WORD, BRO please make these topics *clear* on the front page of www.freenetproject.org, because peoples do not seem to realize that freenet is just like.. er.. freenet! :)
>Jeffrey Regier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> I've installed Freenet on Linux, and am able to open the web interface >> (http://localhost:8888/servlet/nodeinfo/). However, I can't connect to >> the "Freedom Engine" (which is where file searching takes place, >> right?). Additionally, I don't know what files of mine I'm sharing or if >> other users are able to store their content on my computer. Help would >> be very appreciated. > >OK, at some point I need to sit down and rewrite HUGE sections of the >Wiki FAQ. People are coming into Freenet with some preconceived notions >that are simply not in line with reality. > >Freenet is NOT a peer-to-peer file sharing application. > >Freenet does not work like Gnutella. > >You do not search for files in Freenet. > >You do not share whole directories full of files in Freenet. You must >explicitly publish (insert) each file you wish to share. > >In particular, you DO NOT tell Freenet to create its data store in an >existing directory full of files! It will delete them. (This will >be "fixed" soon. Nobody anticipated that people would actually do this!) > >When you do insert a file, it has a KEY which is generally not going >to be human-readable. (Unless you use KSK keys, but those are not >secure.) > >The only way to retrieve that file is to know its key. Therefore the >person who inserts a file has to advertise its key somehow. > >The Wiki FAQ is at <http://freenet.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?FAQ>. [snip for your pipe's health] >freenet.log file. > >-- >Greg Wooledge | "Truth belongs to everybody." >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | - The Red Hot Chili Peppers >http://wooledge.org/~greg/ | > ____________________________________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. _______________________________________________ support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
