----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Freenet-chat] False nodes
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Timm Murray wrote:
>
> > I've been reading the flame^H^H^H^H^H adult discussion
> > on gatewayed clusters. I think that a better solution would be a
> > false node that works just like a regular Freenet node but when
> > a request is passed it just waits for a time (depending on how
> > high the HTL was set) and return a failed status. They should
> > not show up on inform.php or insert anything ever. Their only
> > purpase is to slow down a port scan. Run several on your box to
> > increase your saftey. They could even warn a real node that
> > someone is port scanning (since no real connections would
> > come to a psedo-node) and it should lay low.
>
> It is an effective defense, but if the mere presence of a Freenet node is
> enough to convince your labile ISP to ditch you, it only makes it easier
> for them.
In which case your screwed anyway. With clusters, its still entirely
possible that They could infiltrate a cluster and gather the addresses of
all nodes in the cluster (or at least comprimise the gateway, at which point
it will be easy to gain a list of all nodes in the cluster off it).
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