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diff --git a/template/about.html.j2 b/template/about.html.j2 index 55c9f605..3e77b52b 100644 --- a/template/about.html.j2 +++ b/template/about.html.j2 @@ -6,14 +6,73 @@ <h3>{{ _("About GNUnet") }}</h3> <p> {% trans %} - We still have to write this section. + GNUnet is an alternative network stack for building secure, + decentralized and privacy-preserving distributed applications. + Our goal is to replace the old insecure Internet protocol stack. Starting + from an application for secure publication of files, it has grown to + include all kinds of basic protocol components and applications + towards the creation of a GNU internet. {% endtrans %} + <br> + {% trans %} + Today, the actual use and thus the social requirements for a global + network differs widely from those goals of 1970. While the Internet + remains suitable for military use, where the network equipment is + operated by a command hierarchy and when necessary isolated from the + rest of the world, the situation is less tenable for civil society. + {% endtrans %} + <br> + {% trans %} + Due to fundamental Internet design choices, Internet traffic can be + misdirected, intercepted, censored and manipulated by hostile routers + on the network. And indeed, the modern Internet has evolved exactly + to the point where, as Matthew Green put it, ``the network is + hostile''. + {% endtrans %} + <br> + {% trans %} + We believe liberal societies need a network architecture that uses the + anti-authoritarian decentralized peer-to-peer paradigm and + privacy-preserving cryptographic protocols. The goal of the GNUnet + project is to provide a Free Software realization of this ideal. + {% endtrans %} + <br> + {% trans %} + Specifically, GNUnet tries to follow the following design principles, + in order of importance: + {% endtrans %} + <ol> + <li> + {% trans %} + GNUnet must be implemented as <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>. + {% endtrans %} + </li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must minimize the amount of personally identifiable information exposed.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must be fully distributed and resilient to external attacks and rogue participants.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must be self-organizing and not depend on administrators or centralized infrastructure.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must inform the user which other participants have to be trusted when establishing private communications.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must be open and permit new peers to join.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must support a diverse range of applications and devices.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must use compartmentalization to protect sensitive information.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("The GNUnet architecture must be resource efficient.") }}</li> + <li>{{ _("GNUnet must provide incentives for peers to contribute more resources than they consume.") }}</li> + </ol> </p> <h4>{{ _("Current funding") }}</h3> <p> {% trans %} We currently do not have any grants. All work is done by volunteers. {% endtrans %} + <br> + {% trans %} + We are grateful for free hosting offered by the following organizations: + {% endtrans %} + <ul> + <li><a href="https://www.tum.de/">Technische Universität München</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.inria.fr/">Inria</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.bfh.ch/">Berner Fachhochschule</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/">The GNU Project</a></li> + </ul> </p> <h4>{{ _("Past funding") }}</h3> <p> |