On 8/28/07, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote:
> I'm not sure this is correct ... Friends is a technical term referring to
> trusted peers, whereas friends means what it says - people you actually know.
>
> wdiff to make the change obvious (look for []/{}):
>
> Your node is currently running in promiscuous mode. It will connect to
> Strangers, and this means that anyone can find out that you are running a
> node. Most attacks are easier, blocking your node (for example at a national
> firewall) is much easier, and you have no control over who your node connects
> to. We strongly recommend you get some connections to Friends (trusted nodes
> run by people you already know); promiscuous mode is only intended as a
> temporary measure until you are able to just connect to your Friends. If you
> only connect to your [-friends,-] {+Friends,+} while it may be possible for
> them to attack you, it is less likely than if your node is exposed to any
> government agency/other bad guy who wants to connect to it. Note that adding
> a peer in the Friends section does not help much unless that peer belongs to
> somebody you actually know (both for routing and security reasons)!
>Well the line immediately above it should be lowercase then, shouldn't it? I was just trying to be consistent; I see what you mean by technical term versus conversational term. Not a big deal, I'll make it however you would like, Also, the "government agency" part makes us sound like our software is illegal, I think it might sound better if we added "evil" or "oppressive" in front of that...
