[Tech] Theoretical Master Thesis on sybil attacks on freenet

[Matthew Toseland]

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Will read it anyway.

On Tuesday 18 September 2007 21:32, you wrote:
> Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > Cool! Any validation of our fundamental design principles is welcome. I 
will 
> > link the paper from the website soon, and try to get around to reading it.
> >
> > On Tuesday 18 September 2007 08:31, Thomas Bruderer wrote:
> >   
> >> Hello everyone
> >>
> >> I announced a half year ago that I write a master thesis over possible 
sibyl
> >> attacks on freenet. I don't want to spam the devl list because the info 
of 
> >>     
> > the
> >   
> >> paper is already known, however not in these clear detail. So I post it 
here 
> >>     
> > on
> >   
> >> the technical list, since the information of the paper won't help much in
> >> developing.
> >>
> >> The paper gives some theoretical background of how safe you might or 
might 
> >>     
> > not
> >   
> >> be in freenet, however the network topology is very very simplified 
> >>     
> > throughout
> >   
> >> the paper to make it possible to analyze it theoretically.
> >>
> >> For those who won't believe that darknet and trusted peers are a 
necessity 
> >>     
> > the
> >   
> >> paper will open your eyes. Freenet 0.5 and Opennet are wide open to 
attacks
> >> described in the paper. A small step for freenet a big step for me, I 
> >>     
> > finally
> >   
> >> have some spare time :)
> >>
> >> Anyone interested can read the paper here, its quite mathematical, but I 
> >>     
> > hope
> >   
> >> easy to read to any Undergraduate CS Student.
> >>
> >> http://download.apophis.ch/paper/MA.pdf
> >>
> >> cheers 
> >> Thomas Bruderer aka. Apophis
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>     
> Well, thanks but obviously I have to revise it, got the grading today 
> and obviously there are some major flaws in the paper.
> 
> Greets Thomas
> 
> 
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