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freenet

Freenet allows efficient distribution of information over the Internet without fear of censorship. Freenet is completely decentralized: there is no entity in control of, or essential to, Freenet so there's no central point that would collapse the entire system if attacked.

It is hard to remove single pieces of information from Freenet, since it's difficult to determine which computer is storing any given piece of information. Trying to determine where information is stored results in that information spreading to other nodes within Freenet (usually the opposite of what you want to happen). Both authors and readers of information on Freenet can remain anonymous if they wish.

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.

Last updated 2 Feb, 2004

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Leadership

Ian Clarke - Maintainer
Brandon Wiley - Contributor
Steven Hazel - Contributor
Adam Langley - Contributor
Oskar Sandberg - Contributor
Theodore Hong - Contributor
Scott Miller - Contributor
Steven Starr - Contributor

Requirements

Java Runtime Environment that supports Sun's JRE 1.1 or later (Use Requirement)

Related Projects

Versions

0.5.2.1

0.5.2.1 stable released 2003-07-21

Released: 21 Jul, 2003
Code Maturity: Stable
Source Archive: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freenet/free...
Licenses: GPLv2
Interfaces: Web

User Community and Support

General Resources

Homepage

Announcement Resources

E-mail

Support Resources

E-mail
irc://irc.freenode.net/#freenet

Development

Developer Resources

VCS Checkout Command: co -r experimental Freenet
E-mail
VCS Repository Webview
irc://irc.freenode.net/#freenet

Bug Tracking Resources

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Please send comments on these web pages to bug-directory@fsf.org, send other questions to info@fsf.org.

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