The link to the demo is borked, btw... On 4/25/06, Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> wrote: > -----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. 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