DarkNet VS OpenNet Elements With FreeNet yes a DarkNet can leak public but a group that is using it to cover communications and information can work to restrict it even if its like the olden days; a memo form of security about not deleting a file on the mainframe. At present there is no way to force the restrictions on it but in time the groups that begin to implement this as a private internet will work on limiting it from breaking out of the set group.
I can see this project resulting in not a single world wide private anonymous internet but resulting in many and the various nets all may or may not come together in the world. Its not too hard to see there being a Christian Crusader Network forming and an Eastern Jihad Network, a Republican Network, a Democratic Network, and so on. People have a natural tendency to associate with like minded groups. This project offers 2 elements in privacy the first is privacy from the current network and the internet as its known today and the second is privacy from each other. The latter in that is one that is under personal control while a person may not want the world to know they are part of the network they may be quite happy to have the group with in the network know even their home address's and names. The Chat Application Function and a stripped down NODE, there is likely a fair demand for this form of an application for a chat program running on the freenet network it offers more than just a simple CHAT. Running on freenet as a mini node would mean there is continued traffic making it impossible to pick out a conversation by watching a connection from a setting of an ISP. The system is encrypted and secured that can not be monitored. The Anonymous Factor on the chat is also one that would benefit people as well. Yes talking to your Brother the anon function is useless but the communications are secured by the system, on the other hand your also able to chat with a total stranger and there is no concern they may be able to locate you physically. A Chat Application would bring in a huge number of people to this, the mini node concept would also see there being a couple million TOR style routers available to the freenet expanding both the speed and security. The Seti at Home application running the distributed processing for the Seti Project was a fairly burdensome program when your computer when idle on screen saver mode it was quite happy to take over what ever system resources it could. Often times I would see my system hitting 100% cpu when I wasnt using it. People are willing to "Donate To the Cause" IF your machine is on 24/7 the 8 hours your sleeping even the Gamers out there wont care so long as when they are playing the game they dont loose latency. Mini Node.... enough to access it for chatting, and to function as a relay for freenet is one idea. The second idea is to use the Mini Nodes as MINI SERVERS.... You would not be able to keep a server on a single IP long 10 - 15 mins and it would need to be redundant by putting 4 or 8 or what ever together so that any one server set looses one member the other 4 take over. They hang out on some ones chat node for 10 mins and move on... A FreeNet Server Applet..... The Web Pages are fairly static in nature due to the security using the Chat Mini Nodes as temp servers would bring a bit of dynamics to the system would be one idea as a use for a MINI NODE. With the Offline Storage Concept. >The problem with this is that if it relies on the user coming up with the >disk, not only will latency be terrible, but in many cases the user won't be >bothered - it's just way too much work to find a specific disk, at least in >my house! In a system where only 3 people have a copy of the file wanted yes latency would be wait till it gets put in.... but in a system where 5 million people could be asked if it was a common burned file ( IE: a win98 DLL that went bad and some one needed a copy of) out of 5 million that could be asked and the million that have it some one will have it handy and put it in. And the idea with it is to make it of a benefit to the user as well not just to the freenet. The application I have in mind would provide the user with an index of the off line files they have stored, as they scan in the cd/dvd the system builds them a nice little storage index database so that they are able to find things.... all they need to do is mark them #1 #2 etc. The system would also need to generate the file id hash's ideally for a number of the P2P apps as well as part of the Database. With the Hash's all ready if a person goes to click on a file the database can look it up and tell the user you have that file on disc #12 already.... (benefit is saves the bandwidth for the freenet and for the user as well as time) The DataBase does not get published your not all of a sudden sharing everything burnt publicly even on an anon system.... the Freenet uses it to when it has a file that is either no longer on the system or is only 78% complete as a few of the nodes no longer have the blocks that would have completed it. In a small user base system this would be SLOW but in a large user base system it could see 500 copies brought online by various users instead of being a brand new seed in terms of Bit Torrent and it being propagated back into the free net, with 500 copies it becomes and instant swarm and you have 90k/sec down. with non of them upping more than a few K each.
