[freenet-dev] Freenet 0.7 build 1041

[Florent Daignière]

* Jusa Saari <jargonautti at hotmail.com> [2007-07-08 20:04:15]:

> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:40:36 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> 
> > Freenet 0.7 build 1041 is now available. Please upgrade, tell us if you
> > have any problem upgrading, and tell us if you find any bugs.
> > 
> > Major changes:
> > - Major internal changes/refactoring getting ready for opennet. We don't
> > yet have the core opennet functionality, but we have all the
> > prerequisites. Opennet will run on a separate UDP port, with separate
> > crypto etc. You can turn it on but it will not automatically exchange refs
> 
> What does "separate crypto" mean ? Does it use different algorithm or
> something ? Why ?

What it means ... No

> I do assume that all the connections use a different crypto key, right ?
> 

It's not clear  on how different they  will be yet... In  any case there
will be  a different  node reference,  meaning that  the keypair  can be
different.

> Anyway, does using a separate port give any security advantages ? I would
> think it would allow an attacker who can packet-sniff your node to gain
> more information by reliably differentiating your darknet and opennet
> connections.

Opennet is harvestable  by design... and will be harvested;  If we don't
want bad  guys to  be able  to cheaply block  most of  the nodes  of the
network, we have to use different port numbers.

NextGen$
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