The opennet warning is way too big. Currently it is: Warning: Promiscuous Mode Enabled: Your node will connect to Strangers
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, while it may be possible for them to attack you, it is less likely than if your node is exposed to any oppressive 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)! Suggested improvement: Warning: Insecure Mode Enabled: Your node will connect to strangers Your node is currently running in insecure mode. You have no control over who it connects to, which could very well be the Bad Guys. Further, it is trivial for Them to find your node. Please get some connections to people you trust and add them to the Friends page as soon as possible, you will be much less vulnerable. When you have at least 10 Friends, turn off insecure mode and your node will become invisible. Several issues here: 1. Promiscuous Mode -> Insecure Mode. 2. "Bad Guys", "Them". 3. Shorter is better, right? 4. Should this be completely hideable? Or maybe we should have a really short warning after the first time and have it link to a more detailed discussion? We need a documentation toadlet for that to work though... Bombe was working on that. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20071214/62d59436/attachment.pgp>
