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• Pages could be altered by nodes in the network for nefarious reasons. Not if you use a BitTorrent model. You'd get checksums from a known source and discard
by brianshaler 14y ago
• Pages could be altered by nodes in the network for nefarious reasons.
Not if you use a BitTorrent model. You'd get checksums from a known source and discard any chunks you receive from nodes that don't match the expected checksum. Not impossible to spoof/alter, but exceedingly unlikely.
- Hrundi 14y agoSimilar to our trust on the 13 root servers then. I guess this all depends on who to trust.