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Isn't this still the same? If you stop routing Query or Queryhits, whatever, you will cut off any user behind this freeloader and so harm the network.
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A Query is a broadcast message. A Query hit is a routed message, taking only the path it came from and destined to only the user that requested it.
It would only be "harmful" if other clients relied on Query Hits for passive searching.
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I think local Mojos (even hash based) could be allways faked by patching your client, by changing stored client statistics or simply by using a client that doesn take part at your Mojo system.
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True. And that's also one of the drawbacks I had listed. There will always be someone who'll try to circumvent this. But there are a few things the cracker should keep in mind when doing so, and the most important one: is it really in his benefit? I mean, would it help him (her) by allowing freeloaders on the network, so eventually he won't find anything he wants anymore?
-- Mike