> I share that concern.  We must acknowledge that even as it stands it
> is unlikely that there would be a sustained attack against Freenet, if
> we get *too* paranoid about security we could risk creating a white
> elephant that is perfectly secure, but so slow that everyone goes for
> a less secure, but faster, alternative.  If this happens then we will
> have failed.
> 
> We must remain pragmatic in terms of balancing security with
> efficiency.

Very true, although both can be accomodated by allowing a node to be
configured to be more on the secure or efficient side.

That's my I'm in favor of session key caching. The paranoid can always
generate a new key, the speed junkies can cache a key for 24 hours (or
some other reasonable maximum).



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