Opened at 2015-01-02T01:23:35Z
Last modified at 2016-08-07T22:40:38Z
#2358 new enhancement
Allow storage nodes to publish an arbitrary text description
Reported by: | mhazinsk | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | undecided |
Component: | code-storage | Version: | 1.10.0 |
Keywords: | anti-censorship location | Cc: | |
Launchpad Bug: |
Description
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.
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed at 2016-08-07T22:40:38Z by warner
- Component changed from unknown to code-storage