> People will not run nodes if they are persecuted for running them. It has
> been discussed many times that we should eventually turn out attentions to
> making the fact that you're running a Freenet node difficult to determine,
> but it hasn't be of immediate importance until now. The network cannot
> function without giving protection to node runners.
I don't disagree that this is a desirable feature, but I just don't think
that the current hysteria over it is warrented, and I certainly don't
think that the knee-jerk reaction of implementing your proposal which I
think is badly flawed will work. I particularly resent Mr Bad's
implication that simply because I don't like your proposal, that I am
willing to see people get killed by their governments.
It may not be impossible that you will be hit by a bus, but the
probability is sufficiently low that people are still willing to risk
crossing the road. The more people using Freenet, and the more acceptable
running a Freenet node is, the less of a problem this is. Getting
hysterical about "security flaws" is not helping. We should consider ways
that we can make "node fishing" less effective, but I still doubt that we
can eliminate it completely without totally breaking the underlying
principals of Freenet's operation.
Ian.
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