Also, wouldn't connecting to a known ARK server give away the fact that you were running Freenet?
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 09:32, Michael Rogers wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > >> * If it were possible to insert an ARK without third parties being able > >> to see whose ARK it was, might it then be possible for my neighbours to > >> retrieve my ARK by non-anonymous means, eg from a well-known server? > > > > Hmm what are you trying to do here? Certainly your reference could be > > published to a well-known server, but it'd have to be by your node... > > Here's what I had in mind: I'd insert my ARK anonymously into Freenet, > and my neighbours would first try my old address, then try to retrieve > my ARK from Freenet, and finally retrieve my ARK from a public "ARK > server" (analogous to a nym server) if none of their other neighbours > were online. > > But if the ARKs retrieved by my various neighbours look the same, the > ARK server will be able to create a map of the darknet. On the other > hand if each ARK is encrypted and signed with a different key, the ARK > server won't know that the ARKs retrieved by my various neighbours all > refer to the same node. It will still be able to harvest addresses, but > it won't be able to link them to one another. > > Another concern is that people might misuse the ARK server as a public > Freenet proxy by publishing arbitrary data inside ARKs, so the ARK > server might need to limit the number of requests per client per hour to > make this an unattractive option. > > Cheers, > Michael > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >
