id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc launchpad_bug 293 make optional random-key vs. content-hash key zooko zooko "Recently on [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2008-January/000372.html the tahoe-dev list] there was a question about a Microsoft patent that might conver content-hash keys. (Short answer: not to worry -- Freenet had published the idea of content-hash keys before Microsoft applied for the patent. Also there are other reasons not to worry, such as that the patent seems to be about something else, judging from its abstract.) But anyway, there are other reasons why someone might want to use a random key instead of a content-hash key -- random keys are faster and provide better confidentiality." enhancement closed major eventually code-encoding 0.7.0 fixed security