On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 04:15:16AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > > Bullshit. Freenet will not work in hostile environments because a truly > > hostile regime would ban it and set up a node harvester. > > This attitude is fine in a world where Chinese and other dissidents will > patiently put their efforts toward freedom on hold until such time as > someone comes up with a theoretically unbreakable anonymous publishing > system, but unfortunately we don't live in such a world, and we may > never have such a system (even Mixmaster-like systems have weaknesses). > > Right now, today, people in these countries are using primitive and > trivially tracked mechanisms such as HTTP relays whose IP addresses are > distributed via mailing lists (to which the authorities are undoubtedly > subscribed. The question is not whether Freenet is indestructible, it > is whether it is better than what people are using today, and the answer > to this is an unequivocal "yes", node harvesting would be orders of > magnitude harder than simply tracking or blocking access to the HTTP > relays that people are using at this very moment. > > Those that view Freenet as a theoretical exercise in building a purely > anonymous system need to realize that people in these countries are > already using extremely primitive systems which are easily tracked, and > any improvement we can deliver over these systems is valuable provided > that our users are clear on the risks involved in using Freenet and how > those risks can be minimized.
Okay, how does this relate to the original poster's issues? Do you support us putting considerable effort into adding log anonymization (for example) ? > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ > Founder, Locutus http://locut.us/ > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ian/ -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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