----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 4:53 PM
Subject: [freenet-chat] Legal responsibility and filtering
> Hi all,
>
> I'm learning to program and thinking of using Freenet as a back-up
resource
> in a project I'm working on. I doubt this will ever have commercial value
> but its an interesting thing to work on...
>
> The question is one of legal responsibility if some child porn is dumped
on
> the server. Ian Clarke's essay makes clear his view that freedom of
speech
> and copyright protection can't co-exist. But computers and HR managers
with
> the authority to fire you do comfortably co-exist. Is some kind of
> filtering possible to ensure that your machine either excludes certain
types
> of files?
Nope.
> For example, .jpg or .mpg?
Nope.
> Or perhaps a way to specify that all
> files that are not of a certain range of types simply don't end up on a
hard
> drive that I have resposibility for?
Nope.
> Patrick Kirk
> GSM: +44 7712 184 480
> ICQ: 42219699
>
> Wise Chinese Proverb: "If tired of computer winning at real time strategy
> games, try it at kick-boxing instead"
The reason for all of these nopes is that the node has no idea what kind of
content it's storing. The actual encryption is done clientside so trying to
filter it in the node is futile. With filesplitting, you can't glean any
information off of the size of the files. The only way to filter out
something on freenet would be to have a list of banned keys, but such a
system soon becomes unweildy as more and more "bad" data is added to the
list.
-Mathew
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