>From my understanding, there is a fundamental flaw in p2p technologies like >Freenet for those that want to deploy in highly-censored countries. That is, >it's too obvious. The censor doesn't have to know what's being transmitted, >only that /something/ is that's outside of their control. All they have to do >is disallow the ports on which the technology runs. Torrenters can at least >get around this by changing the port they're using; Freenet has no such option.
>From my understanding of internet communication protocols, the use of udp is >too obvious; it stands out like a sore thumb. Why not tunnel the connection >over tcp? Wouldn't that prevent potential censors from differentiating it from >the rest of transmitted data? As well, wouldn't it solve the closed ports >issue? I'm sure some of my conclusions are based off of an incomplete understanding of the technologies involved, but I couldn't think of a better way to find out than to put my ideas out there. _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
