We certainly should retain the option to get 0.5... 0.7 is still an alpha and in some ways it is less secure than 0.5.
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 01:03:20PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, perhaps a shorter version of it - that was a very long news > item - more of a self-contained press release. > > I think it may be time to replace download.php with download-new.php. > > Ian. > > On 25 Apr 2006, at 12:45, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > >You sure the 0.7 alpha notice should no longer be on the main page? > > > >On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:01:46PM +0000, ian at freenetproject.org > >wrote: > >>Author: ian > >>Date: 2006-04-25 19:01:45 +0000 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) > >>New Revision: 8577 > >> > >>Modified: > >> trunk/website/pages/news.php > >>Log: > >>clean up news a bit > >> > >>Modified: trunk/website/pages/news.php > >>=================================================================== > >>--- trunk/website/pages/news.php 2006-04-25 18:52:23 UTC (rev 8576) > >>+++ trunk/website/pages/news.php 2006-04-25 19:01:45 UTC (rev 8577) > >>@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@ > >> <b>25th April, 2006: Video of Freenet 0.7 talk at 22C3 now > >> available</b><br> > >> The video of Ian and Oskar's talk at 22C3 is now available for > >>download. > >>-Grab it via <a > >>-href="http://media.ccc.de/filez/congress/2005/lectures/video/ > >>mp4/22C3-videos-incomplete-20050423-torrents/22C3-492-en- > >>freenet_new_version.mp4.torrent">torrent</a>, > >>-<a > >>-href="http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/!final/22C3-492-en- > >>freenet_new_version.mp4">http</a>, > >>-or <a > >>-href="http://dijjer.org/get/http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/!final/ > >>22C3-492-en-freenet_new_version.mp4">Dijjer</a>. > >>+Grab the <a > >>+href="http://media.ccc.de/filez/congress/2005/lectures/video/ > >>mp4/22C3-videos-incomplete-20050423-torrents/22C3-492-en- > >>freenet_new_version.mp4.torrent">torrent > >>+here</a>. > >> You can also download their <A > >> href="http://freenetproject.org/papers/ccc/ccc- > >>slideshow.pdf.bz2">slideshow</a>, > >> and the source for the Java <a href="<a > >>@@ -34,55 +31,3 @@ > >> running before it will work. Try it out by installing <a > >> href="/index.php?page=download-new">Freenet 0.7</a>, and then <a > >> href="http://jtcfrost.sourceforge.net/";>Frost</a>. > >>-<p> > >>-<b>3rd April, 2006: Freenet 0.7 Alpha 1</b><br> > >>-<p>Freenet is a decentralised "peer-to-peer" system designed to > >>allow the > >>-anonymous sharing of information on the Internet. After many > >>months of work, > >>-the first alpha version of Freenet 0.7 is ready for testing.</p> > >>-<p>Freenet 0.7 represents a major new approach to peer-to-peer > >>network design. > >>-To protect the network, and the user's anonymity, Freenet users > >>will now have > >>-the ability to connect directly to other people that they know > >>and trust, > >>-together forming a "global darknet" making it extremely difficult > >>for any > >>-third party, whether a government or another powerful > >>organisation, to > >>-determine that a user is participating in Freenet, let alone what > >>they are > >>-doing with it. This new version is a complete rewrite of the > >>Freenet > >>-software, representing numerous other improvements, including:</ > >>p><ul> > >>-<li>Freenet now operates over UDP rather than TCP</li> > >>-<li>Freenet can transparently operate through firewalls</li> > >>-<li>Freenet's core architecture and algorithm has been redesigned > >>for simplicity and efficiency</li> > >>-<li>A new and even simpler API allowing the rapid development of > >>third party software that interacts with Freenet</li> > >>-</ul> > >>-<p>The new Freenet employs a simpler and more flexible routing > >>model than > >>-previous versions, which in the future may allow diverse > >>applications ranging > >>-from efficient search, to near-real time instant messaging and > >>chat between > >>-anonymous participants. Initially Freenet 0.7 will be a "pure > >>darknet" > >>-model, in that all connections must be trusted, however future > >>versions will > >>-permit a mixed opennet/darknet approach where the user can opt to > >>allow > >>-untrusted connections to their node, which will improve > >>connectivity and > >>-convenience at the expense of security.</p> > >>-<p>Note that this release is still a very early alpha; users > >>should neither > >>-expect it to be secure, nor user friendly. Rather, the purpose > >>of this release > >>-is to facilitate wider testing, to inform people of the progress > >>we have made, > >>-and to attract fresh development talent, both to Freenet itself, > >>and to third > >>-party applications that use Freenet as a platform.</p> > >>-<p>This release would not have been possible without the work of > >>numerous > >>-volunteers, and Matthew Toseland, Freenet's full time developer. > >>Matthew's work > >>-is funded through donations via our website, we ask that anyone > >>who can help us > >>-to ensure Matthew's continued employment by visiting our > >>donations page and > >>-making a contribution at:</p> > >>-<p><a href="http://freenetproject.org/index.php? > >>page=donate">http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=donate</a></p> > >>-<p>The new version of Freenet may be downloaded from:</p> > >>-<p><a href="http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=download- > >>new">http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=download-new</a></p> > >>-<br> > >>-<b>18th February, 2006: Searching in a Small World</b><br> > >>-Oskar Sandberg has made available his thesis <a href="http:// > >>www.math.chalmers.se/~ossa/lic.pdf">Searching in a Small World</a>. > >>-This describes a simple decentralized algorithm for creating > >>small world networks that is inspired by Freenet's original > >>-approach, along with the experimental and theoretical basis for > >>this approach. This also provides an insight into why > >>-small world networks might form naturally among human relationships. > >>-<p> > >>-<b>3rd January, 2006: Slides and Demo from Chaos Congress talk > >>now online</b><br> > >>-On Friday 30th Oskar Sandberg and I <a href="http://events.ccc.de/ > >>congress/2005/fahrplan/events/492.en.html">spoke</a> > >>-at the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany. We > >>were speaking about > >>-the upcoming 0.7 redesign of Freenet. Now that I have thawed out > >>-(it was -6°C!), I have had a chance to upload our <a > >>href="http://freenetproject.org/papers/ccc/ccc- > >>slideshow.pdf.bz2">slideshow</a> (pdf.bz2 format), and a Java <a > >>href="http://freenetproject.org/papers/ccc/ccc-freenet- > >>demo.tar.bz2">demo</a> > >>-(requires Java 1.5). > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>cvs mailing list > >>cvs at freenetproject.org > >>http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvs > >> > > > >-- > >Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > >Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > >ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. 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