On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 10:05:15AM -0700, AARG! Anonymous wrote: > > On Gnutella discussion sites, programmers are discussing a number of > > technical proposals that would make access to the network contingent > > on good behavior: If you write code that hurts Gnutella, in other > > words, you don't get to play. One idea would allow only "clients that > > you can authenticate" to speak on the network, Fisk says. This would > > include the five-or-so most popular Gnutella applications, including > > "Limewire, BearShare, Toadnode, Xolox, Gtk-Gnutella, and Gnucleus." If > > new clients want to join the group, they would need to abide by a certain > > communication specification. > > They intend to do this using digital signatures, and there is precedent > for this in past situations where there have been problems:
Depending on the clients to "do the right thing" is fundamentally stupid. [..] > Be sure and send a note to the Gnutella people reminding them of all > you're doing for them, okay, Lucky? This sort of attack doesn't do your position any good. Eric