>
> Anyone in fear of having their Freenet shutdown *must have* this
> option. This is the *only* way to solve the MediaEnforcer problem. The
Um. No? The mediaenforcer problem is solved with the varying htl
decremenet.
> same goes for the people in China. If the Chinese government wants to scan
> IPs looking for Freenet nodes and shut down any that they find, the *only*
> way to stop this attack is to reject connections from unknown nodes.
But 99% of Freenet users aren't going to be creating private networks, or
controlled networks. 2 years down the line, when all the paranoia
features are in, your going to have a significant amount of code unused by
a significant number of people.
>
> Controlling access to programs running on your machine is a fundamental
> feature for both security and privacy. HTTP, FTP, IRC, even Gnutella have
> this feature. Even anonymous FTP servers often have password protection
> when they are being used for illicit purposes, precisely for the reason of
> avoiding detection.
But its *NOT HOW FREENET WORKS*. Freenet assumes that it doesnt trust who
connects to it. Gnutella/http/ftp/irc all assume well behaved connectors.
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