Should we ask the user to upload their friends' noderefs during the wizard (assuming network is at least MEDIUM) ?
On Sunday 17 August 2008 13:56, Theodore Hong wrote: > Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > > Thoughts? An obvious criticism is this is quite long, but nextgens has made > > significant progress in stripping down the rest of the wizard, and this stuff > > is more obviously related to what Freenet is for so I doubt users will be > > greatly distressed by it... > > I like this setup. It could make sense to keep network and treachery > level separate since two common scenarios might be: I live in China, > I'm scared of the government and I choose my friends carefully > (network = high, friends = low/medium), or I live in the US, I'm not > that worried about the government but I've never met any of these > random friends on IRC (network = low/medium, friends = high). > > Here's a stab at shortening the text a bit: > > REMOTE ATTACKERS: NETWORK THREAT LEVEL > > How concerned are you about powerful organizations (government, ISP, > etc) attempting to monitor or block your use of Freenet? > > HIGH: > > I intend to access information that could get me arrested, imprisoned, > or worse. I am worried about my government or ISP blocking Freenet. > I understand that Freenet is experimental and *cannot* ensure security > against certain known attacks, but I accept the risks compared to the > alternatives. Freenet will not connect to unknown nodes, so **you > must have at least 5 friends already using Freenet to select this > mode**. > > MEDIUM: > > I live in a relatively free country, but I would like to make it more > difficult for others to monitor my communications. Freenet will be > reasonably careful to protect your anonymity, at some performance > cost. Freenet will automatically connect to unknown nodes. We > recommend that you add friends running Freenet and upgrade to HIGH. > > LOW: > > I do not care about monitoring and want maximum performance. It may > be quite easy for others to discover my identity. > > > INSIDE ATTACKERS: FRIENDS THREAT LEVEL > > How concerned are you about those you add as friends attempting to > monitor your activities, either deliberately or as a result of their > computers being compromised? (This is a default level and can be > overriden on a per-friend basis.) > > HIGH: I would like Freenet to take extra precautions to avoid attacks > from friends. Freenet will not share any additional information with > friends. > > MEDIUM: I am not overly concerned about attacks from friends, but I > would like Freenet to take reasonable precautions at some performance > cost. Freenet will share a limited amount of information with > friends. > > LOW: I am not concerned about attacks from friends. I trust my > friends and their computer security abilities. Freenet will trust > friends fully. > > > PHYSICAL THREAT LEVEL: > > How concerned are you about your computer being physically seized and examined? > > HIGH: I am concerned. Freenet will use additional hard drive encryption. > > LOW: I am not concerned. Freenet will use only basic encryption. > > > theo > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080818/51054b45/attachment.pgp>
