[freenet-support] Assistance
Hello, all, I would like to request some assistance. I am a writer working on a book on cyber-security. This led me to Freenet and the concept of a Darknet. My audience is the typical Windows user - not an idiot, but no special technical training. Just a typical user, in other words. In order for me to write about Freenet and help other users get started with it, I need to understand it thoroughly myself. I am a Windows tech myself - MCSE and A+ certifications, and many years in a support job. As of right now, I am connected to Freenet - I only have one acquaintance also using it, so I am still using it on low security settings and connecting to everyone I can. I can browse sites, no problem at all, and I'm fascinated. This reminds me of the very, very early Internet - a definite outlaw feel to it. I want to add a flog of my own, but the Freenet fork of Thingamablog is locking up on me. I think I'm going to have to locally publish a blog site and then upload it using jSite or similar. Freemail appears to be working for me, but I can't receive messages, either to my long real address, or to the shorter address I created. Deleting messages is spotty. It works sometimes, and sometimes not. My friend also on Freenet does not receive the messages I send. Yet Freemail is installed as a plugin, and there does not appear to be a problem. I received all the initial welcome stuff. I also have FMS installed and running, but I can't seem to announce my identity. It's been several days, and I have yet to receive a single captcha to complete. I've verified that FMS is running. I've also done all the typical support stuff - disabling firewall etc. to see if that is blocking me. All ports are forwarded without any apparent problems at my router. If someone here is willing to give me some one on one assistance, we can take it off list if necessary. We can use GPG to encrypt messages if that makes you more comfortable, or even get on the telephone if you prefer. My wide open address is kate9954 (at) gmail (dot) com, and my public key is published at most of the servers. Many thanks, Kate -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryngraham http://transcribed4less.com Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/kate9954 ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [freenet-support] Assistance
Kathryn A. Graham wrote: Hello, all, I would like to request some assistance. I am a writer working on a book on cyber-security. This led me to Freenet and the concept of a Darknet. snip 1st, im not a Freenet developer but only an old time user. Thought you should know. I write a freesite that is specifically aimed at new users, the idea is to have a one-site Freenet resource where newbies can find out what Freenet can do and how to do it (basic tutorials). It's a long way from completed but it does include some usable info. It's called FAFS - the Freenet Applications FreeSites and it's linked in the FProxy default bookmarks. There you should find most of the basic info and figure out where to go to get more detailed info. Freemail appears to be working for me, but I can't receive messages, either to my long real address, or to the shorter address I created. Freemail is horribly buggy. Some say that 'it works on odd tuesdays if the date sums up to a multiple of 7' I also have FMS installed and running, but I can't seem to announce my identity. It's been several days, and I have yet to receive a single captcha to complete. If I was still using FMS, I would bootstrap your ID adding each other as peers manually. But I'm not using FMS and neither are ... pretty much anyone. FMS was a proof of concept for the WoT (web of trust) which IMHO failed miserably at the 'jerk test' (people abuse the WoT to try and censor 'immoral' users, instead of using it for what it's designed to do). In addition, FMS was never actually subjected to flood attacks trying to DoS it, so we dont 'really' know if the WoT would actually do the job that it's supposed to do. However, it seems that ATM there isnt any feasible alternative to WoT, so it's been decided to use WoT for the next official Freenet messaging system, which is called Freetalk and will be bundled with Freenet 0.8 when it's released in a few months. You can run Freetalk loading the Freetalk and WoT plugins manually (downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/plugins/ ...something) Anyhow, see FAFS for more info about FMS (if you really want to use that), Freetalk, and Frost =try this Short version: Basically, all I've said is to have a look at FAFS for basic info about Freenet, don;t run FMS (no-one uses it anyway) but stick to Frost and possibly test Freetalk, and Freemail is buggy. ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
