* Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2006-07-11 03:16:03]:
> 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. For sure we need the warning but still: something I've not understood in the logic: Why enabling the opennet by default ? Providing an hybridnet is something, making it the default is an other one. I'm just not convinced we need opennet and even less convinced that we should let it be the default behaviour. NextGen$ -------------- 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/20060711/9d92227f/attachment.pgp>
