Sorry for the long delay, I didn't have much time to read emails lately. Debian Linux User wrote: // Scott, you might want to change your name there.
> ... > A freenet document is of the following structure (ignore newlines): > > <2-octet keylength L> > <L key bytes> > [optional private metadata] > <Data> > > For those who weren't around when we decided this (namely anyone but > Oskar and maybe Adam), the key is included in the document so that when > she begins receiving data, Alice can decrypt the document > (including the key) with the key, and verify that the key she is using is > the same as the one stored with the document. If they don't match, it > means that the document was tampered with, or unencrypted, both of which > are Bad Things(tm). At this point, Alice aborts immediately, without > ... Now you really got me confused. Are you talking about the main encryption key for the document ? Because as I recall the document encryption was introduced in the first place so that a node owner could not determine what's on his machine. Isn't including the encryption key right before the data somewhat counter-productive ? CU, Philipp _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
