* Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-20 12:34:42]:
> On 7/20/07, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Okay, so what should this question say then exactly? Perhaps:
> >
> >"Connect to strangers?
> >
> >Your node can either automatically find untrusted nodes to connect to
> >("Strangers"), or you can manually add connections to trusted nodes
> >("Friends") run by people you already know. Connecting to total strangers
> >is
> >far less secure, but it means your node will start working immediately,
> >rather than you having to find some friends to connect to. Even if you do
> >enable connecting to untrusted nodes, you should try to get some friend
> >connections when your friends start using Freenet.
>
>
> I think per Guido's suggestion, rather than vaguely saying that connecting
> to strangers is "far less secure", we should explain in what way it is
> insecure.
>
> Perhaps "If you allow connection to strangers, then you are revealing the
> fact that you are running Freenet, although what you are using Freenet for
> will still be very difficult for them to determine".
...
Unless the bad guy uses it as an attack vector and becomes "most" of your
connections to freenet.If we precise things, we might be to be pedantic. NextGen$
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