On Oct 3, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Martin Millnert wrote:
Leo,
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> wrote:
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This sounds an awfully lot like the notary concept: - http://perspectives-project.org/ - http://convergence.io/
Furthermore, changing network paths used to reach information probably should not be reason to shut down a service, in general. More interesting than which path is used, I suppose, is whether or not the data being returned has been changed in some unexpected/undesired way.
Actually, some other related work that's been around for 3-6 years includes: - http://vantage-points.org/ - http://secspider.cs.ucla.edu/ The former has a tech report (listed on its page, http://techreports.verisignlabs.com/tr-lookup.cgi?trid=1110001 ) that presents candidate closed form analysis of how much faith you can gain using network path diversity. Eric