> > This is a fundamental and necessary feature that people need the option to
> > have. It isn't bloat since it's very small and simple to implement. Fred
> Its not fundamental. Fundemental means that the vast majority of freenet users need
>this
> feature. They do not.
Anyone in fear of having their Freenet shutdown *must have* this
option. This is the *only* way to solve the MediaEnforcer problem. The
same goes for the people in China. If the Chinese government wants to scan
IPs looking for Freenet nodes and shut down any that they find, the *only*
way to stop this attack is to reject connections from unknown nodes.
Controlling access to programs running on your machine is a fundamental
feature for both security and privacy. HTTP, FTP, IRC, even Gnutella have
this feature. Even anonymous FTP servers often have password protection
when they are being used for illicit purposes, precisely for the reason of
avoiding detection.
If you have another solution to avoid detection then that is one
thing. But otherwise, this feature is absolutely necessary to include in
Fred. To do otherwise would be offering one version which is vulnerable to
attack and another which is not, which is ridiculous.
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