irc.freenode.net is an IRC server, not a web server. You need to
download an IRC client first so you can connect to it. Once you have
connected to #freenet-refs , ask around for some node references. You
can add these to your node from your Darknet page
( http://127.0.0.1:8888/darknet/ ).
Note that this kludgish bootstrapping process is only necessary because
Freenet 0.7 is currently exclusively "darknet". This means manually
established connections; theoretically these are F2F ("friend-to-friend")
connections, and of course if you know anyone already on freenet,
connecting to them is the best option. The purpose of this is to build a
network which cannot be automatically mapped by an attacker (such as the
chinese government; once they've found all the nodes, they can block all
the nodes). Unfortunately most freenet users don't have any friends who
are already using Freenet. We will fix this shortly via an "opennet"
mechanism that allows people to get started quickly, but less securely,
without knowing anyone on Freenet. However opennet is not likely to be
ready for a few months, so I suggest that you get an IRC client, and get
some node references. You can get help from here, or from the #freenet
IRC channel on the same network.
On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 02:50:51PM +0100, Sarah wrote:
> On 28/10/06, Sarah <scarahwarah at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Hello,
> >I am trying to work with the freenet project after hearing about it last
> >night on newnight! Am not very computer orientated though and am finding it
> >a bit difficult. I have down loaded the software, but when i try and access
> >http://irc.freenode.net/ to get connected (If you don't know anyone
> >running Freenet, visit #freenet-refs on irc.freenode.net and ask nicely to
> >exchange references with someone.) it wants Nagios Access code and
> >password,
> >what is this?
> >Thanks
> >
> >
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