On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:42:37PM -0500, Brandon wrote:

> There is always a trade-off between security and efficiency. Talking to
> unknown nodes is a security risk. It is absolutely essential that you give
> people the option for as much security as they want. And Freenet certainly
> would work if everyone did this, but it would be significantly
> slower. That's the tradeoff. I'm not advocating that everyone do this, but
> that it be an option. The Freenet design works by being pulled
> simultaneously in the two directions of efficiency and security.

There is a difference between trade offs and breaking the system
though. If something like this turns out breaking the system, then we
simply can't have it.

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