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From: ng0 Wed, 06/06/2018 - 07:20 - Christian Grothoff
+ Download link:
+http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz.sig
+http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz.sig
+http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz.sig
+ We are pleased to announce the release of GNUnet 0.11.0pre66.
+ This is a pre-release to assist developers and downstream
+packagers to test the package before the final release after four
+years of development.
+ In terms of usability, users should be aware that there are still
+a very large number of known open issues in particular with respect
+to ease of use, but also some critical privacy issues especially for
+mobile users. Also, the nascent network is tiny (~200 peers) and thus
+unlikely to provide good anonymity or extensive amounts of
+interesting information. As a result, the 0.11.0 release and
+especially this pre-release are only suitable for early adopters with
+some reasonable pain tolerance.
+ GNUnet 0.11.0pre66 is the first release that will be made under
+the GNU Affero General Public License v3+. After a significant amount
+of internal discussion lead constructively by Lynx (thanks!), the
+conclusion has been that the IPC and REST APIs should be extended
+with support for an GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_AGPL or /agpl request that
+enables users of these client/service-style APIs to download the
+source code.
+ Naturally, the discussion on licensing may not necessarily end
+here, but at this point we are not aware of any dissent in the
+community and this release seems to be the right time to make such a
+change. While the final decision was not subjected to a broad
+feedback round, this was done simply on the grounds that this
+placement of the AGPL API seems to addresses all concerns that were
+raised. Finally, thanks to the copyright assignment all developers
+are participating in, the community will be able to revise this
+decision later if necessary.
+ It should also be noted that this change does not impose
+additional restrictions on the licensing models of GNU Taler or pEp:
+both projects have agreements with GNUnet e.V. that ensure that they
+can make decisions that fit these applications (not to mention
+significant parts of GNU Taler are already AGPLv3+ already).
+ GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking. GNUnet's
+primary design goals are to protect the privacy of its users and to
+guard itself against attacks or abuse. At this point, GNUnet offers
+four primary applications on top of the framework:
+ The file-sharing service allows anonymous censorship-resistant
+file-sharing. Files, searches and search results are encrypted to
+make it hard to control, track or censor users. GNUnet's anonymity
+protocol (gap) is designed to make it difficult to link users to
+their file-sharing activities. Users can also individually trade-off
+between performance and anonymity. Despite providing anonymity,
+GNUnet's excess-based economy rewards contributing users with better
+performance.
+ The VPN service allows offering of services within GNUnet (using
+the .gnu TLD) and can be used to tunnel IPv4 and IPv6 traffic over
+the P2P network. The VPN can also be used for IP protocol translation
+(6-to-4, 4-to-6) and it is possible to tunnel IP traffic over GNUnet
+(6-over-4, 4-over-6). Note that at this stage, it is possible for
+peers to determine the IP address at which services are hosted, so
+the VPN does not offer anonymity.
+ The GNU Name System (GNS) provides a fully-decentralized and
+censorship resistant replacement for DNS. GNS can be used alongside
+DNS and can be integrated with legacy applications (such as
+traditional browsers) with moderate effort. GNS provides
+censorship-resistance, memorable names and cryptographic integrity
+protection for the records. Note that at this stage, it is possible
+for a strong adversary to determine which peer is responsible for a
+particular zone, GNS does not offer strong anonymity. However, GNS
+offers query privacy, that is other participants can typically not
+decrypt queries or replies.
+ Conversation allows voice calls to be made over GNUnet. Users are
+identified using GNS and voice data is encrypted. However,
+Conversation does not provide anonymity at this stage --- other peers
+may observe a connection between the two endpoints and it is possible
+to determine the IP address associated with a phone.
+ Other applications, including in particular the SecuShare social
+networking application, are still strictly experimental.
+ For developers, GNUnet offers:
+ Access to all subsystems via clean
+ C APIs
+ Mostly written in C, but
+ extensions possible in other languages
+ Multi-process architecture for
+ fault-isolation between components
+ Use of event loop and processes
+ instead of threads for ease of development
+ Extensive logging and statistics
+ facilities
+ Integrated testing library for automatic deployment of
+ large-scale experiments with tens of thousands of peers
+ Improved documentation, converting
+ Drupal handbook to Texinfo (thanks ng0!)
+ GNU Name System now can take over
+ arbitrary TLDs, and support for conversion from DNS zones to GNS
+ exists
+ Critical bugfixes in CORE, DHT and CADET subsystems
+ The above is just the short list, our bugtracker lists over 350
+individual issues that were resolved (see
+https://gnunet.org/bugs/changelog_page.php).
+ We have a few issues that are most likely not resolved in the
+final release. Users should be aware of these issues, which we hope
+to address shortly.
+ There are known major design
+ issues in TRANSPORT, ATS and CORE which will need to be addressed
+ for usability, performance and security.
+ There are known moderate
+ implementation limitations in CADET that impact performance.
+ There are known moderate design
+ issues in FS that also impact usability and performance.
+ There are minor implementation
+ limitations in SET that create unnecessary attack surface for
+ availability.
+ The Web site and manuals still
+ need significant rework.
+ Subsystems related to SecuShare and RPS remain experimental.
+ In addition to this list, you may also want to consult our bug
+tracker at https://gnunet.org/bugs/ which lists about 200 more
+specific issues. Availability
+ The GNUnet 0.11.0pre66 source code is available from all GNU FTP
+mirrors. The GTK frontends (which includes the gnunet-setup tool) are
+a separate download. Please note that some mirrors might still be
+synchronizing.
+ GNUnet on a FTP mirror near you
+ http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+ GNUnet GTK on an FTP mirror near
+ you http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+ GNUnet FUSE on an FTP mirror near
+ you http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+ GNUnet on the primary GNU FTP
+ server ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+ GNUnet GTK on the primary GNU FTP
+ server
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+ GNUnet FUSE on the primary GNU FTP server
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0pre66.tar.gz
+ Note that GNUnet is now started using "gnunet-arm -s".
+GNUnet should be stopped using "gnunet-arm -e".
+ This release was the work of many people. The following people
+contributed code and were thus easily identified: Christian Grothoff,
+Matthias Wachs, Bart Polot, Sree Harsha Totakura, Nathan S. Evans,
+Martin Schanzenbach, Julius Bünger, Nils Gillmann, Philipp
+Tölke, Florian Dold, Руслан
+Ижбулатов,
+tg(x), David Barksdale, Christian Fuchs, Nils Durner, Omar Tarabai,
+Maximilian Szengel, Supriti Singh, lurchi, David Brodski, xrs, Fabian
+Oehlmann, Carlo von lynX, Christophe Genevey Metat, Jeffrey Burdges,
+Safey A.Halim, Daniel Golle, Phil, Bruno Cabral, Ji Lu, Heikki
+Lindholm, Markus Teich, t3sserakt, Claudiu Olteanu, Marcello
+Stanisci, Moon, anryko, Arthur Dewarumez, Julien Morvan, Adnan H, Lin
+Tong, Andreas Fuchs, Christian Rupp, jah, Alejandra Morales, Matthias
+Kolja Miehl, Andrew Cann, Antonio Ojea, Pascal Mainini, amirouche and
+hark.
+
+Tue, 08/14/2018 - 07:55 - Phil Buschmann
+
+In the context of Google Summer of Code 2018, my mentor (Martin Schanzenbach) and I have worked on creating and extending the REST API of GNUnet. Currently, we mirrored the functionality of following commands:
+{{ _("More news")}}
Second GNUnet Hacker Meeting 2018 at La Décentrale, Switzerland
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+ GNUnet 0.11.0pre66
+License change
+About GNUnet
+
+
+Noteworthy improvements in 0.11.0pre66
+
+
+Known Issues
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+
+
+Thanks
+
+2018-08: GSoC 2018 - GNUnet Web-based User Interface
+
+What was done?
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+
+Additionally, we developed a website with the Javascript framework Angular 6 and the design framework iotaCSS to use the new REST API. The REST API of GNUnet is now documented with Sphinx. +
+ ++... when you can use the command line tools? +We need to keep in mind, that everyone has the right to stay secure and private but not everyone feels comfortable using a terminal. The further developed REST access to GNUnet APIs in addition to the new web application allows new users to interact with GNUnet over a well known tool: their browsers. This addition to the C API and the command line tools may attract new users and developers. +
+ ++Please, give it a try and contact me, if you find any bugs or unintentional features. ;) +
+ ++Right now, the build process of the web application may be a little too complex for a casual user. We may be able to solve this by using docker. +Additionally, the web application does not prevent wrong inputs but responds with error messages. Adding GNUnet Records is currently only usable for people, who know how a GNS Record looks like. This can be adapted to each record type. +Last but not least, additional features, design changes, etc... +
++Thanks for reading. +
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