Update of /cvsroot/freenet/freenet
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv31167
Modified Files:
README
Log Message:
6251:
Fix occasional NPE in ConnectionHandler.
Changes to the README and the warning fproxy sends when it detect Internet Explorer,
mostly w.r.t. Opera. Contributed by an untraceable individual who wishes to remain
nameless.
Add logOverwrite config parameter.
Make the default insert key CHK@ and the default HTL 25.
Tyop fixes in comments.
Logging, toString(), indenting.
Index: README
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RCS file: /cvsroot/freenet/freenet/README,v
retrieving revision 1.54
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -w -r1.54 -r1.55
--- README 12 Aug 2003 02:39:43 -0000 1.54
+++ README 16 Oct 2003 01:03:56 -0000 1.55
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
3.2 Starting Freenet
--------------------
-Type:
+On *NIX Type:
> sh start-freenet.sh
To run Freenet. The first time you run it it will ask you some questions
@@ -85,8 +85,13 @@
--------------------------------
You can look at some websites in Freenet by visiting http://localhost:8888/
in your web browser. You can also find interesting information about what
-your node is doing there.
+your node is doing there. Please read the SECURITY CAUTIONS below
+BEFORE using a Web Browser with Freenet
+
+SETTING UP A BROWSER FOR BEST PERFORMANCE
+
+---Mozilla and Gecko Based Browsers(ie. Netscape):
Many browsers limit the number of simultaneous connections to something far
too low for efficiently browsing Freenet (since Freenet pages often have
much higher latency than web pages). This can usually be reconfigured. For
@@ -111,29 +116,58 @@
point of view; volunteers to make mozilla allow this sort of settings to
be set per host would be welcome...
-The following may also be useful, if you are running an older version:
+---Opera Browser
+Go to File/Preferences/Network
+- set 'Max connections to a server' to 20, 32 or 64, if you find you are getting
+'could not connect to server' warnings adjust your setting one step down
+- set ''Max total connections' to one setting higher than max connections,
+this will allow Freenet to use all connections available to it without interfering
+with web browsing ie. if Max to server is 32 then Max total should be 64
+
+Note that these settings will cause Opera to use more connections for
+all your browsing, which may not be desirable from a network congestion
+point of view
+
+
+SECURITY CAUTIONS
+
+---Older Versions of Mozilla and other Gecko based browsers (ie. Netscape):
+The following may be important:
+For Mozilla prior to 1.3: create a file with the following contents called
+user.js in the directory with prefs.js, or append to an existing user.js:
user_pref("browser.goBrowsing.enabled", false);
This disables early Mozilla's default behaviour of feeding timed out
-queries into Google, thus destroying your anonymity. This does not seem to
+queries into Google, thus DESTROYING YOUR ANONYMITY. This does not seem to
be an issue any more on Mozilla >1.0.
-Microsoft Internet Explorer (all versions, we think) has a totally different
-anonymity-destroying bug (not respecting MIME types), and also some problems
-with auto-detecting UTF16 even when we tell it in the headers to use some other
-charset).
+---Microsoft Internet Explorer:
+Internet Explorer (all versions, we think) has a totally different
+ANONYMITY-DESTROYING BEHAVIOUR (not respecting MIME types), and also some
+problems with auto-detecting UTF16 even when we tell it in the headers to use
+some other charset). Internet Explorer is NOT recommended for
+anonymous browsing
+
+---Opera Browser:
+Opera's default behaviour is similar to Internet Explorer's and can compromise
+anonymity. Opera users MUST change the following setting to change this
+ANONYMITY-DESTROYING BEHAVIOUR:
+
+Go to File/Preferences/File types
+- Click on 'Determine action by MIME type
+---All Browsers:
It is possible that the anonymity filter can be circumvented by other means, so
if you care about your anonymity while browsing Freenet:
-a) Don't use Internet Explorer, see above.
+a) Don't use Internet Explorer and setup Opera properly, see above.
b) Turn off javascript, java, active scripting, and any other scripting your
browser supports.
c) Set your browser to only load images, frames, etc from the server that
originated the web page
d) Be extra paranoid! Keep your browser up to date etc. Extreme measures include
browser proxies that block everything except localhost:8888 HTTP, encrypted disk
-partitions, and so on.
+partitions or virtual disks, and so on.
e) Set in your config file:
mainport.params.servlet.1.params.filterParanoidStringCheck=true
mainport.params.servlet.7.params.sfFilterParanoidStringCheck=true
@@ -334,9 +368,3 @@
* OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
* OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
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