-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well, before we remove it, I would be interested to know what we can learn from it. For example, what is the average ping time for a network location? This could help us to determine the viability of real-time messaging in Freenet.
Ian. On 16 Jun 2006, at 09:19, Matthew Toseland wrote: > The node still includes routed ping support. This essentially is a way > to ping a location. The ping is routed, within the limits of HTL. > It was > used for testing the code in quasi-simulation, and may still be useful > for that purpose. The question is, should it be disabled on the main > network? It is not sufficiently reliable to be a useful communication > mechanism, especially when you consider that it is directed to a > node location, not to a node identity... It might be possible to ping > locations from the list captured for network size estimation, and > thereby estimate how many of them are still online. However, it is > unreliable, and spoofable. > > Is it a security risk? > -- > Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEkuWoQtgxRWSmsqwRAsNmAJ4u934Mg9mE5b2O4Vp9fPRpPt0beQCeOOVT flwcXf8Wms+yPIrgFhfoXtI= =vHQr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
