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revision 1.248 by benja, Mon Nov 10 20:12:42 2003 UTC revision 1.249 by tjl, Mon Nov 10 20:14:05 2003 UTC
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670     that it overloads the P2P network used. This     that it overloads the P2P network used. This
671     a problem shared with other P2P applications.     a problem shared with other P2P applications.
672    
673    While our system helps to keep documents alive after
674    the original publisher has lost interest in them, it
675    does not protect against a publisher that wants to make
676    past versions inaccessible. By simply signing and publishing
677    a large number of "fake" versions (e.g., files containing
678    random data), a publisher could make correct past versions
679    hard to access.
680    
681  An adversary may attempt to use an information hiding attack  An adversary may attempt to use an information hiding attack
682  against our system,  against our system,
683  withholding new versions of documents from clients,  withholding new versions of documents from clients,
# Line 687  on the network, as well as retrieving fi Line 695  on the network, as well as retrieving fi
695  One way to counter this problem is to use an anonymizing  One way to counter this problem is to use an anonymizing
696  P2P overlay.  P2P overlay.
697    
 While our system helps to keep documents alive after  
 the original publisher has lost interest in them, it  
 does not protect against a publisher that wants to make  
 past versions inaccessible. By simply signing and publishing  
 a large number of "fake" versions (e.g., files containing  
 random data), a publisher could make correct past versions  
 hard to access.  
   
698  In this paper, we have proposed to use pointer records as the versioning  In this paper, we have proposed to use pointer records as the versioning
699  mechanism for a location-independent Web.  mechanism for a location-independent Web.
700  We hope that by making links more permanent, this can make  We hope that by making links more permanent, this can make

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