On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 07:39:09PM +0200, Frank v Waveren wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 06:34:03PM +0100, Toad wrote: > > No it wouldn't. Many requests are made for which the data does not exist > > in the network. By Frost, for example. These would end up visiting every > > node. And an attacker could produce a constant stream of random key > > requests to overload a network using such a crazy algorithm. > > Ehm, no. You don't continue until the key is found, you continue until > the request gets routed to a node that that request has already passed, > ie the request loops.
But then a lot of requests will get terminated way too early. > > > -- > Frank v Waveren Fingerprint: 21A7 C7F3 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|stack.nl|dse.nl] ICQ#10074100 1FF3 47FF 545C CB53 > Public key: hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 7BD9 09C0 3AC1 6DF2 -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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