Re: [tor-talk] tor versus freenet

2012-12-21 Thread grarpamp
Tahoe-lafs is not the same. Freenet, if I understood it correctly, distributes files in blocks over multiple nodes, not defined by a configuration but by demand. Figured due to being demand based, Freenet wouldn't be useful to people who expect that their singularly unique and useful to them

Re: [tor-talk] tor versus freenet

2012-12-20 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:25:35 +0100 folkert folk...@vanheusden.com wrote: In short: can't we combine these two? Others have done it, so it can be done. Others have combined tor and tahoe-lafs as well. I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you throwing the idea out there to see if others agree and

Re: [tor-talk] tor versus freenet

2012-12-20 Thread Randolph D.
just implement a proxy for tor in http://offsystem.sourceforge.net/ 2012/12/17 folkert folk...@vanheusden.com Hi, We have Tor, we have Freenet. One is for protecting network sessions, the other one for data. In short: can't we combine these two? Freenet serves a purpose but it is, for the

Re: [tor-talk] tor versus freenet

2012-12-20 Thread folkert
In short: can't we combine these two? Others have done it, so it can be done. Others have combined tor and tahoe-lafs as well. I'm not sure what you're asking. Tahoe-lafs is not the same. Freenet, if I understood it correctly, distributes files in blocks over multiple nodes, not defined by a

Re: [tor-talk] tor versus freenet

2012-12-20 Thread folkert
Yes, offsystem sounds like freenet. But it is another program you have to install, configure and whatnot. I especially opt for integration in Tor to simply the use. Yes, freenet has installers etc but it is Java and everybody seems to hate Java these days and all CERTs seem to advise people to

[tor-talk] tor versus freenet

2012-12-17 Thread folkert
Hi, We have Tor, we have Freenet. One is for protecting network sessions, the other one for data. In short: can't we combine these two? Freenet serves a purpose but it is, for the average user, way too complicated/too much of a hassle to install and work with. Especially since Java became a