[freenet-dev] Propagating opennet refs through darknet nodes

[Matthew Toseland]

On Thursday 26 July 2007 20:01, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> On Thursday 26 July 2007 04:14, NextGen$ wrote:
> > * Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2007-07-25 18:39:11]:
> > > I propose that darknet nodes be allowed to forward announcements and
> > > path folding messages (ConnectDestination etc), without including their
> > > own noderefs.
> > >
> > > Any objections?
> >
> > _o/
> > It's a bad idea.
> > Be informed that my node wont behave that way...
>
> Why, precisely, is it a bad idea? As far as I can tell it doesn't
> compromise the nodes which only relay and never send their own noderef?

Another advantage is it provides an excellent reason to get darknet peers, 
since they can reseed your opennet connections... although maybe it would 
result in people connecting to people they don't know?
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