What 3 link limit? My darknet node currently has 14 connected nodes... On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 05:24:37PM +0100, Volodya wrote: > Is it possible to ask for any explanation for the 3 link limit that you > have imposed upon 0,7? I really do not understand how i am suppose to > switch to that network now, my original plan was to contact all my friends > who i trust and tell them that if they ever wanted to achieve anonymity, my > node is open to them, then i'd connect to them and we'd start our little > network, slowly the network would continue to grow, as they would invite > their friends, etc, and everybody would be happy.
This is exactly what you should do. > > With the limit i can only contact people who already know at least 2 other > people willing to try freenet out, or i have to ask my friends to > compromise their anonymity to each other (many of my friends don't know > each other), or i will have to run 3 nodes on my computer to start with (my > current plan) which will allow for us to go around the limit, until such > time when people will start finding other links themselves. Oh I see. You mean the "you must connect to at least 3 peers" thing? Lets explain this once and for all: - You can connect to one node only. You will not have any anonymity against that node should it be malicious as all your requests go through it, and you are not routing any requests for other nodes. Also your node will not be of any value to the network in terms of routing. However, if you *really* trust your one peer, you can do this, and you will be safe against external attackers. - You can connect to two nodes. You will have very limited anonymity, as requests can either have come from you or from the other node (or nodes behind it). Your node will still not be able to do any routing, but it may function as a useful relay. - You can connect to three nodes. You will have more anonymity, since your requests can have come from you or your other 2 neighbours. Your node will actually route requests for the network. So: - The fewer connections you have, the more you must trust your peers. - The more connections you have, the more likely one of them is a traitor. - The more connections you have (within reason), the more routing your node can do, the more useful it is to the network and the better performance it will get. (In terms of routing, and in terms of multi-source downloads). - If you have less than 3 peers, your node isn't routing at all. That isn't necessarily a seriously bad thing, but it would be better to have at least 3 peers. > > Free your mind and seek the truth. > - Volodya -- 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/devl/attachments/20060421/d7d5152b/attachment.pgp>
