[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2358: Allow storage nodes to publish an arbitrary text description

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#2358: Allow storage nodes to publish an arbitrary text description
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 Reporter:  mhazinsk                  |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  unknown                   |        Version:  1.10.0
 Keywords:  anti-censorship location  |  Launchpad Bug:
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 It would be useful for storage nodes to have a text field longer than the
 node nickname to store optional machine-readable descriptive information
 (e.g. physical location, owner information, etc). Once #467 is
 implemented, this could assist clients in choosing which storage nodes to
 use for uploads.

 One potential use case of this is client-side mitigation of a Sybil attack
 if the introducer FURL string gets compromised. Clients could, for
 instance, refuse to use a storage node for uploads unless it can produce a
 PGP-signed message linking its node ID to a key in the client's local
 trust db.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/2358>
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