Re: [freenet-devl] Freenet DOS defense strategy???

[Ian Clarke]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:52:37PM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
> I have a new suggestion for this: just count the number of hits on each key
> and call that P, and whenever P reaches a certain limit, delete the key.

Er - I am probably misunderstanding you, but wouldn't this create a
trivial attack for removing particular keys from Freenet? Simply hammer
nodes with requests until they drop the key you are requesting...

Ian.

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