[sldev] P2P Web Textures now in demand to enable lossless image downloads to viewer

[Harold Brown]

Alice comes to sim. Mallory has some sort of problem with Alice. Mallory
wants to find Alice's IP address. It's simple:


Mallory just uses the the Parcel Media Stream to set a specific URL call for
Alice and gets her IP without any fuss or muss or any changes to the current
SL codebase.... as long as Alice isn't on Linux.


Yes the whole "But your IP wouldn't be safe" is a straw-man arguement.
People can already get your IP address and tie it to an Avatar now.


There's also the option of open a web service like SLExchange, SLBoutiqe,
Apez, etc. etc.  Every one of those sites has access to IP's tied to
specific Avatar names.

On 7/6/07, dale at daleglass.net <dale at daleglass.net> wrote:
>
> Privacy problem:
>
> Alice comes to sim. Mallory has some sort of problem with Alice. Mallory
> wants to find Alice's IP address. It's simple:
>
> 1. Mallory creates a new texture and uploads it
> 2. Then he sets it on some object, maybe his own avatar
> 3. Since the texture is new, there are 2 places with it: the sim, and
> Mallory.
> 4. Alice starts trying to download the texture. Mallory now only has to
> see who else is on the tracker.
>
> Sure, you can trick people to go to websites where you can check the
> logs, or set a stream to something you control, but the first isn't
> automatic, and the second requires control of a parcel and enabled
> streaming.
>
>
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