[freenet-dev] Easier reference swapping

[Ed Tomlinson]

Hi,

Why not take the simple way?  The last time I had to reset my node I ran
a swapbot that used irc to get some refs.  If I remember correctly there is
a project that creates an anonymous irc network.  Why not have nodes
create or connect to this network, at least some of the time, and use a
standardized swapbot to get references.   If a person running a node is
willing to be less anonymous, we could even use freenode...  

Comments?
Ed


On Tuesday 06 March 2007 05:37, Florent Daignière wrote:
> * Volodya <Volodya at WhenGendarmeSleeps.org> [2007-03-06 05:44:35]:
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> > Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > > I don't understand why a password and IP address is easier than a
> > > one-time reference. I suppose it has the advantage of being able to
> > > write it down - but for it to be secure it would need to be a one-time
> > > password; you'd need to generate a new one every time ...
> > > 
> > > Hmmm. Maybe we should provide both mechanisms?
> > 
> > One thing that might be done is not having an increadibly secure password protection (just
> > secure enough), but when somebody adds themselves via password they get added in the
> > disabled mode, then the person tells you "It asks me to tell you to enable me" and you do
> > so. If somebody intersepts the password in between and uses it, the second person will get
> > a request to inform you that password has been used already, so you just go and delete the
> > bugger who used it.
> > 
> > In other words: Bring security away from the machine and to the person.
> > 
> >                               - Volodya
> > 
> 
> So far a node is *passive* and won't react upon reception of any unknown data.
> If we want to tell the user that the password has already been used, we
> would need to change that behaviour :/
> 
> I'm not sure it's a good idea.
> 
> NextGen$
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