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Entropy Project Closes Up Shop

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the calling-it-quits dept.

k0fcc writes "In a disappointing move to privacy enthusiasts, the Entropy Project's creator has released a statement that the project is shutting down. Entropy was a very popular, and some say faster, alternative to Freenet which supported a number of different cryptographic protocols. The creator alluded to the possibility that the project could continue if a new owner could be found."

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  1. Ironic by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone else find it ironic that a project named 'Entropy' has come apart?

    1. Re:Ironic by Barto · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Considering irony is "incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs", ironic would be a project named Entropy staying together. A project named Entropy coming apart perfectly congruous IMHO. So there.

  2. that was fun... by elykyllek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Considering I just got this installed, configured and working 5 minutes ago.. this is great news...

  3. GNUnet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    There's still GNUnet!
    GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing. GNUnet uses a simple, excess-based economic model to allocate resources. Peers in GNUnet monitor each others behavior with respect to resource usage; peers that contribute to the network are rewarded with better service.
  4. Some say faster?! by sulli · · Score: 4, Funny

    My 11 year old VW Jetta is faster than Freenet. In 5 pm Bay Bridge traffic.

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  5. Anonymity and Entropy by trifakir · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Yep, anonymity is a favourite topic of conversation of me and my colleagues. Frankly, I do not understand the concerns of the "Entropy" project leader. Here is why:

    1. Theoretically, it is impossible to have anonymous communication on the Internet.
    2. In practice it is a balance of resources. The trick is that it is much cheaper to publish contents anonymously, than to trace the origin of an information. Therefore projects like Hacktivismo - Six/Four, Crowds, Freedom-Net, Tarzan, Onion-Routing, etc. make sense.

    Furthermore, it is often the content which speaks more about the authorship, than the chain of technical events that leads to the publishing of the information. In Slashdot, for example, I have chosen not to show my e-mail, etc., but by reading my comments even a 10-years old kid can make a deduction about my real identity. Does it make sense for me to use IP-tunneling then?

    Finally, I do not understand the author. He just seems pissed. Maybe he will reconsider his opinion and revive the project. Is he sick from the lies (?) about the crypto-protocols used in the software which is written? IMHO the theory proves quite stable and if there is a room for attacks it is more in the implementations than in the protocols themselves. How many broken cryptosystems do you recollect (I know, I know "the knapsack", but it got broken on the conference on which it was presented).

    Still, even with this project retreating, the subject remains interesting.