[p2p-hackers] p2p in some place or other

[Michael Rogers]

Alen Peacock wrote:
>   I just peaked at your "Cooperation in Decentralized Networks" paper,
> and I notice that you do require exchange of public keys,
> authentication with those keys, and some sort of history of
> reciprocation, no?  This is what I'm talking about when I say
> 'identity' and 'trust'.

Good point - I was thinking of identities that can be communicated to 
third parties, as in a reputation or recommendation system, but you're 
right that local (non-transitive?) identities are needed. In the context 
of Gnutella you can use IP addresses and port numbers.

>   Well, I don't know if my semantics are standard, but the concept of
> 'fairness' I was thinking of was one that was purposely broad -- an
> umbrella under which 'mutual benefit' is certainly an essential piece.

Sorry for the knee-jerk reaction. Fairness seems to be one of those 
words that cause more arguments than they solve - some people say "it's 
not fair to exclude those who can't contribute", while others say "it's 
not fair to consume resources if you don't contribute". :-)

Cheers,
Michael