[freenet-chat] Arguments against the Darknet

[Lars Juel Nielsen]

On 6/26/06, Colin Davis <Colin at sq7.org> wrote:
> >
> > If/when we do opennet people will use that instead till it gets
> > blocked(it will happen eventually), then we're back to trying to get
> > the darknet working for everyone again. If most people will use the
> > opennet till it's impossible to do anymore there will be very few and
> > probably small seperate darknets, a lot of data will be lost and time
> > will need to be spent building up the net again as a darknet.
>
> I disagree- For one, Freenet .5 isn't blocked- For another, If
> they're blocking freenet, they can block a darknet almost as easily.
> Keep in mind, you do NOT need to expose network topography for a
> darknet.

Opennet is havestable so it's easier to block.
And .5 is blocked in China so it has been done.
It's also possible to do if it's a darknet but it'll require much more
work to do.

>
> -Colin
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