> I understand that main feature of freenet is > publishing with anonymity. I was wondering if I can > use freenet to develop an application in which users > are willing to reveal their identity as 'application > service providers'. Althogh the freenet protocol > supports anonymity, I can have a protocol on top of > this which will reveal the service provider's > identity (e.g. the file contents will contain this > indentity information)
Yes, you can. Although you can post things in anonymity you can also build up credibilty. The core that identifies a freesite is a private key that only the publisher has (unless he gives it away like the anarchy site). This allows users to be sure that everything published on a freesite should come from the same poster (or someone he authorized). I've imagined that in the future the press might want to use the keys and certificates to prove a quote's source. In order to prove a freesite belongs to a real world entity though you'll have to get two way confirmation. The freesite will have to say "We're the RIAA" AND the RIAA will have to say "this is our freesite". After you have done this there's still that tiny problem of someone getting hacked and the key getting lost or stolen. Two fun freesites to look up: "RIAA on Freenet" - claims to be RIAA telling us it wants to put us in concentration camps "Anarchy Site" - private key included; anyone can post __________________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de Logos und Klingelt�ne f�rs Handy bei http://sms.yahoo.de _______________________________________________ devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
