On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 03:20:31PM +0100, Michael Rogers wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20060427/a0e3ed44/attachment.pgp>
