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| author | Tom <tomz@freedommail.ch> | 2016-03-25 10:41:04 +0000 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2016-03-25 10:41:08 +0000 |
| commit | 1dc65ecea99487775c823350d22b74eb460f00cb (patch) | |
| tree | 1b5156b3c47fb80079c3a94d0aed0b6cb6a1e724 /ff/eab6391f8760ddeae7b09920a55fdffd26ad2d | |
| parent | 2c3ab71e834b29e581fd6fb38a9f3e8b6c21e3e8 (diff) | |
| download | pi-bitcoindev-1dc65ecea99487775c823350d22b74eb460f00cb.tar.gz pi-bitcoindev-1dc65ecea99487775c823350d22b74eb460f00cb.zip | |
Re: [bitcoin-dev] p2p authentication and encryption BIPs
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diff --git a/ff/eab6391f8760ddeae7b09920a55fdffd26ad2d b/ff/eab6391f8760ddeae7b09920a55fdffd26ad2d new file mode 100644 index 000000000..51bf0052b --- /dev/null +++ b/ff/eab6391f8760ddeae7b09920a55fdffd26ad2d @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +Return-Path: <tomz@freedommail.ch> +Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org + [172.17.192.35]) + by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D47A86 + for <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>; + Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:41:08 +0000 (UTC) +X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 +Received: from mx-out01.mykolab.com (mx01.mykolab.com [95.128.36.1]) + by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12A01106 + for <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>; + Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:41:07 +0000 (UTC) +X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at kolabnow.com +X-Spam-Score: -2.9 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW + autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 +Received: from mx05.mykolab.com (mx05.mykolab.com [10.20.7.161]) + by mx-out01.mykolab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1401615E1; + Fri, 25 Mar 2016 11:41:05 +0100 (CET) +From: Tom <tomz@freedommail.ch> +To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Chris <ctpacia@gmail.com> +Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:41:04 +0000 +Message-ID: <9565898.d3O8M9NKBW@garp> +In-Reply-To: <56F421F0.8090307@gmail.com> +References: <56F2B51C.8000105@jonasschnelli.ch> <56F421F0.8090307@gmail.com> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on + smtp1.linux-foundation.org +X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:30:44 +0000 +Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] p2p authentication and encryption BIPs +X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 +Precedence: list +List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion <bitcoin-dev.lists.linuxfoundation.org> +List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/options/bitcoin-dev>, + <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=unsubscribe> +List-Archive: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/> +List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> +List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=help> +List-Subscribe: <https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev>, + <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=subscribe> +X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:41:08 -0000 + +On Thursday 24 Mar 2016 13:20:48 Chris via bitcoin-dev wrote: +> As far as the use cases others mentioned, connecting and SPV wallet to +> your full node is certainly one. It would make it easy to, say, connect +> the android bitcoin-wallet to your own node. I've hacked on that wallet +> to make it connect to my .onion node, but it's very slow border-line +> unusable. Basic encryption and authentication would make that viable. + +What about using some interface, much like the JSON one (but more likely the +zeroMQ one) instead? Would that not solve the problem? + +I'm thinking that would not be a replacement for a full-node-connection but in +addition. + +Which means that some questions can be asked over that channel that you need +authentication for. It would be a much better separation of concerns. + |