> > Hi, > > > > I'm currently writing some specs for a moderable board system: > > http://wiki.freenetproject.org/AnotherBoardSystem > > > > But before continuing I would want to know if someone can tell me if it > > could work or not at all (only on a technical aspect please) ? > > I think it could work . You talk about the thread all being within one file, > which you say will take a long time to download. However, that's the case > with Frost now by default, and it hasn't been a problem. You do, however, > have to check all the previous posts against their copies in the originals as > well as, as you mentioned, checking they're still there. > > I know the advantage is that the whole thread appears immediately rather than > now in frost where later posts arrive and then previous ones trickle in, but > unlike frost you know which to download to complete the thread, so it's not > so much of a problem, at least considering the security complications it > generates. I think you might be better off with 1 post == 1 insert. > Hmm, yes, someone on Frost makes me notice that if a "bad guy" inserts an empty thread list, all the clients will try to re-insert it simultaneously.
> I'm not sure the thread list file is necessary - why not just use predictable > sequential keys like frost does now? > In fact it should be done also for the messages, because the same attack is possible on them. I will have to redesign it ... :) > > The final idea here would be to add it to Thaw. > > I though Thaw was an interface to the Freenet transfer queue, not a messaging > program? Are you going to be adding a desktop publishing program to it as > well? ;) > At the moment, I see Thaw as a Swing interface to the Freenet node (after all, Frost will be also an interface to the Freenet transfer queue, no ?) > That's all I can think of right now apart from adding the point that no posts > is ever actually made inaccessible by the moderators - they're > only 'advising' the readers (or their clients) which messages they think are > legit. Even the 'deleted' messages are still fetchable. > Yes, of course. Since you can't remove any files from Freenet ... :)
