Re:HearSay: Anonymous and Confidential P2P File Sharing
by bren2013 on Monday April 08, 2013 @10:17PM
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The weakest link in this system is only the actual sharing of torrent files.
We didn't focus on candy security only (hard on the outside, soft on the inside). Even if you are trusted, and inside a cluster, you're still limited to active attacks only--that is, refusing to relay messages you don't like (but not editing them!). You still have no idea (hopefully/usually) who has requested a file, who has offered the file, and you usually won't even know what the file was unless you've already obtained a copy of the torrent file.
We didn't focus on candy security only (hard on the outside, soft on the inside). Even if you are trusted, and inside a cluster, you're still limited to active attacks only--that is, refusing to relay messages you don't like (but not editing them!). You still have no idea (hopefully/usually) who has requested a file, who has offered the file, and you usually won't even know what the file was unless you've already obtained a copy of the torrent file.