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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