Setup Directory Server

[Eric C]

Thanks a lot for answering my question.

On 5/15/07, Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From what I understand, you can start your own dir server if you email
> the other dir servers and ask them to trust you. Unless you show
> drastically different results there's no reason for them not to.
> Comrade Ringo Kamens
>
> On 5/15/07, Karsten Loesing <karsten.loesing at gmx.net> wrote:
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> > > He wants to create an authoritative directory service, like the ones
> > > that already exist and run it on the big bad internet. I think this is
> > > good and will help decentralize trust. Just edit the torcc comrade.
> > > Comrade Ringo Kamens
> >
> > Either I missed the irony in your post, or you have got something
> > seriously wrong. Of course, you cannot simply start a sixth
> > authoritative directory service by yourself that will be trusted by all
> > clients. And if you could, I wouldn't call that decentralization of
> > trust, but a serious security leak.
> >
> > But it's a joke, right? (In this case I would like to promote the use of
> > smileys, so that the silly non-native speakers can understand the real
> > meaning, too.) :)
> >
> > - --Karsten
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