On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:13:45AM -0500, Gianni Johansson wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 February 2002 00:36, Ian wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 12:21:18AM -0500, Gianni Johansson wrote:
> > > I added a ClientDelete command to the node's FCP implementation to delete
> > > keys from the local data store. It takes the admin password and a list
> > > of keys. Note that you must set the admin password, and leave adminPeer
> > > unset in your freenet.conf/ini in order to use it. It only deletes keys
> > > that you explicitly give it. i.e. it won't follow redirects / map files /
> > > SplitFiles.
> >
> > But why would we make it easier for people to censor their own
> > datastores?
> >
> In a well functioning network ClientDelete should be almost useless as a
> censorship tool because of distributed caching of popular data.
>
> It is for people (organizations? ;-) ) like CofE who are inserting from
> transient nodes.
>
> Deleting keys from the local store and re-requesting them allows freesite
> publishers to see whether their content actually made it out into the network.
>
> All I am doing is providing a scalpel to substitute for the sledgehammer
> approach that most successful transient inserters are already using -- i.e.
Then what one should do is have TWO Freenet nodes on one's box, one
for normal Freenet use, and one for site insertion (which may be
regularly nuked if necessary). That solves the problem you elucidate
very well, without any of the censorship implications of
ClientDelete.
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