>> I don't know much about the inner workings of Freenet, but what would it >> take to get this started? >(note: this applies to static IP networks only, if you use DHCP ask someone >else, and all this is just my idea, I've never actually done it)
0. delete the default seednodes.ref file so the nodes starting up will contact *nothing* and don't add the normal nodes from the seed file to their routing table which will break you network isolation >1. Start 20 or so nodes, then shut them down. Make sure their IPs are set to >their internal network IPs. >2. Get their public node references (I don't know how to do this, but it's >*not* the 'node' file), put them in one big text file, and save this as >seednodes.ref on each node, replacing the default. >3. Start them all back up. Test. >4. To establish a new node, before starting it for the first time, replace >seednodes.ref with the copy created in step 2. >5. Periodically export new seednodes.ref files and use these instead. >6. Change the updater to get the seednodes.ref file from some internal >location instead of the Freenet site. > >If one local node gets the wrong seednodes.ref, then AFAICS, your local >network will slowly coalesce into the main Freenet as announcements pass >through that one node, then a few more, then a few more... disastrophe. If >this happens, shut down all nodes at the same time, replace all of their >seednodes.ref, and restart them. Needless to say, in a university, that won't >be easy. without step 0 you'll have this behaviour because the initial 20 nodes have the defaullt nodes within their routing table the best and safest way is to firewall all nodes away from the internet or patch the node's code to not connect any ip's that are within a different subnet. otherwise just one node needs to see just once an "outworlder's" noderef and your small network will merge with the freenet eventually _______________________________________________ devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
