Re: Adding generic cryptographic self-authenticating block on DHT

[t3sserakt]

On 29.05.23 18:38, TheJackiMonster wrote:

Hi Martin,

I think people shouldn't use GNUnet when looking for privacy critical
information exchange. GNUnet is mostly designed for utilizing
decentralized network structure to build services and applications on
top. The core aspect is not focused on privacy but on availability.

It is true that you should not use GNUnet at the moment if you want to protect your privacy, especially if your life depends on it, but for different reasons.

The first is stated on the GNUnet install page

"GNUnet is still undergoing major development. It is largely not yet ready for usage beyond developers."

The second is that the network is to small at the moment.

But we are doing a major change regarding the transport layer of GNUnet. This should make GNUnet work more reliably. Which in turn should lead to more users or more GNUnet nodes, i.e. a larger network. In parallel with more frequent use, more people will try to break the privacy promises of GNUnet. Those learning will again lead to a more robust network.

If you look onto the Objectives for the GNUnet

https://www.gnunet.org/en/about.html

you see, that privacy is the second most important goal after being implemented as free software. The first GNUnet application - the file sharing service - was and is one of the parts of GNUnet were anonymity is basically ensured, and there are others, e.g. query privacy in GNS.

There are plans to add more privacy, e.g. onion routing (layer on top of CADET or added to CADET) and a mixnet architecture as Jeff mentioned.

For the later you might have a look here

https://git.gnunet.org/presentations.git/plain/grothoff/grothoff_bigdata-littledata-nomoredata_tum2017.pdf

starting with page 57.

Happy Hacking!

t3sserakt

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