On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 10:53:34PM -0600, Brandon wrote:
>
> > I agree that this might be a useful feature, but I don't agree that Fred
> > is the right place for it. Freenet the network is a global file
> > distribution system. If one wants to set up private Freenets, they need
> > to use a different node than Fred. Rather than bloat the worldwide
> > Freenet node with this code, branch Fred and create a 'paranoia' Fred.
>
> This is a fundamental and necessary feature that people need the option to
> have. It isn't bloat since it's very small and simple to implement. Fred
Its not fundamental. Fundemental means that the vast majority of freenet users need
this
feature. They do not.
Just because a feature is small and simple to implement does not mean it isn't bloat.
All of the tiny features in MS Word aren't complex, but few of them are ever used, and
there are lots
of them. That constitutes bloat.
> isn't just the reference implemenation, it's the implementation that
> everyone is using. People are being scanned by Mediaenforcer and send
> cease and desist letters right now. They should have the option to rejects
> connections from unknown nodes. Now that people are having their ability
> to run a Freenet node threatened they're going to start asking for this
> feature and if we don't have it we're going to start loosing node runners.
> This should most definitely go in the main branch.
Solving the mediaenforcer problem does not == creating private clusters. Your
definitely using a lot
of false logic here.
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