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ZeroKnowledge's Freedom Server Code Available

Posted by michael on from the happy-valentine's-day dept.

hey writes: "The Register reports that Zero Knowledge's Freedom Network source code is now available." This seems to be part of CodeCon, which is now underway in San Francisco. You can't use the code for commercial gain, but I could see a non-profit network springing up...

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  1. The article saith... by polymath69 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The article saith,
    The main tarballs is a 12.5MB download, PGP encrypted with the "traditional magic words" (one of which is a big bird).

    OK, it is cool that Zero Knowledge is making this available. But what are the "traditional magic words"? And how would that work, anyway, with PGP? A passphrase usually unlocks only a private key, which, erm, we don't have, as far as I know.

    River Phoenix? Open Sesame Street?

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  2. Files deleted by rdl · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Either Bram or Len abused the hosting which was provided to codecon on the basis of "information about CodeCon, text-only" to host large files of non-open-source software. I have removed the files, please get them from a mirror.

    Anyone who gets free service and then abuses the terms of service under which that service is provided really has little right to complain when their access is permanently deleted.

    Paying customers are certainly welcome to use their full available bandwidth. CodeCon is hosted for free, as it was originally an idea a few of us on OPN were discussing and originally organizing.