> 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.
This does not stop the attack, it only slows it down. Which makes no
difference given enough resources. Also, IP scanning will soon be replaced
by running an evil node, for which this attack is useless.
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