in to >> LEA or copyright infringement agency a friend of a friend or a complete >> stranger? > > Could be tied into the "trust ranking" system. If you trust somebody > ultimately AND set the flag for friend-of-a-friend connections, then you > get these connections. > > However, it may be more useful to have a way to make permanent > connections to friends-of-a-friend, within the network. Once you are on > the network it would be good to be able to connect to mutual friends > easily, right?
That would be a good extension to my original idea. -- Hi! I am a .SIG virus! Copy me to your SIG so that I can spread! http://freedom.libsyn.com/ Voice of Freedom, Radical Podcast http://www.whengendarmesleeps.org/ When Gendarme Sleeps, Anarchy's Zine of Poetry ======================== "None of us are free until all of us are free." ~ Mihail Bakunin
