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

[dale at daleglass.net]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 07:44:30PM -0700, Harold Brown wrote:
> 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.
I already mentioned that, it works perfectly fine on Linux with an audio
stream.

Differences:
1. You can have it disabled without losing anything terribly important. 
2. If somebody abuses it, it'd be easy enough to create a whitelist

Neither of those will work with textures, as it'll be automatic, without
warning, and impossible to disable unless you want to see grey
everywhere.


 
> 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.
Crucial differences: Currently you can prevent it, and it doesn't give
everybody the ability to automatically determine who you are.


 
> 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.
Again, you don't have to use it. And it's not automatic. And you can SSH
into some other box and check it from there.

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