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diff --git a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/Makefile b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/Makefile index 3c889bc..7fcdcfa 100644 --- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/Makefile +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -all: index.html links.html faq.html darknet_comparison.html anonymity.html +all: index.html links.html faq.html darknet_comparison.html anonymity.html intro.html %.html: %.pod pod2html --noindex < $< 2>/dev/null > $@.tmp diff --git a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod index 29ead9b..d6fccbb 100644 --- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod @@ -10,82 +10,7 @@ and contrast the various darknet options.) (Note: There's now a separate page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/faq>), to answer all your AnoNet-related questions.) -So, you came across anoNet and thought it sounded great, so you decided -to join in order to check it out. - -...and found the (only) client port doesn't work half the time, - -...and most of the advertised services no longer exist, - -...and most of the people have left, - -...and those who are left can hardly be classified as friendly, - -...and so you left, and perhaps found another darknet instead. - -Well, you're not the only one who's been turned off, and a few of us -have decided to take action and fix AnoNet. Some of us are relatively -new, while others joined AnoNet1 years ago, and left out of disgust. -A number of features set version 2 apart from the original: - -=over - -=item No false advertising - -If you see something advertised here, it exists. You won't see stuff -that hasn't been up in years here. (This page is easy to update from -within AnoNet2 by anybody who has an update/correction to make, and -changes normally propagate within no more than a few days.) - -=item No centralized network control - -You don't have to worry about Kaos waking up one morning and blocking -your access to the whole network by deciding to filter private ASNs. -You also don't have to worry about a couple of powerful guys getting -together and "blacklisting" you from the network for some unspecified -reason with an inquisition against your peers. - -=item No centralized IRC control - -You don't have to worry about risc g-lining you from the "official" IRC -network for no apparent reason, and refusing to even admit to having -g-lined you. Since the whole purpose behind AnoNet was to create a -censorship-resistant alternative to the government-censored "public" -Internet, arbitrary censorship on the "official" AnoNet1 IRC network by -anonymous government members is particularly troubling. AnoNet2 has -no "official" IRC network, and the servers most commonly used have -interesting channels bridged with a relay bot, so even if you manage to -annoy an IRC server operator to the point where he decides to g-line you -from his whole "network," that doesn't automatically prevent you from -connecting to another server and accessing one of the bridged channels. -(Obviously, if you manage to annoy the operators of all the linked servers -to the point where all of them g-line you from their respective "networks" -and nobody wants to let you relay your own server in, then you're probably -out of luck. Of course, that doesn't prevent you from running your own -IRC server, and those who want to hear you can still join it.) - -=item No resource mess - -We have one mechanism for resource management, a decentralized (not just -distributed, but truly decentralized) resource database. You don't have -to deal with half a zillion incompatible (and in the case of the wiki, -down) services, run by guys who may not even be on the AnoNet tomorrow. -Managing your resources is as simple as taking a VI to the appropriate -files, doing a "git commit," and then just waiting for everybody else to -pull your changes (either directly from you, or indirectly from others -who pull from you). - -=item No arbitrary rules - -If you read the advertising for AnoNet, you probably think it's whatever -you make of it. Sadly, there's a tiny handful of people who have control -over most of the network, and make new (unwritten) rules whenever the -mood strikes them. The sum of those rules is that AnoNet is whatever -I<they> make of it. In version 2, we've undertaken to fix that, by both -technical and administrative means. AnoNet2 not only has no arbitrary -rules - it has no rules whatsoever. - -=back +A quick introduction to darknets and anonymity in general and AnoNet2 in particular, is now on a separate page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/intro>). =head2 How to Join @@ -108,8 +33,8 @@ L<irc://irc.kwaaknet.org:6667/anonet> =back -If you're adventurous enough to connect, UFO has a client port at -L<http://ix.ucis.nl/clientport.php>. +If you're feeling adventurous enough to connect, UFO has a client port +at L<http://ix.ucis.nl/clientport.php>. Once you're online, you can reconnect to IRC from inside AnoNet: diff --git a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/intro.pod b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/intro.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6166a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/intro.pod @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +=head1 AnoNet2 Introduction + +(Note: There's now a page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/anonymity>) explaining +a bit about anonymity in general and its place in AnoNet in particular.) + +(Note: There's now a darknet comparison page +(L<http://www.anonet2.org/darknet_comparison>), where you can compare +and contrast the various darknet options.) + +(Note: There's now a separate page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/faq>), +to answer all your AnoNet-related questions.) + +So, you came across anoNet and thought it sounded great, so you decided +to join in order to check it out. + +...and found the (only) client port doesn't work half the time, + +...and most of the advertised services no longer exist, + +...and most of the people have left, + +...and those who are left can hardly be classified as friendly, + +...and so you left, and perhaps found another darknet instead. + +Well, you're not the only one who's been turned off, and a few of us +have decided to take action and fix AnoNet. Some of us are relatively +new, while others joined AnoNet1 years ago, and left out of disgust. +A number of features set version 2 apart from the original: + +=over + +=item No false advertising + +If you see something advertised here, it exists. You won't see stuff +that hasn't been up in years here. (This page is easy to update from +within AnoNet2 by anybody who has an update/correction to make, and +changes normally propagate within no more than a few days.) + +=item No centralized network control + +You don't have to worry about Kaos waking up one morning and blocking +your access to the whole network by deciding to filter private ASNs. +You also don't have to worry about a couple of powerful guys getting +together and "blacklisting" you from the network for some unspecified +reason with an inquisition against your peers. + +=item No centralized IRC control + +You don't have to worry about risc g-lining you from the "official" IRC +network for no apparent reason, and refusing to even admit to having +g-lined you. Since the whole purpose behind AnoNet was to create a +censorship-resistant alternative to the government-censored "public" +Internet, arbitrary censorship on the "official" AnoNet1 IRC network by +anonymous government members is particularly troubling. AnoNet2 has +no "official" IRC network, and the servers most commonly used have +interesting channels bridged with a relay bot, so even if you manage to +annoy an IRC server operator to the point where he decides to g-line you +from his whole "network," that doesn't automatically prevent you from +connecting to another server and accessing one of the bridged channels. +(Obviously, if you manage to annoy the operators of all the linked servers +to the point where all of them g-line you from their respective "networks" +and nobody wants to let you relay your own server in, then you're probably +out of luck. Of course, that doesn't prevent you from running your own +IRC server, and those who want to hear you can still join it.) + +=item No resource mess + +We have one mechanism for resource management, a decentralized (not just +distributed, but truly decentralized) resource database. You don't have +to deal with half a zillion incompatible (and in the case of the wiki, +down) services, run by guys who may not even be on the AnoNet tomorrow. +Managing your resources is as simple as taking a VI to the appropriate +files, doing a "git commit," and then just waiting for everybody else to +pull your changes (either directly from you, or indirectly from others +who pull from you). + +=item No arbitrary rules + +If you read the advertising for AnoNet, you probably think it's whatever +you make of it. Sadly, there's a tiny handful of people who have control +over most of the network, and make new (unwritten) rules whenever the +mood strikes them. The sum of those rules is that AnoNet is whatever +I<they> make of it. In version 2, we've undertaken to fix that, by both +technical and administrative means. AnoNet2 not only has no arbitrary +rules - it has no rules whatsoever. + +=back |