On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 03:20:31PM +0100, Michael Rogers wrote:
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> Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > When we have connected to the network but
> > can't connect to all our peers, we look up our neighbour's ARKs (these
> > are included on their references or are generated from their pubkeys),
> > to find what their new IP is. This is designed as an in-freenet
> > substitute for dyndns (which is blocked in China), but obviously doesn't
> > work if you can't get a single connection up.
> 
> This sounds interesting - would you mind clarifying a couple of things?
> 
> * What key is the ARK inserted under?

A USK. Either this is derived from the node's public key directly, or it
is a separate key included in the noderef (with the private key kept
separately in the private ref in the node-XXX file).

> * Is the ARK encrypted?

In the same way as an SSK would be, yes.

> * Does each of my neighbours retrieve a separate ARK?
>       * Inserted under a separate key?
>       * Encrypted with a separate key?

No.

> * If it were possible to insert an ARK without third parties being able
> to see whose ARK it was, might it then be possible for my neighbours to
> retrieve my ARK by non-anonymous means, eg from a well-known server?

Hmm what are you trying to do here? Certainly your reference could be
published to a well-known server, but it'd have to be by your node...
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
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Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org
Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/
ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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