[freenet-support] Using Freenet for Small Sister

[Volodya]

> 1. Can I search the net for messages (for instance smallsis.PGPKEYID.*) 
> so that the correct client can retrieve the messages of the network for 
> them selves if they are new. Is this possible at all (through an index 
> or a certain way of storing it?);

All the data is being passed in the encrypted format, so it is impossible to 
search for something without knowing the key already. Most applications create a 
higher level approach of announcing the key once it has been inserted, and thus 
having the ability to search. For example look at the way Thaw does it, a person 
creates a Thaw index, and announces the key of that index, after that the 
inserts are being added to that index, and thus other people (after updating the 
published index) can search it for whatever they wish. Frost has a file queues 
which act as one global list of files that have been inserted, and thus allowing 
the search.

In short, yes, it is possible to search for something if the person who has 
inserted that file wants it to be searchable, but that is not integrated into 
Freenet, but rather is done by the applications using Freenet.

> 2. Is there a way of having software throwing things on the net (so is 
> there an API)? The answer is obviously yes since Thaw does so as well, 
> but I want to prevent myself from making the same mistakes again. I had 
> a hard time finding documentation on it (sorry if I missed it)?

You may want to check out the following freesites for documentation:
http://localhost:8888/freenet:USK@D~O-C~so9RSMoJ~FWp9BHmE21npXmg0LzVTh-4xWoXU,bpMTwpHvzDmWzIOHSBkQZrdePdW2QhouvcWnh7KqFA8,AQACAAE/FIP/12/
http://localhost:8888/freenet:USK@ugb~uuscsidMI-Ze8laZe~o3BUIb3S50i25RIwDH99M,9T20t3xoG-dQfMO94LGOl9AxRTkaz~TykFY-voqaTQI,AQACAAE/FAFS/12/

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