ITP: freenet -- a peer-to-peer networking daemon with anonymity
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Freenet is a network daemon for peer-to-peer networking. Unlike other
P2P programs/protocols like Napster or Gnutella, Freenet is centrally
concerned with privacy and anonymity. It is first and foremost an
anti-censorship tool for protecting freedom.
Package: freenet
URL: http://www.freenetproject.org/
License: GPL
Description:
Freenet is a peer-to-peer network designed to allow the distribution of
information over the Internet in an efficient manner, without fear of
censorship. Freenet is completely decentralized, meaning that there is no
person, computer, or organisation in control of Freenet or essential to its
operation. This means that Freenet cannot be attacked like centralized
peer-to-peer systems such as Napster. Freenet also employs intelligent
routing and caching meaning that it learns to route requests more
efficiently, automatically mirrors popular data, makes network flooding
almost impossible, and moves data to where it is in greatest demand. All of
this makes it much more efficient and scalable than systems such as
Gnutella. For more info see http://www.freenetproject.org/
.
Note: Freenet requires a JDK 1.1-level Java virtual machine. The Debian kaffe
package doesn't work, since it doesn't support big numbers.
An initial package is at:
http://www.prodromou.san-francisco.ca.us/~evan/freenetdeb/freenet_0.3.5.20001130-3_all.deb
That directory has lots of Debian stuff in it, too.
~ESP
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Evan Prodromou
evan@prodromou.san-francisco.ca.us
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