Gregory Maxwell wrote: > Seems that when a node changes it's physical identity its peers do not > learn of this new identity. > > For example, I have a running freenet node that everyone knows based > on my IP. I realize this IP might change at some point in the > future, and I don't want to need to expend the effort to go contact > all my neighbors again ... So I got get a dyndns name. I set my > ipoverride to this name, and I see in my new reference that my client > now considers its physical address to be the dyndns address. I would > now expect that all the peers I connect to would learn of this address > and would adjust their records accordingly. But they don't. > > Is this just unimplimented or is there a security implication I'm missing?
I think its simply not implemented, and I think ARKs will be implemented instead which should solve the problem and more thoroughly. (I think, someone correct me if Im wrong, its basically peer-detail rediscovery over freenet, so one connection will be enough to learn the new ips of your peers.) --- John B?ckstrand
