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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
