* Colin Davis <Colin at sq7.org> [2007-06-08 08:25:37]: [snip.]
> I look at it, and know that opennet is necessary for the darknet to > prosper.. Once Opennet is in place, people have a larger incentive to > run Freenet. This means that they add permanent nodes, which is good. Opennet will add churn to the equation and will make most of the network harvestable, that's for sure; creating and linking more permanent nodes is a hope more than anything else. > > This build the larger base of Freenet users, which we need to make a > darknet work. Two opennet users can talk to one another offline, and > agree to exchange a Darknet Link. This grows the number of links that > aren't posted about anywhere. That won't *ever* happen. Why ? because the whole point of freenet is preventing anyone to link a "virtual over freeenet" identity to a physical beeing... And for a darknet link to be established you have to exchange informations about your node which can be linked to your real identity => you won't ever use freenet to establish new darknet links unless you don't worship your anonymity > > Later on, as new users join, they're friends already ARE using freenet. > This means that they can exchange darknet links with people they know, > without ever having to run opennet. > If we don't tell/teach users about the risks of connecting to strangers, they won't connect to their friends : they won't have any incentive to do so (opennet would be the default, easiest way of getting bootstraped). > > Opennet is the key to getting a the installed base which allows darknets > to work. > I won't comment once again on that one. 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/20070608/350cbfce/attachment.pgp>
