* Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-14 13:24:17]:

> On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 01:03:18PM +0200, Florent Daignière (NextGen$) wrote:
> > * Florent Daignière (NextGen$) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-14 12:58:29]:
> > 
> > > In the long term we will ask the client to send us a salted hash of the
> > > full content in ClientPuts so that we can ensure it has read access to
> > > the file. Toad wants that the node chooses the salt and that it is not
> > > predictable ... it involves using a challenge/response mechanism
> > > => more complexity won't be implemented "soon"
> > > 
> > > I am convinced we need the hash to be salted but I'm not convinced that
> > > we have to randomize it on a per-request basis : We could send an
> > > identifier in the NodeHello message and ensure it matches the salt.
> > > @toad any problem with that approach ?
> > > 
> > > If there isn't any I might implement it soon.
> > > 
> > 
> > In fact we might even ask for H( NodeHello.id + Client(Put|Get).id,
> > content) so that it would be unique ... provided we keep track of
> > identifiers when requests are terminated.
> 
> What's this NodeHello.id ? You mean ClientHello.name ? That's chosen by
> the client.

NodeHello is the reply the node gives after a ClientHello ... a new
field we would introduce.

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