> transport-specific address) as the primary addresses for datastore > references and routing? > > If Alice doesn't know Bob's IP address she queries some other node and > verifies that the response (which would include Bob's complete public > key and current IP address) has been signed by Bob. For this reason right here. The only way for that to reliably work is to perform a request on freenet, which is just horrendously slow compared to fetching a public key. Besides, you have to have an IP<->fingerprint link to prevent man in the middle. Address or public key alone won't do it.
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