On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 01:15:57PM -0600, Brandon wrote:
>
> > > A good question. Setting my node to transient and adding other people's
> > > node to my nodes.config file fails against an Enforcer attack. The purpose
> > > of my proposal is to defend against an Enforcer attack. The key element is
> > > rejecting connections from nodes which are not in my nodes.config, which
> > > the current node will not do, even if set to transient.
> > Why? Even if an enforcer connects to your node, he doesn't know if the
> > data he requested came from your node. Doubly so if your transient.
>
> Nor does he care. That's merely a legal issue of entrapment. It doesn't
> apply in either corporate terms of service or totalitarian governments.
The point is that the best defense against this is an "I'm Sparticus"
approach, where Freenet is widely deployed, and used for a diverse range of
things. In a totalitarian state this makes it too expensive to try to
shut-down all Freenet nodes, particularly when most of the network resides
outside your jurisdiction anyway. In the case of pseudo-totalitarian states
such as the US under the DMCA, it is more of a PR question as to whether
people can have their internet access removed for such a dubious reason as
using a Freenet node. Note that in both cases, we need more Freenet nodes out
in the open, all of them equal, and your proposal works against that.
Ian.
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