From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Cc: , In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] The small world approach of H18 Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 12:06:29 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5fd8c8f2-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 What we envision is a agent has control of a auth server and some amount of resources they use for their own use. Each node has only a handfull of connections (we're looking at ln(#_conn) currently). Each node decides for itself what it wants to do. Encrypting the various connections between a node and the other nodes it connects to is critical. It needs to be the default instead of clear-text, clear-text needs to be supported for those who just must know what is going on. This approach is called 'small world networks' (or you know it as the Kevin Bacon Game). This means that the two gateway machines for two clusters would have a single shared key. All traffic would be wrapped in that. The actual data in the packets so wrapped would have keys based not only on apps (perhaps) but also the users. This provides several layers of anonymity, and in addition brings the DMCA in against those who try to crack the shell. H18 has decided that it's A's problem to manage it's connections, and B's problem to manage their connections. And there's no reason C needs to know anything about any of the A-B dealings, even if C happens to be carrying said traffic. We intend to fully support anonymity. Each node is the king of its own little kingdom, the connection between two kingdoms is a compromise between those two kingdoms and doesn't (and shouldn't) be extended to any other node. -- -- God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we can't prove it. Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com www.ssz.com www.open-forge.com