[freenet-dev] Easier reference swapping

[Florent Daignière (NextGen$)]

* Ed Tomlinson <edt at aei.ca> [2007-03-06 07:57:45]:

> 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

That wouldn't create a small world topology...
FYI, we are not discussing how to implement opennet but what are opennet
alternatives.

NextGen$

> 
> 
> 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.
> > 
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