On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 09:47:56AM -0500, Scott G. Miller wrote: > > > > I must be decidedly unclever here, because I don't understand what the > > issue is at all. > The issue is if several freenet nodes operate in a small block of changing > IP addresses. Its very likely that one node will occupy the IP address of > a previous node. This would cause the node contacting it to believe that > its been subverted or at least changed its key.
No, the node would say "The node I'm trying to connect to (identified by it's pk) is no longer at this address" and behave just like if the connection had failed (ie, look up ARK or drop reference). If all connections use PK authentication there is absolutely no need to get all up and over about the fact that somebody might have been trying to subvert the connection - since such an attack can't succeed, there is no need to take any extra precautions. This is just like there is no reason for a node to get more excited about bad CHK data then a broke connection - if the attack is as productive as hitting brick wall with your fists then let mallory has his fun. -- \oskar _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
