On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 06:57:22PM -0600, Brandon wrote: > > > For actual data, yes. For inserting keys into an index, email is ideal. > > Email > > over freenet is not what we need for this, as email over freenet is upside > > down > > (you listen to other people's outboxes, only those you know about); > > That's not how Freenet e-mail works. That's just an idea someone > suggested. You wouldn't use f-mail anyway, but a separate client just for > keyindex maintenance. > > > any freenet > > insertion mechanism would be horrendously prone to flooding. Of course you > > can > > As is the current key index system. It's a different kind of flooding, no? For any key index system, you have the flooding by adding zillions of bogus keys problem. For an in-freenet keyindex you also have the possibility of spamming the pseudoupdating space and thus slowing down future inserts to the point of not being usable. Maybe they are the same thing. > > > And for centralised keyindexes, email is exactly what we need. It would also > > We are getting rid of centralized keyindices permanently. They were just a > temporary measure. Wonderful news! I've heard it before :|
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