On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 08:24:15PM +1000, Zem wrote: > Oskar Sandberg wrote: > > I'm actually warming up the idea of making the address: > > > > physical address + fingerprint + number > > > > and having the node lookup: > > > > ARK(fingerprint , (number + 1)) > > > > should the connect fail (ARK is Address Resolution Key). > > I had been thinking more along the lines of making the address just > "fingerprint + number", and doing the above lookup if the connect fails > OR if the physical address is unknown.
I understood that, and I understand the technical appeal, but it is just going to be a viable approach performance and traffic wise. It is possible that something like an ARK could work for addresses that shift only once every few days but we can't expect lookups to occur at every hop. > But you're right, there's a performance advantage to be had from > including the physical address. I can't think of any drawbacks. > > > > Any use of public keys implies a web of trust, no? > > > > No, there is no real web of trust here. Or a loose one at most. Nodes > > learn about new nodes by reading the DataSource: field in data carrying > > messages, and then connect to it. There is no way of verifying that the > > address in the DataSource is the "correct" in any sense of the word - it > > could very well be pointing at a malicious node. > > I started writing an epic here, then decided it's all off topic. > Sufficient to say: Check the backlogs, we have been through it. > > Except for the part about "trusted hosts" (we trust nobody) I agree. > > For "trusted", substitude "preferred". "known". > > > -- > zem at zip.com.au F289 2BDB 1DA0 F4C4 DC87 EC36 B2E3 4E75 C853 FD93 > zem.squidly.org "..I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible.." > > _______________________________________________ > Freenet-dev mailing list > Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev > -- \oskar _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
