Re: [Sks-devel] Separate P2P Protocol Should Be Developed

[Matthew Palmer]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 09:14:18PM -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> > I'm starting to think that a non-reconciliation keyserver protocol
> > should be developed separately from SKS.  This will allow the robustness
> > of SKS to coexist with the convenience of traditional peer-to-peer
> > networks where nodes with lower redundancy are constantly being added
> > and removed.
> 
> This is one of those things that is far, far easier said than done.  Yaron
> Minsky wrote the SKS algorithms as part of his doctoral thesis in computer
> science: that should give you an idea of the amount of work involved.
> 
> If you wish to pursue this I wish you well and I'd be happy to point you
> to some good academic references, but in my experience when people talk
> about how something "should be done," that usually means "I want someone
> else to do it for me."
> 
> This is Free Software.  If you think it should be done -- do it, and I
> wish you well!

Quoted for truth.  Exactly what I was going to reply, so thanks for typing
it for me.  <grin>

- Matt

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