[Mnet-devel] newbie mnet questions...

[Arno Waschk]

zooko, could you cc: this list as well? Thanks, Arno

On 26 Sep 2004 08:26:15 -0300, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn <zooko at zooko.com>  
wrote:

> I'm going to reply but send my reply to the p2p-hackers mailing list. --Z
>
> On 2004, Sep 26, , at 02:38, seberino at spawar.navy.mil wrote:
>
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>>
>> Zooko
>>
>> I've been thinking more about p2p systems and our conversation.
>> Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like Freenet is
>> the only project I know of that is doing the
>> original job of trying to provide a censor proof/attack proof/
>> anonymous p2p system.
>>
>> I agree with your idea that MixMinion is potentially
>> a great way to add anonymity to a p2p system.  However, I think
>> Freenet goes a few steps farther in that in addition to not knowing
>> who the authors are, they try to prevent you from even knowing *where*
>> something is stored.  Who cares? If a system *only* provided anonymity  
>> it would
>> still be censorable if someone could find out where objectionable
>> content was stored and attack it somehow.
>>
>> In this sense, I'm thinking Freenet is in a class all it's own.
>> Everything else seems like "just another file sharing system".
>> I could be wrong but to me Freenet now is looking like the p2p system
>> to work on.  I would appreciate hearing your opinions on these matters.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
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