On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:10:22PM -0800, Pete Warner wrote: > After reading this list for a week, I get the > impression that many people see FreeNet as a piece of > a larger application.
This is true, one way to look at Freenet is as a replacement for web servers, it is an application in itself, but it can be used together with a variety of other software (both written and unwritten) bringing its benefits of efficiency and anonymity. > I have read one post about > FreeNet being half of a total anonymous solution. I am not sure I would agree with that, it is the anonymous component of a wider solution, but it comes with useful tools (such as fproxy) as standard, so it is useful stand-alone. > I have considered volunteering my time to Gnutella for > a few weeks now and basically find it one huge cluster > of a mess. No argument here... > In the end, what is *REALLY* needed is an *EASY TO > USE* application that allows: We are working hard to make it easy to use, have you checked out the the windows installer lately? > 1) fast public searches (see #3), Freenet seems to search in logarithmic time in the average case, that is pretty much as good as you could hope for. > 2) the ability to host public files, Not sure what you mean by this. > 3) some type of searchable metadata directory, As can be seen from how people currently use freenet, fuzzy-searching is far from a prerequisite for a useful system, but it would be nice. > 4) fast downloads (caching combined with Digital > Fountain-type downloading?), Some clients already do multi-thread requests for split data, this isn't a core Freenet issue. > 5) anonymous searches and downloads (with a > willingness to sacrifice speed and bandwidth), Freenet, in theory, is much more bandwidth efficient than Gnutella since it doesn't rely on broadcasts. > So *WHO* is working on building one single application > that is able to bring this all together? *THAT* is > the open source project I want to donate my time and > coding talents to. Well, remember that our goal is not to build the next Napster or Gnutella, and many of the goals of such a project would be a distraction from our core goals. Ian. -- Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Founder & Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ Chief Technology Officer, Uprizer Inc. http://www.uprizer.com/
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