On Thu, 2015-11-05 at 22:33 +0000, Matthew Toseland wrote: > On 05/11/15 22:21, Bob Ham wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-11-05 at 21:19 +0000, Matthew Toseland wrote: > >> On 04/11/15 22:57, Bob Ham wrote: > >>> That's all helpful, thanks. However, I'm still not entirely sure which > >>> are the "fundamental" problems Toad spoke of > >> Okay, I will give some here, since people are being a bit more civil. > >> > >> In brief: > > I'm glad you answered, thanks. Could you possibly help clarify some of > > the issues? > > > > (I'm disregarding opennet, social issues, implementation issues, > > applications, etc.; my focus is on the fundamental technical and > > theoretical possibility of the Freenet protocol, or a Freenet-like > > protocol.) > > > >> -- Tunnels are possible > > What kind of tunnels do you mean? Why is their possibility a problem? > >> -- General Sybil problem: *Every* resource is cheaper for an attacker > >> than a lowest common denominator new user. Unless we can e.g. charge for > >> entry to opennet. > > Is Sybil relevant outside of opennet? > Sorry for my shorthand. These two were specifically related to opennet. > Tunnels are possible on darknet, but would reduce invisibility.
I'm still not clear on what you mean by "tunnels"? > >> - Darknet security: Pitch Black (believed to be solvable). > > Can you expand on the belief that this problem is solvable? > Oskar has proposed a solution. What was the proposal? > >> - Load management: Performance. > Currently load is managed primarily > by the originator adjusting their send rate. I see. > >> - Darknet doesn't scale. > > How so? Are you talking about an implementation issue, an issue with > > the protocol, or a social issue? > The current swapping algorithm, which is very much part of the protocol > IMHO for darknet, appears to have super-linear convergence time. I see. > >> - Mobile code is fundamentally unsafe on Freenet (although tunnels may > >> help here) > > What do you mean by "mobile code" exactly? > Javascript. I see. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [email protected] https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
