[freenet-dev] How to fix Frost

[Matthew Toseland]

On Wednesday 22 August 2007 20:19, Edgar Friendly wrote:
> Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > Why can't we just insert a global ratings list for that identity, indicate 
> > which we've seen on which boards, and include a pointer in each message?
> 
> We can, but if we need to let people lurk on some boards, we need
> per-identity boardlists or we'll drown in rating list keys.

So the problem is that each poster would have to include in their ratings list 
information for boards other than the ones they've posted to? Arguably that's 
insecure anyway, you should be able to lurk on a board without giving it 
away, so we should not post info for boards that you haven't (recently?) 
posted on.
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