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> Absolutely true. But if that centralizer is simply a node in the P2P > network, what happens when it propagates that inference to other nodes. > to more complex models (I ended up with the possibility of having > multiple levels of reification : A says 'B says "C says 'foo'"'). Yes, this is the kind of problem I imagine; which is why I suggest staying away from information which needs to be more trustworthy than the average usenet post. NNTP network is an example of this sort of P2P network of intermediaries, and you have some of the same issues. Vax10 asserts that Unix22 asserts that allenjs@h... said the following... No protection against spoofing or alteration. Maybe certificates are an answer, but certs get tricky with aggregation and non-trivial inferences. Certs are tricky, period -- how many people use certs for e-mail, even? So I'm not anticipating a trust system that functions any better than usenet anytime soon.
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