On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 08:31:02AM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > Freenet does not currently implement onion routing, however it is on > our roadmap to implement a form of it. This is likely to be > implemented in the first few months of next year.
This is simply not true. Premix routing will be implemented for 0.8. It will be difficult. We will need outside help. And it will not block the release of 0.7.0. Oh and in response to the original poster, the point with mixnets is that the packets only know the source and dest for _this particular hop_ - not the overall source and destination. > > The core difference between Freenet and Tor is that in Tor there is a > distinction between clients, which just initiate and receive > connections, and servers, which form part of the anonymity network. > In Freenet, all peers participate in the anonymity network. This > makes Freenet significantly more of a challenge to implement than Tor. > Consequently, I think it is fair to say that Tor is a more mature > technology than Freenet at this time. > > Ian. > > On 07/12/05, Joe Graham <josgraha at gmail.com> wrote: > > Tor claims they implement "onion routing." > > I am a developer and I want to contribute to one of > > these wonderful projects. According to their web site > > this is a technology where any given packet only knows > > only its origin and it's destination. Can someone explain > > to me the technical differences of how freenet is > > implemented vs. the Tor approach? > > I assume there's an article out here but google was not much help. > > Yes I searched google before posting and taking people's time. > > Thank you very much for your help. > > > > Best Regards, > > Joe Graham > > josgraha [at] gmail [dot] com -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20051207/bfffb43b/attachment.pgp>
