On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 03:12:24PM -0600, Brandon wrote:
> > 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
>
> This doesn't help at all since MediaEnforcer scans blocks of IP addresses
> and therefore doesn't use inform.php in the first place.
>
> > nodes from using the 19114 default is another. Changing over to a public
>
> This doesn't stop them because they can port scan.
The thing about this is that port scans have a real tendency to get
people (especially sysadmins) angry. The fact that MediaEnforcer has
to scan IP blocks and because there is no set Freenet port means that
MediaEnforcer has to portscan a *large* number of sites. This means
that it will get a *large* number of sysadmins angry. The more angry
sysadmins, the better, because you could construe that MediaEnforcer
was attacking your site by portscanning it, and alleging that such a
portscan is an attack IIRC has been used successfully in court
before.
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