No, connections obtained in such a manner would not be small-world any more than #freenet-refs is, and they would of course be harvestable, and exploitable.
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 06:51:44AM -0700, Scruple Scruple wrote: > > Scruple: > >>Open-net is more anonymous, as was said above, because it increases > >>the anonymity set. If Freenet is ever to amount to anything then it will > >>have to be used - that is the goal isn't it, for Freenet to actually be > >>used? If it is to be used then it will need to be easy (easier) to use. > > Toad: > >Freenet needs to have more nodes yes, this I accept, and it's the main > >reason why we will have to implement opennet. > > Open-net doesn't need to be doom and gloom. Open-net despite increasing the > anonymity set can also be > used a client pool of potential 'dark-net friends' that should be as secure > as #freenet-refs is now. One could > sample the open-net pool of clients for criteria (e.g. fast connections, > online consistently etc) and > ask to exchange references. In this way open-net would help dark-net grow, > and serve as an entry point > for people into the Freenet darknet. > > Eventually Open-net would become less and less needed, but is quite useful > for bootstrapping Freenet until/if > Freenet becomes large. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20060814/95b5b2fb/attachment.pgp>
