From 1f24a4afca8bbc9b039363ce74dbefabc7b015cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MadelineMurray <43356962+MadelineMurray@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:27:02 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Added note about using node permissioning only (#1243) Signed-off-by: Adrian Sutton --- docs/Permissions/Permissioning-Overview.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/Permissions/Permissioning-Overview.md b/docs/Permissions/Permissioning-Overview.md index 786aa11718..1cd898569b 100644 --- a/docs/Permissions/Permissioning-Overview.md +++ b/docs/Permissions/Permissioning-Overview.md @@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ A permissioned network is a network where only specified nodes and accounts (par Nodes and accounts outside those specified are prevented from participating. Permissioned networks can have node permissioning enabled, account permissioning enabled, or both. +!!! note + In peer-to-peer networks, node-level permissions can be used to enforce rules on nodes you control. + With node-level permissions only, it is still possible a bad actor could violate network governance + and act as a proxy to other nodes. + ![Node Permissioning](../images/node-permissioning-bad-actor.png) ![Account Permissioning](../images/account-permissioning.png)