I'm using the lastest builds. I am not a dissident, but a foreigner here who struggles with getting around the censorship on a day to day basis. I just wanted to add this to my arsenal.
Thanks. On 4/11/06, Bob <bob_j_hayes at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > A C <angrychina at ...> writes: > > Hi, > > > I am located in China, where access to Freenet downloads are blocked. I > use a > proxy so am able to download through that, but the installer does not > include > all of the files and tries to download those itself. This does not go > through > the proxy, so it is blocked. > > Which version of freenet are you trying to use, 0.5x or the 0.7 alpha? > > In the words of Matthew Toseland, lead developer, "using 0.5x in china > isn't > only a bad idea, it's impossible." It's a bad idea because it's fairly > easy for > a powerful adversary to harvest the network (build a list of all freenet > nodes), > and of course things like freenet are banned in China. I suppose it's > impossible > because they found a way to block it again e.g. by recognising session > bytes. > > The 0.7 alpha is *NOT* safe yet for dissident-grade activities either. In > darknet operation it should be better than 0.5 generally speaking provided > your > peers are trustworthy, BUT there are still considerable risks associated > with > using alpha software with various features not implemented yet e.g. MiTM > attack > resistance. Also the installer is not yet made with dissidents in mind, > e.g. it > automatically opens the project website at the end! > > > Is there a package that includes all of the necessary files for a simple > install on windows? How about posting some instructions to help people > like me > install? How about a torrent seed for this build?Thanks. > > > > At the moment such a thing does not exist. It is possible to make > "offline" > installers for 0.7 that include everything, which should happen at some > point. > Again though, I have to stress that anyone who uses alpha, unfinished > anonymity > software in a freedom-hostile country is taking a considerable risk. > > Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support at freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:support-request at freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20060417/bb2914ac/attachment.html>
