Strengths
- Secured through the trade of RSA public keys, allowing for safe and secure communication and data transfer with trusted hosts.
- The distributed nature means that the network isn't dependent on anyone setting up a server to act as a hub. Contrast this with other P2P and chat protocols that require you to connect to a server. This means there is no single point of vulnerability for the network.
- Similarly, there is no single group leader; everyone on the network is equal in what they can or cannot do, including inviting other members in to the group, nor can any member kick another from the group, exclude them from public chats, etc.
- WASTE can obfuscate its protocol, making it difficult to detect that WASTE is being used.
- WASTE has a "Saturate" feature which adds random traffic, making traffic analysis more difficult.
- The nodes (each a trusted connection) automatically determine the lowest latency route for traffic and, in doing so, load balance. This also improves privacy, because packets often take different routes.
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