DataSoft/Nova — Issue #27: Research authenticated host discovery utility
Author: DataSoft
Created: 2012-02-16 19:25:10+00:00
State: open
Labels: task

Research the viability of a mechanism for nodes to discover what other real nodes exist on the network by some secure authenticated process.

We stated "Research the viability of" because it's not clear yet whether this can be done securely or not. Any host discovery mechanism can conceivably be hijacked by an attacker. So it would have to have some strong assurances behind it.