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NextGen$ a ?crit :
> * Julien Cornuwel <batosai at freenetproject.org> [2008-08-08 20:23:38]:
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>> NextGen$ a ?crit :
>>> * Julien Cornuwel <batosai at freenetproject.org> [2008-08-08 13:52:15]:
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>>>> 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.

I know that. Let's don't restart an old troll ;)
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