<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.devel/6092> Re: Why is Freenet so sick at the moment? Subject : Re: Why is Freenet so sick at the moment?

From : Tracy R Reed <treed@...> Date : Mon, 6 Oct 2003 00:29:41 -0700 Newsgroups :gmane.network.freenet.devel Reply-to : Discussion of development issues <devl@...>

On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 11:31:36PM -0700, Ian Clarke spake thusly:

Freenet is a research project, always has been. If people find that its

Wow, that's rather shocking. I'm totally serious. My impression was that it was trying to be a real anonymous publication system suitable for actual use in saying unpopular things. If this is all it is don't you have a moral obligation include a big disclaimer on the fproxy frontpage or in the installation notes or something? It seems it would be a good idea to advise all of the Chinese who we have been crowing about using Freenet that perhaps they should look elsewhere also because they are putting their freedom on the line.

your anonymity, I suggest you try Earth Station 5, its developers tell us that its just *great*!

Your sarcasm is duly noted.

I have never ever characterized Freenet as being anything other than in development. If you don't like the fact that Freenet is taking so-long to perfect, then either help, or use Earth Station 5 - I hear its great.

You never said anything to this effect when people started putting things in the network that could get them sent to prison so it was rather implicit. And now after finding that fred is unable to open /dev/random on my system due to what appears to be a bug (opening for write instead of read) I am now worried about the security of the encryption due to lack of entropy. I'm glad I don't use freenet for anything illegal/unpopular but I'm quite worried for those who do. -- Tracy Reed http://copilotconsulting.com Attachment: /pgp45401.pgp Description: PGP signature _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@... http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com