Network defences, was Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] [TECH] Dipole antennas, and melbwireless structure

[Adrian Close]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Drew wrote:

> Are you actually saying you want a private, elite, network? If so,
> you're in the wrong place. Ditto for the classes of service. There
> should not be any "priority" access, and there won't be, as I doubt
> you'll find many people that will participate in that. If your aim is to
> split the network in two, that's quite unfortunate.

I don't speak for Ben, obviously, but I suspect that building in some
defences against those wish to abuse, rather than simply use the network
in a considerate manner, would be a good idea.

Some kind of network karma thing might be appropriate.  But that implies
people authenticating and identifying themselves somehow (mind you, those
could just be aliases/nyms, which might be more palatable).

This is one of those "learn from the mistakes of the Internet builders",
methinks.  Spam, DoS et al.  We have a chance to do something a little
better...

Adrian.


--
To unsubscribe, send mail to minordomo at wireless.org.au with a subject of 'unsubscribe melbwireless'  
Archive at: http://www.wireless.org.au/cgi-bin/minorweb.pl?A=LIST&L=melbwireless
IRC at: au.austnet.org #melb-wireless