On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Oskar Sandberg wrote: > This doesn't really mean anything for Freenet. I'm not going to claim that > Freenet is *insert evil org here* proof (though that is the goal), but it is > certainly a world of difference from Gnutella. > > This sort of direct attacks to locate people making data available are not > possible with Freenet - I do not care how much of a computer forensic officer > you are. There are other attacks which are possible to varying extent, active > attacks against the network topology (cancer), TA, DoS, etc, but not tracking > down users just like that.
That's not totally true and is why when I kick and scream about the people buiding clients _not_ putting it in a browser, why I get mad no one listens. While Freenet itself may be free and clear of this kind of intrustion, if a client exists which can run abitrary code such as Java applets or whatnot, this defeats the entire point. One could easily write a program which would send your IP address and some other information it could collect back "home". This is not totally a Freenet issue, but the ability for a client to run arbitrary code (Java sandbox and all that other crap aside) is something which I've seen this group not take as seriously as it should. I think a UI such as those things like Gnapster or Gnutella have is just fine for Freenet and that this, and not the Web browser addons, should be the focus of a client. - Serge Wroclawski _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
