----- Original Message ----- From: "Lars Juel Nielsen" <lars.j.niel...@gmail.com> To: <support at freenetproject.org> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [freenet-support] Some 0.7 questions
> On 6/24/06, Kevin Bennett <kb at stygia.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > Hello. Can I ask a question on the new Freenet? > > > > I understand that version 0.7 is supposed to have two parts, an open network > > and a "darknet" and that at the moment only the "darknet" part is working > > and that to connect to it I have to get somebody else's node reference and > > add it to my node whilst the other person does the same with my reference. > > OK so far. > > > > 1. When I do this process and connect to a few nodes, are those the only > > nodes to which I will ever connect, or does the act of joining the network > > through those nodes then allow my node to learn about and connect to other > > nodes whose references I don't explicitly add myself? > > No peers will be added automatically. The general concensus is that a > fitting amount of peers is 5 to 20 peers depending on bandwidth > constraints and how many people you trust. > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it the node announcing and accumulation of known nodes in the the routing table WILL be a feature of the .7 opennet when it becomes available. Right now only the darknet is being tested. > > > > 2. If/when the open net appears, will it be completely separate from the > > darknet or will being in the darknet automatically join my node to the open > > network? > > Again, according to my limited understanding, the purpose of the darknet will be to allow people who don't want to be known to be running a node to hook up to the general Freenet. When the opennet is available, someone who wishes to remain hidden will start darknode net and hook up to some guys on the opennet whom he trusts. He will then be connected, but no one will know he is. His node will get the advantage of the routing tables of his opennet buddies. Again, correct me if I'm wrong! I get all my info from anonymous guys on Frost.... > > Thank you in advance for any answers you can give. > > > > Kevin. > > ---------------------------------------------- > > All semiconductors work using smoke. Once you let the smoke out of them they > > stop working. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
