>From "Marco A. Calamari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Just a question; I beg your pardon if this is
> OT on this list.
>
>When using HTTP, the server I request receive a lot
> of info on my IP, browser, OS, etc. via CGI interface,
> including the last page visited.
>
>When using al local node I'm in control, but, when using
> a remote Freenet gateway (a trusted one) is there any
> possibility to give away the anonimity ?
Yes, the HTTP gateway knows everything about your request/insert habits.
>I'm concerned because Freenet HTML pages can embed non-freenet
> url's, giving a trivial way to trace the use.
>
>In this case what kind of info can be traced ?
>
>Tahks a lot. Marco
Yes, this is a problem. The current way to address this is to use the
anonimity filter, which should warn you if a site attempts to do anything that
could reveal information about you (images stored on outside servers, etc...)
but it is disabled by default, and there may be ways of getting around it.
--
Benjamin Coates
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