[tahoe-dev] keeping private grids private

[markus reichelt]

* Vladimir Arseniev <vladimira at aport.ru> wrote:

> Let's say that we have a private grid, with both local and hosted
> servers.  But our introducer.furl falls into the wrong hands, and
> uninvited nodes start appearing.  Maybe they're just leeching
> storage.  Maybe they're disrupting the grid through flapping,
> running deep-check all the time, or whatever.  Maybe they're
> actively attacking the grid.

> How do we exclude them?

Block/grant access at the network level, or have the grid run over a
VPN.


> Can introducers be configured to accept only known nodes?

Have a look at this:

extendable Introducer protocol: dictionary-based, signed
announcements:
https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/466

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