It probably depends on what you mean by "public". It might be possible to
have a system where the path compression is limited by some sort of web of
trust (or rather web of secrecy). Nodes included in that web would still
be public but at least not directly available to an attacker. I would
agree that a network of truly private nodes (known and accessable only to
the operator and an out of band chosen group) could not work.
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 08:13:07PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote:
> > You don't move the target, you reduce its size. A smaller target is better
> > because less nodes can get shut down. A system with *no* public nodes
> > would be great if someone could come up with one. But a system with fewer
> > public nodes (assuming that it doesn't break the network) is better.
>
> I am sure there is a proof somewhere that a functional freenet with no
> public nodes is an impossibility. Don't ask me to find it though.
>
> Ian.
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