Opened at 2010-01-05T06:37:28Z
Last modified at 2010-02-05T20:35:21Z
#879 new defect
Random-access download leaks information
| Reported by: | davidsarah | Owned by: | somebody |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | undecided |
| Component: | documentation | Version: | 1.5.0 |
| Keywords: | privacy docs | Cc: | |
| Launchpad Bug: |
Description
Random-access download necessarily leaks information about which parts of a file are significant to a client. I don't think we can fix this, but document it as a known privacy issue.
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed at 2010-02-05T20:34:42Z by davidsarah
comment:2 Changed at 2010-02-05T20:35:21Z by davidsarah
- Priority changed from major to minor
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Actually, since we currently obtain the whole file from the storage servers (for both mutable and immutable files -- see source:docs/performance.txt), I don't think we do have this information leak at the moment. This might change if we optimize random-access downloads further (#798).