Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2012-08-02 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 09 Dec 2011 14:48:20 Volodya wrote: On 12/09/2011 02:26 PM, Chris wrote: I am looking into setting up a distribution where Tor or freenet is used to create a secure and anonymous environment for communicating. One of the issues with freenet is that it is slow. I haven't used it

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2012-08-02 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Monday 12 Dec 2011 03:26:50 Chris wrote: On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:05:36 -0500, Chris wrote: How would you tell the difference between freenet becoming more popular, and the bad guys slowly infiltrating the opennet? Also, you assume they only have a few days to perform the attack -- how

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2012-08-02 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Monday 12 Dec 2011 02:24:17 Dennis Nezic wrote: On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:05:36 -0500, Chris wrote: On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:36:53 -0500, Chris wrote: It's not that they think it's hopelessly insecure. It really is :p. I mean, it might still be good enough -- but there are actual,

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2012-08-02 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Monday 12 Dec 2011 01:05:36 Chris wrote: If users and organizers are using Tor/freenet/whatever it can be difficult to determine who is organizing, who is actively participating, and who is just a supporter, or even follower (may be against the revolt). Compared to if an organizations

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-11 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:04:09 -0500, Chris wrote: [...] I would put money on them taking advantage of zero day exploits and/or the courts to force the Tor project, the Freenet project, the i2p project, or any other similar project to modify the code and insert a back door. Germany did this

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-11 Thread Chris
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:04:09 -0500, Chris wrote: [...] I would put money on them taking advantage of zero day exploits and/or the courts to force the Tor project, the Freenet project, the i2p project, or any other similar project to modify the code and insert a back door. Germany did this

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-11 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:36:53 -0500, Chris wrote: How many users actually compile it themselves? Me, and all other Gentoo users :-). How many examine the diffs? I do, rarely :s. [...] How would you propose to differentiate between a bugged node and a normal node? This is why you

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-11 Thread Chris
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:36:53 -0500, Chris wrote: How many users actually compile it themselves? Me, and all other Gentoo users :-). How many examine the diffs? I do, rarely :s. [...] How would you propose to differentiate between a bugged node and a normal node? This is why you

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-11 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:05:36 -0500, Chris wrote: On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:36:53 -0500, Chris wrote: How many users actually compile it themselves? Me, and all other Gentoo users :-). How many examine the diffs? I do, rarely :s. [...] How would you propose to differentiate

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-11 Thread Chris
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:05:36 -0500, Chris wrote: On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:36:53 -0500, Chris wrote: How many users actually compile it themselves? Me, and all other Gentoo users :-). How many examine the diffs? I do, rarely :s. [...] How would you propose to differentiate

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-11 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:26:50 -0500, Chris wrote: [...] If you go out and publicly denounce a rouge government you are liable to get yourself shot long before you have any chance to gather support. The Internet is a great platform to anonymously gather support. When everybody comes out at once

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-10 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:29:33 -0500, Chris wrote: [...] Many users have a persistent local threat that they need to be aware of. Leaving a server running is not an option as it could be compromised by an adversary. Removable media can reduce that threat. [...] I was not referring to

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-10 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:06:10 -0500, Chris wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:29:33 -0500, Chris wrote: [...] Many users have a persistent local threat that they need to be aware of. Leaving a server running is not an option as it could be compromised by an adversary. Removable media

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-10 Thread Chris
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:06:10 -0500, Chris wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:29:33 -0500, Chris wrote: [...] Many users have a persistent local threat that they need to be aware of. Leaving a server running is not an option as it could be compromised by an adversary. Removable media

[freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-09 Thread Chris
I am looking into setting up a distribution where Tor or freenet is used to create a secure and anonymous environment for communicating. One of the issues with freenet is that it is slow. I haven't used it in many years and do understand it has gotten much better. I also am aware that after a few

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-09 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 05:26:19 -0500, Chris wrote: I am looking into setting up a distribution where Tor or freenet is used to create a secure and anonymous environment for communicating. Very cool. I've done that too :-). One of the issues with freenet is that it is slow. I haven't used it in

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-09 Thread Volodya
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/09/2011 02:26 PM, Chris wrote: I am looking into setting up a distribution where Tor or freenet is used to create a secure and anonymous environment for communicating. One of the issues with freenet is that it is slow. I haven't used it in

Re: [freenet-support] Freenet speed local threats

2011-12-09 Thread Chris
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 05:26:19 -0500, Chris wrote: I am looking into setting up a distribution where Tor or freenet is used to create a secure and anonymous environment for communicating. Very cool. I've done that too :-). One of the issues with freenet is that it is slow. I haven't used it