On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Luke771 <luke771 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:29:24 -0400 > "fred simpson" <freenetmailinglist at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 10/23/08, Luke771 <luke771 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:18:40 -0400 > > > "fred simpson" <freenetmailinglist at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> a) Can you be traced by your ID if someone gets your IP while you are > > >> in low or normal stranger mode? > > > > <snip> > > Thanks a lot but wouldn't it be relatively easy for someone to get > > your IP while you're in opennet mode and then become one of your > > friends before OR AFTER you go into darknetmode? > > > > If you connect to someone in darknet mode, that peason is supposed to be a > friend, trusted by default. > And if you run opennet, you know that you can't hide that you run Freenet. > > Someone that gets to know that you run freenet because he peered to your IP > through opennet is someone that you don't trust enough to tell him that > you're running Freenet -therefore, you shouldn't connect him to your > darknet. > > And yes, we all can misplace our trust. Somone that you believed to be a > friend can sell your ass for much lower price than you imagined, possibly > even for the pure pleasure of getting you busted. That kind of things has > always happened and always will happen. You can try to minimize the risk but > you can't possibly reduce them to a nice round zero. > > > > > >> > > >> b) How do you access Freenet through tor? > > > > > > You don't. > > > > > I have Torbutton on while I access Freenet through Firefox. What is that? > > > > You're not accessing Freenet through Tor. If you check how your proxy > settings look like while Torbutton is activated, (tools or settings menu > according to your system, then preferences => Advanced => Network => > settings) you'll find that the second field from the bottom is marked 'No > proxy for...' and the value in the field is '127.0.0.1, localhost'. > That means that when you type 127.0.0.1 or localhost in your browser's > address field, Firefox skips the proxy. > > > > he West. It is possible that it has happened > > > and I don't know about it. > > > If authorities suspect you to possess illegal files and seize your > computer, > > > you're pretty much screwed. You may have a chance if you have taken > > > precautions that have nothing to do with Freenet (it's mostly about > file > > > storage). > > > > > I'm assuming that means encrypting your drive. > > > > You're assuming wrong. > All they need is a password. The police will simply kick your ass until you > give up your password. And They are trained professionals who know physical > and psychological techniques to extract information. > That is, unless you live in some idyllic country in Northern Europe, where > the police do not kick uspects' ass and you would get to choose between > giving up your password or facing a prison sentence for the crime of not > giving up your password (that's for your own good, boy) > > Your only defense is don't get caught -ever-. > If they find an encrypted disk, you're just as screwed as you would be if > you had your data stored in clear, plus some good ass-kicking. > With some research (read: google) you can learn how to configure LUKS > (maybe even Truecrypt) to make your encrypted partitions luck like they're > simply unformatted. Not that it would help much if the bad guys happen to > -know- that the data is there (and there are thousands of way to find out, > including asking YOU, say on a mailing list. > > > > >> > > >> d) Is it possible to have multiple Freenet ID's? If so, can you use > > >> them at the same time? > > > > > > If you mean Frost or FMS identity, the answer is yes. And yes. > <snip> > > I meant multiple instances of Freenet. I'd like one instance in > > opennet and one instance in darknet. For downloading non-sensitive > > files and communicating non-sensitive information and for downloading > > sensitive files and communicating sensitive information, respectively > > > Yes, you can have multiple instances of Freenet on the same box. If you run > the installer while a node is already running, your new node will be > automatically configured to use different ports for FProxy and for > connecting to apps such as Frost or Thaw. In the same way, you can run the > installer a third time while the two existing nodes are running, and the > third node will use a third set of ports. > However, you will need to configure the applications (Thaw, Frost, etc) to > make them connect to the second node (or the third etc), because they would > all connect to the first node by default (port 9481) > > Anyways, I don't see much sense in this kind of configuration. I won't even > discuss wehther or not it would be more secure than simply running a node > the way it's supposed to be run (it probably isn't), the only thing that I'm > going to point out is that you have accessed a mailing list, declared that > you use Freenet, given some clue about your nationality and colural > background, and pretty much stated that you are interested in downloading > illegal files. > > If I was you, I'd stay the hell off anything more illegal than mowing your > lawn at the wrong time of the day. *Read: tor. There are many other ways to make oneself anonymous besides Freenet. And I'll take the beating, please. That will look great in court.* > > -- > FAFS - The Freenet Applications FreeSite > USK at ugb > ~uuscsidMI-Ze8laZe~o3BUIb3S50i25RIwDH99M,9T20t3xoG-dQfMO94LGOl9AxRTkaz~TykFY-voqaTQI,AQACAAE/FAFS/40/ > > freemail: > > luke771 at > MJWEES3VJBMS2ZKMIJUECT3SJB3UK5SBKBAVQYJQO5FXGWSROE2USNDKNMZU2SK2ORXUKLDZJYWXQUSNMRYUCWD6IF3HAULWKRKWW2SJJVEGQQTDNNKGYMRWKFZW6V3ONNIDKQ3DKR3SYQKRIFBUCQKF.freemail > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20081024/339c77a9/attachment.html>
