• Table of Contents
• General
• What is Freenet?
• How is Freenet different to Tor? Can I access Google/Facebook/etc through Freenet?
• Summary
• Who is behind Freenet?
• If authors are anonymous how can you trust information?
• I have nothing to hide and don't need anonymity. Is there anything else Freenet can offer?
• Do I have to donate disk space and bandwidth?
• I don't have to donate anything when using filesharing application X and I get to leech more.
• All my friends donate very little space and bandwidth. Should I donate more?
• If I donate a lot will my experience improve significantly?
• What is FProxy? What is Fred?
• Using Freenet
• How do I use this software? I downloaded it, but when I run it there's no GUI.
• What's new? Is there a changelog?
• Why is Freenet so slow?
• Is Freenet searchable?
• Why does Freenet only download 1 or 2 files at a time?
• How do I allow connections to FProxy from other computers?
• Why are there so many messages in my logfile with a backtrace attached?
• I have Kaspersky anti-virus, and Freenet doesn't install, or shows "Download/upload queue database corrupted!"
• I set a password and now I forgot it, what can I do?
• Freenet keeps complaining about clock skew
• Windows SmartScreen filter warns the Freenet installer might put my PC at risk. What's going on?
• Publishing on Freenet
• If I publish something in Freenet, how will people find it? Don't they have to know the key I used?
• How do I publish a Content Hash Key (CHK)?
• Can Freenet documents be updated / deleted?
• Legal and liability questions
• Is Freenet legal?
• Can I get trouble if I run a node?
• Has anyone ever faced legal trouble for their anonymous activities conducted on Freenet?
• What about copyright?
• What about child porn, offensive content or terrorism?
• How about encryption export restrictions?
• I don't want my node to be used to harbor child porn, offensive content, or terrorism. What can I do?
• Connecting to the network
• How do I get Freenet working with a Firewall/NAT?
• Do I need a permanent Internet connection to run a node?
• Is Freenet blocked by national firewalls?
• What is darknet?
• What is opennet?
• Security: How should I connect to the network?
• Administration
• Where is my data stored?
• Security
• Can I use my regular browser to browse Freenet?
• Won't attack X break Freenet's anonymity?
• Major known attacks
• Harvesting
• Bootstrapping attacks
• Correlation attacks
• Adaptive search
• Traffic analysis
• Swapping attacks
• Is Freenet vulnerable to flooding attacks?
• Why hash keys and encrypt data when a node operator could identify them (the data) anyway if he tried?
• What about hostile "cancer" nodes within the network?
• What about attack Y?
• What private data does Freenet store? How do I get rid of it? How can I secure my computer so I am safe when running Freenet?
• Contributing
• I have this great idea....
• Can I contribute to the Freenet Project?
• How can I access the code and website?
• What tools do I need to help develop?
• Is there a Help Site that goes deeper into the questions newbies may have about Freenet, and where people can contribute too?
• Where can I report bugs?
• I'm a theoretical computer scientist/mathematician, how can I help?
• Technical details
• Why can't Freenet store data permanently?
• Why is Freenet implemented in Java?