OpenNet
An opennet, for Freenet purposes, is a network where connections are automatically created by the node. The node comes prepackaged with a list of seed nodes to which the node may connect. Once a connection is established between the node and the seed nodes, the seed nodes provide a list of more nodes to connect to, and they do they same, etc. This process happens continually while the node is running, without any user intervention.
Security
Though opennet is much easier for the user (compared to creating connections in a DarkNet), it is vulnerable to harvesting, and therefore can be blocked very easily.
This was a known problem with Freenet 0.5, and it led to it being blocked by the evil Chinese firewall.
Getting Started
As of December 2007, trading darknet references with strangers on IRC has been deprecated. Running on the opennet requires a few simple steps:
- Download seed nodes and place the file in your node's directory.
- Go to the Configuration page of your node, and enable the opennet switch ("promiscuous mode"). Note that opennet uses a different UDP port than darknet does. If you need to forward this port through your router, then do that.
- Restart the node.
See Also
OpenNetDesign
DarkNet - The alternative to an opennet
Freenet 0.7 Security
Routing
Seed node collection
Seednode
