On Tuesday 19 August 2008 16:17, Ian Clarke wrote: > Incidentally, where did the '5 friend' requirement come from. > > Is opennet more secure than having 4 friends?
Opennet is probably more secure than having only 1 friend ... unless you are reasonably confident that they are not evil. Five friends is just a guesstimate for adequate performance and connectivity. > > Ian. > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Theodore Hong > <theodore.hong at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > >> Should we ask the user to upload their friends' noderefs during the wizard > >> (assuming network is at least MEDIUM) ? > > > > Yes, that could help make it clearer what exactly is meant by "friends > > running Freenet." We could have a screen that says something like > > "Enter noderefs of any friends that you have (don't worry if you don't > > have any, you can always add friends later on)". > > > > If they don't enter at least five, and HIGH network was selected, then > > they get a warning that says Freenet will not be able to start until > > they either enter five friends or go back and select MEDIUM or LOW. > > > > theo > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > Devl at freenetproject.org > > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > > > > > -- > Ian Clarke > CEO, Uprizer Labs > Email: ian at uprizer.com > Cell: +1 512 422 3588 > _______________________________________________ > 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/20080819/2c3aed57/attachment.pgp>
