Read my reply to the other thread. On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:43:15PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > One point, to be clear, is that nothing here will prevent those that > wish to only have their node talk to people they trust, from doing > so. We are talking about opennet for those that want the > convenience, and darknet for those that need the security. > > Ian. > > On 14 Aug 2006, at 22:24, Ian Clarke wrote: > > >I really don't understand all of this fretting and hand-wringing > >about opennet. Its basically nothing more than a vastly better way > >for people to do what they are already doing today with hideous > >(but regrettably necessary) kludges like #freenet-refs and http:// > >refex.s-coding.nl/. > > > >Opennet has the following advantages over what people are using now: > > > > - Several orders of magnitude more convenient for users (allowing > >ease of use approaching or exceeding mainstream P2P apps) > > - Decentralized and scalable > > - Should lead to vastly better network topology > > - We control it so we can take measures to make it more difficult > >to corrupt > > > >Disadvantages? Relative to what people are using now - none that I > >can think of. > > > >Some people may wish we lived in a fantasy world where everyone was > >willing to go through the trouble of carefully establishing trusted > >darknet connections, but we don't live in this world, and denying > >the clear advantages of opennet to our userbase will not lead to > >that fantasy. > > Ian Clarke: Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Revver, Inc. > phone: 323.871.2828 | personal blog - http://locut.us/blog >
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