On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 06:34:10PM -0500, dmolnar wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Bryan Derksen wrote:
> >
> > Looks like it'd be a good idea to implement node-to-node encryption sooner
> > rather than later, otherwise as "illegal" files start getting passed
> > around through Freenet random node owners' ISPs will be sent
> > cease-and-desist letters because of other peoples' requests.
> >
>
> Will node-to-node encryption really help that much? The way I read it,
> their algorithm looks something like
>
> For all nodes n in known Freenet nodes
> For all Bad Documents d in known Bad Documents
> query n for d
> if n responds, send ISP cease-and-desist letter
> end for
> end for
>
> This seems to work as long as you know the ISP used by n and as long as
> queries work even some of the time. Whether or not n had an encrypted link
> with another node n' when passing along the query doesn't seem as
> relevant.
One similar tactic could be used against the users of this software.
First, crack the software vendor's site, to get a list of sites using
this software. Then just crack, r00tkit, and 0wn the site as
punishment for using this software. Then one may decide to subtly
corrupt the partitions at the site (it has to be subtle - there should
be no obvious damage - but enough damage that further damage will
later occur to the partition and the partition will eventually become
totally unusable).
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Travis Bemann
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