Freenet 0.7 RC1

3.8 out of 5 stars 3.8 (30 votes)

BETA (March 31, 2008)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Freeware / 3,122 downloads

Freenet is a large-scale peer-to-peer network which pools the power of member computers around the world to create a massive virtual information store, much like a global hard drive. The network is built first and foremost with anonymity in mind. Communications by the nodes are encrypted and are "routed-through" other nodes to make it more difficult to determine who is requesting the information and what its content is. Users contribute to the network by giving bandwidth and a portion of their hard drive for storing files. Unlike other peer-to-peer file sharing networks, this does not let the user control what is stored in the data store. Instead, files are kept or deleted depending on how popular they are, with the least popular being discarded to make way for newer or more popular content. Files in the data store are encrypted to reduce the likelihood of prosecution by persons wishing to censor Freenet content.

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    gorfian

    Reviewing 0.5.2.8 (Aug 9, 2005)

    Freenet does what it's supposed to do very well, but aside from everything else, it's still in development. I always get the most recent freenet.jar and seednodes.ref from the freentproject.org site, without current files it might not work at all.

  2. 1 out of 5 stars
    adakjake

    Reviewing 0.5.2.1 (Jul 21, 2003)

    This program is the absolute unhyperdrive. What good is information access at a snail's pace!

  3. 2 out of 5 stars
    glemb

    Reviewing 0.5.2.1 (Jul 20, 2003)

    Only for advanced users. For now, all of us (standard dudes) must wait for an easier and better interface FreeNet client...

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    tannman1

    Reviewing 0.5.2.1 (Jul 20, 2003)

    1. Slow, real slooow. Even with broadband you can clean yer house and cook and eat and it still is in process of loading.

    2. I am all for freedom but this looks like a place that is not interested in just p2p sharing but more like a place for pediphiles and such.Allowing content of that nature is in poor taste even to me.

    I removed it for not having any positive attributes as well as it's failure to provide any reason not to use current applicatons that do the job better and are more efficient using existing format. (whats so great about this that emule can't do better?)

  5. 2 out of 5 stars
    patmc7

    Reviewing 0.5.2.1 (Jul 20, 2003)

    I can see some flaws with this system. It looks similar to the type of controvercial system Juno tried to implement unsuccessfully.

    Does this system still work if someone turns their computer off?
    And how do you keep illegal material from being stored on your machine?

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