Re: Statements about the HTL attacks

shroobi writes: >> Hi shroobi, >> shroobi writes: >> >>> I wanted to leave a note about these statements on the Freenet >>> homepage. I don't understand why a response to disprove the paper >>> would be released but there hasn't been any code put in place to >>> address the problem. >> >>

Re: Statements about the HTL attacks

Hi shroobi, shroobi writes: > I wanted to leave a note about these statements on the Freenet > homepage. I don't understand why a response to disprove the paper > would be released but there hasn't been any code put in place to > address the problem. There was no code put in place, because the

Re: Bitcoin donation housekeeping and change of donation address for security reasons (website needs redeploy)

Hi Ian, The tag suffices, yes. If you don’t see your changes yet, this could be due to caching. Just try it with a cache-busting parameter like: https://freenetproject.org/pages/donate.html?somethingrandom Thank you! And also thank you for doing the paperwork and funds management! Best wishes,

Re: CSS definitions for tags without IDs or classes

Hi Bombe, David “Bombe” Roden writes: > For Sone I have added a simple reset (i.e. “max-width: inherit;”) but other > plugins might or might not do that. So for the future I would ask everyone to > please restrict such broad definitions in CSS with an additional class (or > even better, ID)

Fixing the pitch black vulnerability

Hi, The next few months I want to implement a fix for the pitch black attack. In this email I’m starting by presenting the concrete plan. Introduction The pitch black attack is a crippling weakness of our friend-to-friend mode which currently enables a single node to take down

Freenet build 1486 released

Freenet 0.7.5 build 1486 is now available. It is available via auto-update or via download from our website: https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html?1486 This is an emergency release which updates JNA to version 4.5.2 to prevent Windows nodes from breaking when Java is updated. Since

Freenet 1486 Test release

Hi, I created a test-release for what should become 1486. You can get it from GitHub: https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/build01486 This is not the 1486 release we wanted to release, but an emergency release, because java 8 update 261 breaks Freenet on Windows. Therefore we updated

Re: Freenet 1486 Test release

DC* writes: > On 2020-08-02 19:59, Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: >> test-release for what should become 1486. >> >> You can get it from GitHub: >> https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/build01486 > > Great work Arne and everyone involved on this

Check Plugins to follow an API cleanup

Hi, We did a small API cleanup to get rid of lots of FakeCallback-usages just to get around the old API. Sadly there is at least one plugin which used that API. We’re now checking all plugins whether they are affected. It would be great if you could help check that! You only need to test whether

Re: Linux installer as jar?

Steve Dougherty writes: > I can't speak for Arne but as far as I'm aware the things I mentioned > in my quoted message still apply: we'd need to write a way for the > package to update itself over Freenet. While I think that this would be ideal, I also think that most users do not need update

Re: 1489-pre1 test release

Ian Clarke writes: > Great work Arne! Thank you! Best wishes, Arne > On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 4:07 AM Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I created a test release for 1489: >> https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/testing-build-148

1489-pre1 test release

Hi, I created a test release for 1489: https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/testing-build-1489-pre1 CHK@2vnn7QNa49lJUC44Wp65w9~HVOj07Qiv72yz-SJDxUw,owMWSbHR-WcuznWkbcYmFu8lzR3tp9ZFlAeIKjgHaA0,AAMC--8/freenet.jar The main change compared too 1488 is that this release adds m3u filter

Re: Freenet Mobile available on Fdroid!

DC* writes: > After awhile Freenet Mobile is finally available on Fdroid > repositories [1]. That’s awesome! Congratulations! > [1]: > [2]: Best wishes, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt

Re: Maybe make jna-4 optional, jna-3 is preferred here

Dennis Nezic writes: > Why are we forced to use JNA-4? (Looks like it was introduced in 1486? > [1]) There was a problem with the update of Java on Windows which would have broken all Windows nodes with the old JNA. > In my distro, it pulls in a whole bunch of X11 stuff, starting with >

Streaming over Freenet in the Browser

Hi, I shot a small peek preview video of streaming in the browser: - https://twitter.com/ArneBab/status/1355280449845735426 - https://rollenspiel.social/@ArneBab/105641351537267109 - https://youtu.be/MHhyAf-bdLk You can test this by building from the m3u-player pull-request (there’s also an

Google Summer of Code 2021?

Hi, Registration for Google Summer of Code 2021 for Organizations is open. Will we take part? https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ We need an „official representative“ of the project to register, which would be Ian? I started a list of interesting tasks in the wiki and on a Freesite

Re: Google Summer of Code 2021?

Hakimi Abdul Jabar writes: > Defintely Ian, Arne! Or we should now prefer Dr. Arne! Please stick with Arne :-) Best wishes, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein ohne es zu merken signature.asc Description: PGP signature

A test release for build 1491 is available

Hi, The new test release for build 1491 is going in, hopefully the final one for 1491. If you want to help test it, please change your auto-update key to USK@wytBz~rduWSo9-MmVW4AVqY3ESebPPCP9vC-eSxe-vg,mZqWi0sHmhn5kt0idu-~K4pk~~8eNXxMeYen73FOfA8,AQACAAE/jar/1490 Release on Github:

Freenet 0.7.5 build 1490 codename “pitch black streaming” is now available

Hi, The Freenet team is happy to release Freenet 1490 today. This release provides three different changes: - streaming in the browser, - mitigating the pitch black attack, and - providing the windows-installer from the node again. It is available at

Potential GSoC mentors: please answer today

Hi, I’ve almost finished our GSoC-application, and one field that is still open is: Do we have 1-5 mentors or 5-10. If you’d be interested in mentoring for GSoC this year, please answer today so I can give the best estimate. Deadline for the application is 19. Feb. 2021 at 19:00 UTC. Best

Re: Potential GSoC mentors: please answer today

ive a 2-3 hours a day (evening GMT). > > Best regards > Hakimi Abdul Jabar writes: > Thanks Arne! > > Already asking around. Hope we get 5-10! > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 9:08 a.m. Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide, > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I’ve almost finishe

Re: Plugins build system upgrade

Hi, DC* writes: > Other plugins are marked as Ready to be Merged or gone through Code Reviews: > > * https://github.com/freenet/plugin-Library I had to reset and re-open this because it did not run when loaded as plugin. I’m not sure about the cause. We might have to use fred from a local

Re: Freenet 1492-pre1 test release

-~K4pk~~8eNXxMeYen73FOfA8,AQACAAE/fullchangelog-1492 Best wishes, Arne "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Good signature from DCCF0DB30BC10548 Arne Babenhauserheide > (Physikliebhaber, Hobbysänger und Ideenspringquell) (trust > ultimate) created at 2021-

Freenet 1492-pre1 test release

Hi, On sunday I created the first pre-release for 1492: https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/build01492-pre1 Please test the installers, and please test whether the freenet-testing-build-1492-pre1.jar works as a drop-in replacement for freenet.jar freenet.jar.new and

Pull-requests in need of reviews

Hi, I created several small and self-contained pull-requests that need review. Please take a look so we can move forward with the next release! # Java 16 and 17 compat: - add required module opens for Java 17 to wrapper.conf: https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/755 # Remove potential

Re: state of 1493 — and needed pull-requests

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > There are also changes to the wrapper, but > these are already from 2018 and not by me and I have to find out how and > where we can push that code (and yes, that must happen before release). The updated wrapper is built from upstream,

Reviews needed for 1493

Hi, Freenet 1493 is almost in place. To move forward, we need three code reviews: - Randomize pitch black defense times. https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/747 - Update default bookmarks: Replace inactive indexes, add Shoeshop, show active sites first.

Two more Reviews needed for 1493

see them with the tag readyToBeMerged on https://github.com/freenet/fred/pulls The last step I need to do is to update the seedrefs. After that I can finally create the test release and push it to a testing key so we can test it in different setups. Best wishes, Arne "Dr. Arne Babenhauser

state of 1493 — and needed pull-requests

Hi, The changes to make Freenet work with Java 16 and 17 on Windows are finally in (not yet perfect, but functional on my test VM¹), so we’re back on track for 1493 now. There are three pull-requests that still need review for release, though: - randomize pitch black defense times

Re: Reviews needed for 1493

Hi, TheSeeker found a bug in our splitfile inserter, so we need one more review: - fix: this threw an exception if the checksum was exactly [0,0,0,0]. #762 https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/762 Update: The following pull-requests have been reviewed now: -

Re: Freenet 1493-pre1 test release

Please report if you find any problems — and also if it works for you! It would be great to know OS (Windows or Linux), Distro, and Java version (java -version) on which the installer and/or the update by stopping the node and copying in freenet.jar works. Best wishes, Arne "Dr.

One more Review needed for 1493

Hi, I found and fixed a bug for the wrapper on ppc-64bit. So we have one final pull-request to review, then we can do the release: https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/765 It would be cool to be able to start the builds for the release today! Best wishes, Arne "Dr. Arne Babenhauser

Re: New test-release for 1493, with new testing key

Steve Dougherty writes: > --- Original Message --- > On Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 at 7:09 PM, Dr. Arne Bab. > wrote: > ... >> -- Draft for Announcement -- >> >> Freenet 0.7.5 build 1493 is now available. [overview] > > I'd suggest removing "[overview]". When I wrote the

Re: New test-release for 1493, with new testing key

"David Dernoncourt" writes: > I installed successfully on Linux with Java 17. … > Thanks for all the continued work :) Thank you for testing! Three more tests needed to be able to release: >> - [ ] auto update on windows >> - [ ] auto update on GNU/Linux >> - [ ] installer on windows >> - [X]

Please help doing the three more checks required for releasing 1493!

Hi, after fixing a bug that turned up in testing (wrong CHK in dependencies.properties that got aborted because it did not match the correct sha256 — I’m glad we double-check!), we need *three more tests* not done by me to be able to finally push 1493 to the website and to auto-update (because

Freenet 1493-pre1 test release

Hi, I just created the first pre-release for 1493: https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/build01493-pre1 Please test the installers and please test whether the freenet-testing-build-1493-pre1.jar works as a drop-in replacement for freenet.jar freenet.jar.new and freenet-stable-latest.jar

Re: Reviews needed for 1493

Hi, Nicolas Hernandez writes: > after testing the 1493-testing, the Thread limit is still 500 instead of 1000 > > "- increased default thread limit (1000)" > CHK@Jlh-K8PFstROc5XMj6sWukKLP4cnHO5yX86jo6lqpVQ,aWxZGDO1OZlGnPxByz5i~Ws39s~qjgeWkC7Vd4v9D-Y,AAMC--8/threadlimit.png Thank you for

Re: Reviews needed for 1493

). Best wishes, Arne Nicolas Hernandez writes: > Hello, > > I have manually updated freenet.jar on an existing node. > > Nicolas > > Envoyé depuis ProtonMail mobile > > Message d'origine > Le 28 mars 2022, 22:18, Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide < arne_

Re: Pull-requests in need of reviews

/freenet/wininstaller-innosetup/blob/master/.github/workflows/ci.yml Best wishes, Arne "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > DC* writes: >> Happy new year! > > Thank you! To you, too! > >> These emails summaries are a good idea to push work forward and po

Re: Pull-requests in need of reviews

DC* writes: > Happy new year! Thank you! To you, too! > These emails summaries are a good idea to push work forward and point > people to places where help is needed. Keep them up! :) I’ll try :-) We got many reviewed now. The following is still open and required for release: >> # Java 16

Re: Please help doing the three more checks required for releasing 1493!

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: >>>> 1. [X] auto update on windows — thanks David and brick! ✓ >>>> 2. [X] auto update on GNU/Linux — thanks to Nicole Jones! ✓ >>>> 3. [X] installer on windows — thanks to HornyCow! ✓ >>>> 4. [X] i

Re: Please help doing the three more checks required for releasing 1493!

"David Dernoncourt" writes: >>> 1. [ ] auto update on windows > > I tested auto-update on one of my Windows nodes (with Java 11) and it > successfully auto-updated to 1493. Thank you! With your report we’re just one check away from releasing: >>> 1. [X] auto update on windows — thanks

After the release is before the release — Freenet reviews :-)

Hi, Now that 1493 is out, we already have new pull-requests that hope for your reviews! There are build fixes, m3u-player improvements, translation updates, config improvements and (IMHO most critical) a privacy improvement for darknet: https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/747 Please come and

Freenet 1494 released: streaming, config, security, windows, debian, tooling

Dear Freenauts, Freenet 0.7.5 build 1494 is now available. https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html (read this announcement on the website: https://freenetproject.org/freenet-build-1494-streaming-config-security-windows-debian.html ) This build improves six broad areas: - streaming

Re: little RFC: Limiting who receives local requests

Added discussion from FMS: glenn@Oqb95agYHNenFlHLfHed92ZLbRRs0O4xHihnsmnIDQs wrote : > What's the threat we are most worried about? The biggest threat about requests in opennet is connecting to all nodes and spying on their requests. But the actual biggest threat is finding uploaders. > It's

Re: little RFC: Limiting who receives local requests

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > An unintended effect could be that local requests get sent mostly to > nodes with a similar location, because these will be found again when > connecting the next time. That would increase the average hops to > content by one ho

little RFC: Limiting who receives local requests

Hi, I’d like to start a discussion on the local request protections by Trivuele: https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/778 — please comment. I’ve been reviewing the patches by Trivuele, and I really like the idea of limiting who receives local requests. At the same time I’m worried, though. I

Re: little RFC: Limiting who receives local requests

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > - New nodes in the network will not receive any local requests, so they > will only route half as many HTL18 requests. A new node will therefore > have not only half the anonymity set against an attacker, but also > only half th

Please test the new Windows Installer

/download/build01493-new-installer-test-2/FreenetInstaller-1493-new-installer-2.exe Sources and changes: https://github.com/freenet/wintray/commits/master Best wishes, Arne "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Good signature from DCCF0DB30BC10548 Arne Bab

Reviews needed for Freenet 1494

Hi, There is already a pretty nice collection of changes in the pipeline for 1494 (see https://github.com/freenet/fred/pulls ), but four of the pull-requests still need a review to be able to release: - randomize pitch black defense times https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/747 (this one

Freenet 1494-pre1 testing release

Hi, I just created a testing release for 1494: https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/build01494-pre1 changes: - Show a user alert (once every Freenet update) if the datastore is below 10% of available space with a link to the store size wizard page to make it easy to increase the

Re: Reviews needed for Freenet 1495 +not 1494+

against being corrupted by putting pressure on me (or any other release-manager). Best wishes, Arne "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Good signature from DCCF0DB30BC10548 Arne Babenhauserheide > (Physikliebhaber, Hobbysänger und Ideenspringquell) (t

Reviews needed for Freenet 1494

Hi, We have pretty cool changes in the pipeline for 1495, but several of those still need reviews. The following changes are already ready to be merged and need no further review: https://github.com/freenet/fred/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3AreadyToBeMerged I’m especially happy that I

infocalypse: version control over Freenet mostly works again with Python 3

Hi, infocalypse is the awesome code-over-freenet tool created by djk and turned into an actual social coding tool by Steve (operhiem1), but it has been broken in Python 3 for many years. Last weekend I bit the bullet and spent a day (well, an evening, a night, and a day) to get the minimal

Re: final review needed for 1495 (needed ASAP …)

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > I need someone to review https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/816 ASAP David and Steve reviewed the PR — a big thank you to both of you! The release is progressing. Looks like despite lots of Chaos we can make it in time to release before

final review needed for 1495 (needed ASAP …)

Hi, I need someone to review https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/816 ASAP My window for releasing 1495 safely this year is closing quickly and that bugfix for the new first time wizard resolves a hard release blocker. with JS enabled, a new install redirected from /wizard to /wiz with

Freenet build 1496 released: fix keepalive, translations, windows

Freenet 0.7.5 build 1496 is now available. > **Install Freenet** for **[Windows][windows-installer]**, for **[GNU/Linux, > macOS and other *nixes][linux-installer]**, or for > **[Android][android-package]**. See the [download page][download page] for > more information and other platforms.

Freenet build 1495 released: new user experience and performance

Hi, Freenet 0.7.5 build 1495 is now available: https://freenetproject.org/freenet-build-1495-new-user-experience-and-performance.html This build improves four broad areas: - new users - user experience - performance - backend changes New users - There is a new firsttime wizard for

Test release for Freenet 1495

Hi, I’m pushing a test release for 1495 right now. If you want to help test it, you can change the update key of your node to USK@wytBz~rduWSo9-MmVW4AVqY3ESebPPCP9vC-eSxe-vg,mZqWi0sHmhn5kt0idu-~K4pk~~8eNXxMeYen73FOfA8,AQACAAE/jar/1494 (see

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

Ian Clarke writes: > You're speaking as if you speak on behalf of the Freenet community. Who > specifically are you speaking for and what gives you the ability to speak for > them? I share the sentiment. Steve spoke to me before sending this message, and he also speaks for me, the release

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

Dear Freenet Contributors and Enthusiasts, I want to clear up some of the confusion. Ian Clarke writes: > I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform you of an important > change that the Freenet Project board voted on unanimously on Friday. > After much discussion over the past

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

Ian Clarke writes: > Apologies to mutt users, but Freenet's mainstream brand recognition has been > on an uninterrupted > downward trajectory since 2004: > > freenet-trend.png You are showing the US-trend. Let’s look at the trend in a country where there was PR done: This is the trend in

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

Ian Clarke writes: > I know exactly who he is, I was asking who he was speaking on behalf > of since he was claiming to speak on behalf of the "Freenet > community", quite a bold claim. He did not claim that. It’s just how it seemed to you. Yet despite not claiming it, Steve actually has the

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

Ian Clarke writes: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:40 AM Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide > wrote: > > Ian Clarke writes: > > What "room"? I've already said, the constituency I care about is the next > generation. You don't speak for them. > > You do not care

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

Ian Clarke writes: > What "room"? I've already said, the constituency I care about is the next > generation. You don't speak for them. You do not care about the currently existing, vibrant Freenet Community? Best wishes, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein, ohne es zu merken.

Re: infocalypse: version control over Freenet mostly works again with Python 3

Hi, DC* writes: > Thanks for looking into this. This project is really cool and promising. > > Hope I can give it a try soon. Keep up the good work! Thank you for your answer! The full version tracking roundtrip over Freenet — including *pull-request* and *notifications* — works again! And

Remaining reviews needed to release Freenet 1495

Hi, We’re getting ever closer to release. I merged the already reviewed pull-requests, but some important PRs remain so we can release. Please help getting these reviewed! Small or simple reviews: - only include the inline m3u player if the page contains media-tags

Re: Weird name on website

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > Hello Marek, > > Marek Küthe writes: >> I was after a long time again on the website of Freenet >> freenetproject.org. There I noticed that I am redirected to >> https://www.hyphanet.org/index.html. Furthermore

Re: Weird name on website

Hello Marek, Marek Küthe writes: > I was after a long time again on the website of Freenet > freenetproject.org. There I noticed that I am redirected to > https://www.hyphanet.org/index.html. Furthermore every name "Freenet" > was replaced with "Hyphanet" there. Is this intentional? Is there >

Re: Weird name on website

Nicolas Hernandez writes: >> There is a post about this on the Freenet website that also gives links >> with further information: > >> https://www.freenetproject.org/freenet-renamed-to-hyphanet.html > 404 on this page because of redirect It does not redirect for you? That’s odd. This is the

Re: Is this the devl mailing list for Hyphanet/Freenet_Classic?

Hi, >> Is this the devl mailing list for Hyphanet/Freenet_Classic? freenetproject.org is the website for Hyphanet / the original Freenet. "David Dernoncourt" writes: > While we're talking about good questions and the allocation of old > resources, what happens to the seemingly large number of