Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

IEEE Computing Covers Freenet

Posted by michael on from the free-and-clear dept.

Rayban writes: "From the Freenet Project homepage: IEEE Internet Computing has an article (pdf) entitled 'Protecting Free Expression Online with Freenet.' It provides an excellent technical introduction to the core ideas behind Freenet."

2 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. Main problem now- Freenet is slow and in flux by LM741N · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've been running a node or two for several years now. There were once a large number of Freenet web sites, but when the protocol changed, most of them dissappeared. Now a lot of them are coming back. But who's to say the protocal won't change again in a few months, and we're back to square one. It seems to be a project with no plan and thus no endpoint. Imagine if Microsoft changed the format for Word files every 6 months, and you get the idea.

  2. Re:Freenet... Why? by km790816 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The founder guy gave a talk that I had the pleasure of attending this summer.

    The coolest thing freenet is used for now: helping free speech in China. There is a version that fits on a floppy and it's used to spread information about things the Communist party doesn't like: basically anything that isn't pro-Communist party.

    The funny thing: when pressed on what freenet is used most for, the answer came back: porn. Laughs all around at the talk, but the positive impact in China seems like a good example to me.

    "To hold a grudge is to maintain an intense connection with someone you might not want to have a relationship with in the first place."
    -Francine Prose

    --
    A speech...