Re: Back to Merkle Hash Trees...

hey, what the fuck?


--- Elliott Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:

> >From: Olaf van der Spek <[email protected]>
> > Elliott Mitchell wrote:
> > >>From: Olaf van der Spek <[email protected]>
> > >>Elliott Mitchell wrote:
> 
> > > one hash at a time you've generated thousands of
> extra protocol messages.
> > > Given this you're likely to transfer blocks of
> hashes, at which point
> > > blocks of hashes will likely be of similar size
> to payload blocks.
> > 
> > But with a different block/field/message type.
> 
> My ideas have been otherwise, simply handling blocks
> of hashes as any
> other block of data. Pointing to payload versus
> internal nodes implicitly
> via their indicies, but otherwise identical to any
> other data. My
> thoughts have also not been constrained by thinking
> of "THEX", so I may
> of been exploring cases that didn't occur in your
> scenarios.
> 
> Having said that I think my ideas have solidified
> sufficiently that I may
> write them up in both code and spec form soon. At
> which point it will be
> time to see whose ideas get shot down.
> 
> > >>It should be clear from the protocol.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Which is another reason I dislike THEX. The type
> is a protocol issue, not
> > > a standards issue. You might settle on markers
> similar THEX, at which
> > > point you've got to try both markers to
> distinguish the types.
> > 
> > Why can't you add both the markers and something
> else?
> 
> Inefficiency. If one fails is there any reason to
> believe the other will
> survive? In Cryptography adding a constant payload
> is a big no-no, as it
> aids cryptanalysis. As lower levels (TCP) will take
> care of errors, why
> add redundancy at the application layer?
> 
> > >>If not, an internal node is 21 or 41 bytes
> (IIRC), so your 16 kbyte 
> > >>block would not be an internal node.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > And a payload block can't be of this size?
> (notably the EOF)
> > > 
> > > You're still assuming transfer of one hash at a
> time, which is worthless
> > 
> > Am I?
> 
> Time for those write-ups.
> 
> 
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