We could have a warning on the front page when running opennet, like with testnet:
"You are running freenet in opennet mode. While in opennet mode, you have no control over who your node connects to. Note that those nodes you are connected to a) Know you are running freenet, and b) May be able to attack you and identify what you are browsing or inserting. On opennet, they could very well be the Bad Guys. We strongly recommend that you add some of your friends' nodes to enable hybrid or darknet mode, which is much safer, and helps to build a sustainable, invisible and robust network. Even if you only have a few darknet connections, this can greatly increase your security by sending your requests through these nodes which you know are operated by your friends and not the Bad Guys. Darknet is more secure than opennet. We should make this as clear as possible. Obviously we should make the warning as concise as possible; we could shrink the above down to "Warning: Opennet mode detected", and have a hyperlink to a fuller explanation. -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20060711/a77ace33/attachment.pgp>
