То, что было Фринетом, теперь будет даркнетом, после дооооолго перерыва и злобного переписывания, появилась первая альфа, по словам создателей будет все круто - типы быстрее должно работать, переписали алгоритмы, сделал трастед ноды, сделали новый API - теперь типа софтец к нему можно полегче будет писать и тп. Но пробовать страшно :lol:
3rd April, 2006: Freenet 0.7 Alpha 1
Freenet is a decentralised "peer-to-peer" system designed to allow the anonymous sharing of information on the Internet. After many months of work, the first alpha version of Freenet 0.7 is ready for testing.
Freenet 0.7 represents a major new approach to peer-to-peer network design. To protect the network, and the user's anonymity, Freenet users will now have the ability to connect directly to other people that they know and trust, together forming a "global darknet" making it extremely difficult for any third party, whether a government or another powerful organisation, to determine that a user is participating in Freenet, let alone what they are doing with it. This new version is a complete rewrite of the Freenet software, representing numerous other improvements, including:
Freenet now operates over UDP rather than TCP
Freenet can transparently operate through firewalls
Freenet's core architecture and algorithm has been redesigned for simplicity and efficiency
A new and even simpler API allowing the rapid development of third party software that interacts with Freenet
The new Freenet employs a simpler and more flexible routing model than previous versions, which in the future may allow diverse applications ranging from efficient search, to near-real time instant messaging and chat between anonymous participants. Initially Freenet 0.7 will be a "pure darknet" model, in that all connections must be trusted, however future versions will permit a mixed opennet/darknet approach where the user can opt to allow untrusted connections to their node, which will improve connectivity and convenience at the expense of security.
Note that this release is still a very early alpha; users should neither expect it to be secure, nor user friendly. Rather, the purpose of this release is to facilitate wider testing, to inform people of the progress we have made, and to attract fresh development talent, both to Freenet itself, and to third party applications that use Freenet as a platform.
This release would not have been possible without the work of numerous volunteers, and Matthew Toseland, Freenet's full time developer. Matthew's work is funded through donations via our website, we ask that anyone who can help us to ensure Matthew's continued employment by visiting our donations page and making a contribution at: