[Freenet-dev] Datastore now takes size into account

2000-08-07 Thread Dev Random
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[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> http://mirror.squidly.org/snapshots/ Good work! ___ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev

[Freenet-dev] Subspaces and directory-documents

2000-08-07 Thread Dev Random
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[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Oskar Sandberg
Simple SVK based subspaces, as in the key is hash(public_key + document_name) so people can have many documents with guessable document_name (or enumerated) protected by one public key, are already in the standard SVK code. On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Ian Clarke wrote: > > After much thought and conside

[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Oskar Sandberg
Scott changed the clients over from KHKs to KSKs. Since which is being used is transparent to the user, that is not an issue with the usage. There are some issues we the sorry state of the client code that's making things like restarting on bad data difficult. There is no direct SVK or CHK suppor

[Freenet-dev] Chances of a Mac version

2000-08-07 Thread Matt Smith
Not sure if this is a taboo subject (it shouldn't be) but I'd love to see a Macintosh version of the Freenet client. OS 8/9 development would be pretty pointless, but OSX Cocoa development would be very good and very welcome. Being a fledgling programmer I speak with little knowledge of the possibi

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> What's the most useful thing to mirror? Nightly snapshots? Just the > current source tree? I think that a monthly mirror of the entire web site and a weekly source snapshot should be sufficient. ___ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.s

[Freenet-dev] 0.3 Protocol docs, take 1

2000-08-07 Thread Adam Langley
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[Freenet-dev] 0.3 Protocol docs, take 1

2000-08-07 Thread Adam Langley
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[Freenet-dev] Dial-up nodes -- an idea

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> the server code to hold on to DNS names instead of converting to IPs, but > it shouldn't be too difficult. That's a single line somewhere. I'll go look for it, since I put it there for some reason that was quite reasonable at the time. ___ Freenet-

[Freenet-dev] Dial-up nodes -- an idea

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Dial-up nodes -- an idea

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> Why not use simple DNS? If freenet did use DNS in stead of IP numbers, > the people who'd like to run a node on a dynamic IP could get a > hostname/domain with dhs.org and probably elsewhere as well. Yep. > Or is DNS a security risk? I cannot think of any way how, but that > means nothing. Th

[Freenet-dev] (REPOST) Proposal: Information Dispersal Algorithminstead of simplefile splitting

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Dial-up nodes -- an idea

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> Perhaps fixing up the clients would be a good small job for me to start > with? The clients certainly need a lot of work. There is some wizardry involved (just a little). But if you think you're up to it, you're more than welcome to try your hand at improving the clients. Perhaps we could IRC t

[Freenet-dev] purging on key closeness

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> Honestly, looking at Old* vs new *, the only real differences I could see > was that all the existing code was moved around. I think a real rewrite > might be in order. Before it was a single main function. Now it is broken down into overridable functions so that it can be subclassed by othe

[Freenet-dev] (REPOST) Proposal: Information Dispersal Algorithminstead of simplefile splitting

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> can we add spam/advertising crap insertion/user harassment to that ? Some > guy on flatplanet.net has been using gnutella to spam his message > across...every search from that node (or set of nodes he's using) is being > returned with fake ips and positive search results with the spam attached >

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> also, what about someone hosting a mirror of the site? ie. perhaps a > mirror once a week > day instead of whatever the CVS refresh is now? Some mirrors would be cool. Of course, eventually we should just be able to put the site in Freenet and it will get mirrored, but for right now a couple

[Freenet-dev] 0.3 Protocol docs, take 1

2000-08-07 Thread Oskar Sandberg
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, hal at finney.org wrote: <> > There is a field for the total message length in the headers, of course. > I assume it includes the hashes and check bytes? So you can tell when you > have reached the final block by keeping track of how many bytes total you > have left. If ther

[Freenet-dev] Will 0.3 be useful?

2000-08-07 Thread Oskar Sandberg
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Michael ROGERS wrote: > >KSKs are equal to KHKs. They just arent forgable. We most certainly have > >guessable keys. > > If KSK are guessable, they are forgable. See my post to freenet-tech for > details. KSK's are not secure, but we think/hope they are obscured enough to

[Freenet-dev] 0.3 Protocol docs, take 1

2000-08-07 Thread Adam Langley
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[Freenet-dev] Datastore now takes size into account

2000-08-07 Thread Oskar Sandberg
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Ian Clarke wrote: <> > Ok, how is this for a solution to this exploit: Rather than using the > position in the datastore found by the method I describe as the insert > point for the data, it is used as a lower-bound for the insert point, > ie. the data is inserted at a random

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread johnc...@mindspring.com
Howdy! I have a quick question, does anyone have a full backup of the freenet.sourceforge.net site? if not, should that be put on the option as a distributed backup?, as many people in as many countries as possible who are developers/trusted? also, what about someone hosting a mirror of the si

[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
Oskar Sandberg wrote: > Simple SVK based subspaces, as in the key is hash(public_key + document_name) > so people can have many documents with guessable document_name (or enumerated) > protected by one public key, are already in the standard SVK code. I propose that as soon as 0.3 is released - w

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
Oskar Sandberg wrote: > > Simple SVK based subspaces, as in the key is hash(public_key + document_name) > so people can have many documents with guessable document_name (or enumerated) > protected by one public key, are already in the standard SVK code. Oops, didn't spot that - you guys have be

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
> After much thought and consideration, I find myself coming around to > Oskar's point of view on subspaces, in that an entire language (albeit > without control-flow) may be overkill, and that a simpler SVK-based > mechanism might be better. > > As soon as I get time I will look at implementing

[Freenet-dev] Datastore now takes size into account

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
> > Ok, how is this for a solution to this exploit: Rather than using the > > position in the datastore found by the method I describe as the insert > > point for the data, it is used as a lower-bound for the insert point, > > ie. the data is inserted at a random position above this point. > > T

[Freenet-dev] Chances of a Mac version

2000-08-07 Thread jwess...@unlnotes.unl.edu
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[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
I note in the client changelog that modifications appear to have been made to make them up-to-date with recent key improvements, but can't see this reflected in the usage help message. Are the Java clients now fully ok with the new key stuff? Ian. ___

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
After much thought and consideration, I find myself coming around to Oskar's point of view on subspaces, in that an entire language (albeit without control-flow) may be overkill, and that a simpler SVK-based mechanism might be better. As soon as I get time I will look at implementing this. Ian.

[Freenet-dev] ThreaPool ... minor problems.

2000-08-07 Thread Oskar Sandberg
On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, Scott G. Miller wrote: <> > Ah, I believe your right. The solution is to not use a BlockingQueue, but > rather a BlockingStack. That way reclaimed threads get used in preference > over new threads. Speaking of this, I keep forgeting to ask, should I go to the ThreadPool thin

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> I propose that as soon as 0.3 is released - we start to insert daily > snapshots protected by SVK subspaces, I have a antsy feeling that > Sourceforge will be the first target of any legal challenge to Freenet. Very good idea. ___ Freenet-dev maili

[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> What I'd like to do is have a 0.3 release with full server support of all > the new keytypes, then release a 0.3.1 with an updated client not too much > later. Good idea. ___ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://list

[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Brandon
> Scott changed the clients over from KHKs to KSKs. Since which is being used is > transparent to the user, that is not an issue with the usage. There are some > issues we the sorry state of the client code that's making things like > restarting on bad data difficult. If you have some recommendat

[Freenet-dev] 0.3 Protocol docs, take 1

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] 0.3 Protocol docs, take 1

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Hello, all!

2000-08-07 Thread Stephen Blackheath
Hello, everyone. I'd like to join your development team, if I might. I have very strong Java and cryptography experience, and I am very keen on this project. My experience includes the working on the JDK for IBM back in 1997, and an Internet Banking application for a bank. I'm also full of idea

[Freenet-dev] rijndael, ciphers, and 'revocations'

2000-08-07 Thread Bram Cohen
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Stephen Blackheath wrote: > There's a cryptanalysis of the Rijndael algorithm at > http://www.counterpane.com/rijndael.html. I haven't got into detail, but > it looks a little worrying. > > This brings me to... The issue of what ciphers to use. Has anyone given > thought to

[Freenet-dev] 0.3 Protocol docs, take 1

2000-08-07 Thread h...@finney.org
Oskar writes: > The DataLength includes all the control characters and alike. This is for > abstractions sake, DataLength is used by the connection layer to know how much > to read of the socket, it shouldn't have to deal with control bytes and alike > (except for being able to interrupted) when th

[Freenet-dev] purging on key closeness

2000-08-07 Thread Muzzle
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 06:36:08 -0700, freenet-dev-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote: >> Sorry if this has been already proposed but i was thinking that a node >> should probably keep longer the files it is more likely to be requested >> for (ie the closest to its key) & delete first files that are

[Freenet-dev] purging on key closeness

2000-08-07 Thread Muzzle
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 06:36:08 -0700, freenet-dev-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > >But this happens naturally since the file is moved to the top of the stack >every time it is requested. I don't think there is any reason to artificially >inflate it. > >On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Muzzle wrote: >> So

[Freenet-dev] Datastore now takes size into account

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
> > c) You'd need to make sure searchData() does the same thing (if you want it > > too). > H, I assumed that searchData() would use the put() method, but I will > check this. Yep, its cool - searchData() uses the put() method, so the mod affects it already. Ian. ___

[Freenet-dev] Datastore now takes size into account

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
> > a) So if I take a key value and insert exactly one byte of data for it, that > > data will never expire? What if I flood Freenet with thousands of one byte > > inserts? Will they be blocking datastores (which are limited by number of > > entries as well) and never be cleared? > This may be an

[Freenet-dev] Will 0.3 be useful?

2000-08-07 Thread Michael ROGERS
>KSKs are equal to KHKs. They just arent forgable. We most certainly have >guessable keys. If KSK are guessable, they are forgable. See my post to freenet-tech for details. Michael ___ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net h

[Freenet-dev] Other versions of freenet?

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
Visit http://whiterose.sourceforge.net/, it is a C++ version of Freenet being developed by Adam Langley . Ian. Paul Bartlett wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I know that all the main development is happening with Java, but > > I'm not much of a Java guru. I was thinking about implementing > > a C++

[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Change of mind on Subspaces

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Client syncing with server

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] rijndael, ciphers, and 'revocations'

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Datastore now takes size into account

2000-08-07 Thread Ian Clarke
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[Freenet-dev] Will 0.3 be useful?

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] ThreaPool ... minor problems.

2000-08-07 Thread Scott G. Miller
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[Freenet-dev] Proposal: Freenet to Web proxy

2000-08-07 Thread Alex Barnell
Dev Random wrote: > > * HTML rewriting > > In addition to rewriting Directory documents as HTML, the Adapter is also > able to rewrite any HTML that passes through it, replacing references > to the freenet URL scheme with HTTP references to itself. > > For example, "freenet://.svk/docs/traffic.h