[freenet-dev] Shrinking the opennet warning, documentation toadlet

[Julien Cornuwel]

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Matthew Toseland a écrit :

>> I'm not sure using the words "Insecure" and "Please get some
>> connections" are a good thing. Opennet is not that insecure. 
> 
> Yes it is. It is very easy to find all nodes. It is relatively easy to surveil 
> those nodes that you are connected to and determine what (of big files) is 
> local and what is remote. And it is relatively easy to search the entire 
> network for the originator of specific content by starting off far from them, 
> and using what you know from the locations of those requests that reach you, 
> to gradually narrow down the possible authors.

Maybe my opinion about opennet was a bit too high : I thought it was as
secure as Freenet 0.5. Which, while not being perfect, was quite good.

> What about:
> 
> Freenet is running in insecure mode: It is (relatively) easy for an attacker 
> to find out that you are running a node, connect to it, or even trace your 
> requests. You can dramatically improve your security by adding connections to 
> people you trust through the Friends page. When you have at least 10 Friends, 
> please turn off insecure mode and your node will become invisible to the 
> outside world.

OK for me.
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