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Freenet is a Peer-to-Peer network with main focus on security and anonymity (for both authours and consumers of information). It is based on a [http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/teaching/sp2001/readings/freenet.pdf paper](pdf) by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Clarke_%28computer_scientist%29 Ian Clarke]. In 2005 Freenet was [http://wikiserver.freenethelp.org:14741/FreenetFAQ completely rewritten] because of a new design concept that was to be implemented - the Darknet. This new version of Freenet, namely version 0.7, is not compatible to any older versions. This article deals with Freenet 0.7 exclusively. |
Freenet is a [[Freenet 0.7#Peer-to-Peer Network|Peer-to-Peer]] network with main focus on security and anonymity (for both authours and consumers of information). It is based on a [http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/teaching/sp2001/readings/freenet.pdf paper](pdf) by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Clarke_%28computer_scientist%29 Ian Clarke]. In 2005 Freenet was [http://wikiserver.freenethelp.org:14741/FreenetFAQ completely rewritten] because of a new design concept that was to be implemented - the Darknet. This new version of Freenet, namely version 0.7, is not compatible to any older versions. This article deals with Freenet 0.7 exclusively. |
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==What is Freenet ?== |
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===Peer-to-Peer Network=== |
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==Goals== |
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Revision as of 13:36, 26 August 2007
Freenet is a Peer-to-Peer network with main focus on security and anonymity (for both authours and consumers of information). It is based on a paper(pdf) by Ian Clarke. In 2005 Freenet was completely rewritten because of a new design concept that was to be implemented - the Darknet. This new version of Freenet, namely version 0.7, is not compatible to any older versions. This article deals with Freenet 0.7 exclusively.
What is Freenet ?
Peer-to-Peer Network
Goals
The main goal of Freenet (0.7) is to provide a way to safely exchange information in a "hostile environment", such as an oppressive dictatorship. This implies the following subgoals.
Author anonymity
Freenet wants
References
- I. Clarke, O. Sandberg, B. Wiley and T.W. Hong, "Freenet: A Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and Retrieval System", Workshop on Design Issues in Anonymity and Unobservability, 2000 [1](pdf)