-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 And in other ways it is more secure. I think a time will come when straddling both 0.5 and 0.7 will hurt us, and that time may be now. We can still link to the 0.5 stuff, but we should be pushing new users towards 0.7.
Ian. On 25 Apr 2006, at 13:23, Matthew Toseland wrote: > 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. Our Boss says so. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devl mailing list >>> Devl at freenetproject.org >>> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) >> >> iD8DBQFEToCMQtgxRWSmsqwRAqsbAJ4v/GUDzh8b8ooouCO5jdXwKfQgvwCfQq4r >> /1tFqstiDxXlUT7AtvGYDb0= >> =a+81 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Devl mailing list >> Devl at freenetproject.org >> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >> > > -- > Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. 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