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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. from the happy-valentine's-day dept. ??? by cperciva · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is someone a couple days late?

    Or is the idea that people would use ZKS to send anonymous and untraceable Valentines?

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    Tarsnap: Online backups for the truly paranoid
  2. More hysteria kills software by coupland · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry, but despite the article it appears terrorism is once again eliminating freedoms internally. I used this service for a long time to dodge predatory advertisers and to avoid unsolicited contact. While Sep. 11th needs to be remembered vividly, people also need to remember that the basis of the American Constitution is that no external threat can strip one of their freedoms. This has been sadly missing of late but please don't forget that the precepts of democracy are Freedom, Tolerance, and and Equality. None can be abandoned due to an attack, in fact they are more sacred than ever...

    1. Re:More hysteria kills software by Chiasmus_ · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Dude... the point here is that they've open-sourced the software.

      Though the *company* may be unable to continue its anonymizing service in the wake of Sep. 11th, the people involved understood that their ideal could be fully realized simply by dumping the code on whoever wants to maintain it.

      They may not make a pile of money this way, but, hey, did anyone really expect that this idea would rake in the cash in the first place? Anyone trying something like this must have some ulterior motive (see Neal Stevenson's Avi for a fictional counterpart).

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      "Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master."
  3. Uh, yeah, right. by base3 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    but I could see a non-profit network springing up...

    Because I'm certain there are lots of volunteers out there that want to donate their bandwidth to the cause of having their door kicked down and family forced face down on the floor at gunpoint because someone used their Freedom server to threaten the POTUS, exchange kiddie porn with an FBI agent, or (horror of horrors) download a non-rights-managed piece of music and that person was the lucky person to be the exit server for the traffic.

    These servers simply cannot be run successfully by individuals with the potential legal problems of relatively honest use, much less malicious use. And after 9/11, I doubt very many ISPs would be able to weather the storm, either.

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    One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
  4. Re:The article saith... by lcracker · · Score: 4, Informative

    "squeamish ossifrage", sans quotes

  5. 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.

  6. Freedom Source Mirror and New CodeCon URL! by lowy · · Score: 4, Informative

    CodeCon is being broadcast live from the DNA Lounge over streaming video.

    They just announced Ryan at HavenCo has changed the password to the codecon.org server and conference organizers can no longer log in. They have setup a New Server for CodeCon which has updated info on the conference.

    The source to the Freedom Network servers linked from this new server is now at Linux Fund. Yeah!