Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-07-01 Thread Timm Murray
even if it was added at all into 0.3, but I'm pretty sure it was. I need keep up with whats going on in CVS better). - Original Message - From: "Stefan Reich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [freene

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
Chad Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Would it be hard for an ISP to block out just Freenet traffic? Yes, because Freenet runs on arbitrary TCP/IP ports. (The plurality of nodes are running on port 19114, because some of the Freenet packages default to that, but there are a great number of

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-28 Thread Chad Phillips
FYI, I am writing a paper on freenet for a copyright law class. So most of my questions are purely academic. >Actually, this whole discussion is moot -- if I wanted to search a known >node for a file, I would just do > freenet_request -h 1 -s tcp/XX.XX.XX.XX:Y KEY tempfile Wouldn't this gr

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Leo Howell
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 07:09:09PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > freenet_request -h 1 -s tcp/XX.XX.XX.XX:Y KEY tempfile Doesn't freenet put some uncertainty into the HTL value? IIRC even a HTL 1 request might end up going to some other nodes as well. -- Leo Howell

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Mark J. Roberts
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 05:58:15PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Chad Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > One "what if" I was thinking about is lets say the RIAA compiles a list of > > keys of copyrighted works and then randomly picks node operators and tries > > to legally force them to ch

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
Stefan Reich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: "Greg Wooledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >(1) Where's their search warrant? > > They don't necessarily need one (see David's scary story about spineless > providers in New Zealand). Cutting access is bad, but it's not the same as forcing you to divul

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Stefan Reich
From: "Greg Wooledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >(1) Where's their search warrant? They don't necessarily need one (see David's scary story about spineless providers in New Zealand). >(2) frequest KSK@some/file/that/they/want/to/delete.mp3 foo.mp3 >finsert KSK@the/same/file/with/a/different/name.m

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
Chad Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > One "what if" I was thinking about is lets say the RIAA compiles a list of > keys of copyrighted works and then randomly picks node operators and tries > to legally force them to check for these keys. (1) Where's their search warrant? (2) frequest KSK@

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Chad Phillips
ISP's into blocking freenet traffic (I guess you could do this by blocking all but a few ports used for regular web surfing). Any thoughts on this? Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, that is very easy to do. You don't even need to look 

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Adam Langley
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:05:53AM -0500, Chad Phillips wrote: > I have read the docs on how freenet works, but I am still a little unclear > on one thing. You shouldn't be able tell what is stored on your node > because everything is hashed. You can't get a list of everything that is on your no

Re: [freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Stefan Reich
Yes, that is very easy to do. You don't even need to look 'inside' your node; just say frequest -htl 1 KSK@company/topsecret That particular company won't gain a lot though, even if they manage to have many node operators delete that file - if the content is interesting in any way, there w

[freenet-chat] Finding a key on your node

2001-06-27 Thread Chad Phillips
I have read the docs on how freenet works, but I am still a little unclear on one thing. You shouldn't be able tell what is stored on your node because everything is hashed. Is it possible to easily find out if a specific key is on your node. Say company x calls you and says file "top secret" h