> Anyways, here's what I was thinking: I think Brandon is right about
> getting private networks into Fred. But I think there's one more thing
> that would help. I think there may be a good reason to allow nodes to
> only talk to other nodes in a pre-configured list.
The entire Freenet mechanism depends upon the "path compression" effect
which you get when data is requested, however (as was pointed out the last
time this was suggested) with this mechanism this path compression would
not occur.
While I think that "Media Enforcer" won't work in a million years, I
suppose we should look at the general idea here. To make it concrete - we
are looking for ways to make it more difficult to locate Freenet nodes.
Replacing inform.php is the first obvious way to do this. Discouraging
nodes from using the 19114 default is another. Changing over to a public
key encryption mechanism rather than DH key-exchanges is another.
I think that it will always be possible to "fish" for IP addresses
(ie. build up a list of Freenet nodes but not in any directed
manner), but the likelihood that for any given IP address it will be
possible to shut it down is slim. It would need to be on an ISP which is:
a) Situated in the US
b) Using a mechanism where it is possible to tie IP addresses to customers
(ie. not cable)
c) Willing to accept responsibility for the actions of their users (a
Pandora's box for most ISPs)
d) Willing to spend money to reduce their revenue (I am sure the
shareholders will congratulate whoever suggested that)
Ian.
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