* Julien Cornuwel <batosai at freenetproject.org> [2008-08-08 20:23:38]:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > NextGen$ a ?crit : > > * Julien Cornuwel <batosai at freenetproject.org> [2008-08-08 13:52:15]: > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> A user (on IRC, french channel) suggested that we made the > >> configuration/wizard clearer about the choice of opennet. > >> > >> He didn't understand that he could start with opennet, get some > >> connections with his friends and then stop opennet. He thought it was > >> either full-darknet or full-opennet and he had to choose. > >> > >> Regards, > > > > The user is right: > > No. he also thought that he couldn't connect to his friends if he had > opennet activated. > > > You seems to be missunderstanding the issue here: as soon as you've ticked > > the opennet box, your node will announce and your ISP (if smart enough) will > > know that you are running freenet. > > I understand that issue. But your ISP can already have serious hints by > your connections to downloads.freenetproject.org and a sudden increase > of your traffic. At the moment, Freenet isn't illegal. So the ISP > knowing it is not a big risk. > > We all agree opennet is bad. But we should also accept the fact that, > for most users, it is the only way to join the network. We can't > seriously offer a feature an tell every users not to use it, right ? > > > Switching to darknet afterwards won't help: your isp knows that you're > > running freenet and that's probably all he needs. > > If we go this way, we will end up removing opennet from the code and > removing all documentation from the internet. After all, if the only way > to discover Freenet is to connect to a friend, then he can also tell you > how to install it... I haven't ever been advocating for opennet. If it was up to me it wouldn't be implemented at all. NextGen$
