Re: Easier reference swapping

So it's some sort of micro-trusted-third-parties thing. Hmm. Isn't the
big worry that people will tend to just re-use their friends' install
URIs?

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:02:22PM -0600, David Sowder (Zothar) wrote:
> Friend A (wanting to connect with Friend B) does:
> 1) Gets an installer URI (containing an "access key") from his node's
> direct (or maybe even indirect mutual friend's) peer (C's)
> 2) Generates a one-time sharable noderef by asking his own node (A's)
> via FProxy or FCP
> 3) Emails the installer URI from step 1 to Friend B (the
> to-be-peered-with friend), attaching the .fref file generated in step 2
> 
> Friend B does:
> 1) Receives the email from Friend A
> 2) Saves the email attached .fref to disk'
> 3) Points a web browser at the installer URI from the email
> 4) Installs a Freenet node using the installer located at the installer URI
> 5) Double-clicks or otherwise uses the .fref file as configured for
> Friend B's operating system by the installer to add Friend A's one-time
> sharable noderef (it contains a code Friend A's node uses to
> authenticate connection to a peer it didn't previously have a ref for)
> 6) Trades "normal" noderefs with others to add more peers to his node
> 
> Friend C does:
> 1) Gives Friend A permission and access to distribution area of their
> node to generate installer URIs to be used by Friend B (and Friend A's
> other friends)
> 2) Leaves the node up and running enough for Friend B to use the
> installer URI to install a Freenet node
> 
> The roles of Friend A and Friend C could be combined in the case where
> Friend A doesn't have NAT or has proper port forwarding and dyndns, in
> which case a installer and noderef URI could be used instead. (Provides
> the installer and connects to the node created by the installer it
> provided.)
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