Matthew Toseland wrote:
> What 3 link limit? My darknet node currently has 14 connected nodes...
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 05:24:37PM +0100, Volodya wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to ask for any explanation for the 3 link limit that you
>>have imposed upon 0,7? I really do not understand how i am suppose to
>>switch to that network now, my original plan was to contact all my friends
>>who i trust and tell them that if they ever wanted to achieve anonymity, my
>>node is open to them, then i'd connect to them and we'd start our little
>>network, slowly the network would continue to grow, as they would invite
>>their friends, etc, and everybody would be happy.
>
>
> This is exactly what you should do.
>
>>With the limit i can only contact people who already know at least 2 other
>>people willing to try freenet out, or i have to ask my friends to
>>compromise their anonymity to each other (many of my friends don't know
>>each other), or i will have to run 3 nodes on my computer to start with (my
>>current plan) which will allow for us to go around the limit, until such
>>time when people will start finding other links themselves.
>
>
> Oh I see. You mean the "you must connect to at least 3 peers" thing?
> Lets explain this once and for all:
> - You can connect to one node only. You will not have any anonymity
> against that node should it be malicious as all your requests go
> through it, and you are not routing any requests for other nodes.
> Also your node will not be of any value to the network in terms of
> routing. However, if you *really* trust your one peer, you can do
> this, and you will be safe against external attackers.
> - You can connect to two nodes. You will have very limited anonymity, as
> requests can either have come from you or from the other node (or
> nodes behind it). Your node will still not be able to do any routing,
> but it may function as a useful relay.
> - You can connect to three nodes. You will have more anonymity, since
> your requests can have come from you or your other 2 neighbours. Your
> node will actually route requests for the network.
>
> So:
> - The fewer connections you have, the more you must trust your peers.
> - The more connections you have, the more likely one of them is a
> traitor.
> - The more connections you have (within reason), the more routing your
> node can do, the more useful it is to the network and the better
> performance it will get. (In terms of routing, and in terms of
> multi-source downloads).
> - If you have less than 3 peers, your node isn't routing at all. That
> isn't necessarily a seriously bad thing, but it would be better to
> have at least 3 peers.
Thanks a lot, that was a very useful explanation... q;-) So basically what i'll
do is make
sure that i first connect to people that i *really* trust, that will ensure
that even
after the connection to the first one but before i find the second one i won't
be
paranoid. After that i might start going around looking for people to connect
to that i
trust reasonably, but not as much.
- Volodya
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