On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 08:15:53PM +1200, David McNab wrote: > Can you be more specific - what OS are you running etc? > Also, can you reproduce this with a simple key?
Windows 2000, it was actually a friend of mine, I will ask her to send a more detailed bug report. > >Why not just let people connect straight to > >FProxy as nature intended > > Because with FreeWeb running as a true http proxy, it takes control of all > the browser's access to the internet. > This allows for a far more accurate anonymity filter. Try it and see. It does create the problem that if people start passing around www.xxx.free URLs then these can only be used with Freeweb. Freeweb should probably just interpret http://localhost:8081/ requests through the proxy, it isn't as pretty, but at least it doesn't drive people away from an existing cross-platform standard. > Also, I've received reports that the FreeWeb proxy is out-performing FProxy > in speed and reliability of key retrieval. How is that possible if it is just going through FProxy? > What's the problem with presenting newer users with a familiar paradigm? > Isn't that what the EOF project is doing as well? Perhaps, but the problem is that it is a paradigm which locks people into FreeWeb, and which forces people to change their Proxy settings which should not really be nescessary and definitely should not be forced upon people. > You can now use FreeWeb without having to deal with *any* of the *superflous > features*. If you don't like these features, you don't have to use, or even > know, of them. But from the feedback I've had, lots of people like these > features. Perhaps, but what happens when we start to see http://xxx.free/ URLs in webpages which can only be used with FreeWeb (where there is no good reason that these freesites could not be used on any platform that supports Freenet)? This will simply restrict the audiences for FreeWeb sites, and simultaneously lower the amount of generally available content on Freenet - all for a cosmetic improvement. Also, don't forget the dangers of relying on KSKs, how would a future Rob Malda feel if someone mounted a KSK attack and gained control of www.slashdot.free? The best way to prevent this is to encourage people to hand around CHKs and SSKs. Ian. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20010529/14654256/attachment.pgp>
