Yes, a Freenet client would have to be careful to warn the user before linking off Freenet onto a normal Internet connection in any way (sort of like the warn before leaving SSH as it is), but that is very much a client issue, and such an attack is still a whole nother level above what it takes to reveal somebody in Gnutella (ie, nothing).
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, you wrote: <> > That's not totally true and is why when I kick and scream about the people > buiding clients _not_ putting it in a browser, why I get mad no one > listens. > > While Freenet itself may be free and clear of this kind of intrustion, if > a client exists which can run abitrary code such as Java applets or > whatnot, this defeats the entire point. > > One could easily write a program which would send your IP address and some > other information it could collect back "home". > > This is not totally a Freenet issue, but the ability for a client to run > arbitrary code (Java sandbox and all that other crap aside) is something > which I've seen this group not take as seriously as it should. > > I think a UI such as those things like Gnapster or Gnutella have is just > fine for Freenet and that this, and not the Web browser addons, should be > the focus of a client. > > - Serge Wroclawski > > > _______________________________________________ > Freenet-dev mailing list > Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev -- \oskar _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
