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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue,  3 Feb 2009 07:54:59 -0500
To: lucio@proxima.alt.za, 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Sources Gone?
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> >> I'm not sure how you'd fix this.  What if only a portion of the block
> >> belongs to me and the other happens to be the password file?
> >
> > venti just stores whole blocks.
>
> Yes, but the content isn't guaranteed to be from a single user.  In
> fact, venti has no clue.  Change that and it's not venti anymore.

exactly.  but it's important to note that it's crypto hard to guess
somebody else's block.  since blocks are addressed by content, you
can't share a block with someone else unless both of you stored
the same block.  now if you are worried about libventi blocks with
pointers to other blocks, the same logic applies.  venti really doesn't
care what you store.

- erik