Definitely an improvement. The shorter something is, the more likely people will bother to read it.
Ian. On 12/13/07, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > -- Email: ian.clarke at gmail.com Cell: +1 512 422 3588 AIM: ian.clarke at mac.com Skype: sanity
