[GNUnet-SVN] r2362 - GNUnet-docs/WWW

[grothoff]

Author: grothoff
Date: 2005-12-21 21:59:22 -0800 (Wed, 21 Dec 2005)
New Revision: 2362

Modified:
   GNUnet-docs/WWW/index.php
Log:
sync

Modified: GNUnet-docs/WWW/index.php
===================================================================
--- GNUnet-docs/WWW/index.php   2005-12-21 10:13:33 UTC (rev 2361)
+++ GNUnet-docs/WWW/index.php   2005-12-22 05:59:22 UTC (rev 2362)
@@ -28,6 +28,37 @@
         intlink_("screenshots.php3","screenshots")));
 
 EP();
+H2("Why GNUnet?");
+BP();
+W("The first question that developers of %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s should answer 
is why yet another network?",
+  ARRAY(extlink_("http://freenetproject.org/";, "any"),
+        extlink_("http://tor.eff.org/";, "of"),
+        extlink_("http://mnet.sourceforge.net/";, "the"),
+        extlink_("http://www.i2p.net/";, "dozens"),
+        extlink_("http://gift.sf.net/";, "of"),
+        extlink_("http://entropy.stop1984.com/";, "emerging"),
+        extlink_("http://thecircle.org.au/";, "P2P"),
+        extlink_("http://www.invisiblenet.net/iip/";, "networks")));
+W("GNUnet was started in late 2001 with a set of new technical ideas for 
secure peer-to-peer networking.");
+W("Most of the key technical contributions behind GNUnet are described in 
detail in our %s.",
+  intlink_("research papers", "papers.php3"));
+W("When GNUnet was started, existing systems were investigated (at the time in 
particular %s and %s) to find a starting point.",
+  ARRAY(extlink_("http://freenetproject.org/";, "Freenet"),
+        extlink_("http://mnet.sourceforge.net/";, "mnet")));
+W("However, the conclusion was that the envisioned system was too far from the 
existing codebases to benefit from building on top of that work.");
+BR();
+W("GNUnet continues to improve both in terms of technical ideas and 
implementation, often thanks to discussions with developers from related 
projects.");
+W("Probably the most well-known such project is %s, a peer-to-peer network 
that acts as a proxy which anonymizes low-latency TCP traffic.",
+  extlink_("http://tor.eff.org/";, "TOR"));
+W("TOR is general in design and lacks features that would be specific to 
(anonymous) file-sharing, such as searching, swarming or caching.");
+BR();
+W("In conclusion, we believe that GNUnet is (or at least will become) the best 
solution for (anonymous) file-sharing.");
+W("Some GNUnet developers also have the ambition to provide a good general 
infrastructure for developing new peer-to-peer protocols.");
+W("In the meantime, users that are looking for %s solutions or to %s should 
probably look elsewhere.",
+  ARRAY(extlink_("http://www.bittorrent.com/";, "faster, non-anonymous"),
+        extlink_("http://tor.eff.org/";, "anonymize their HTTP traffic")));
+
+EP();
 H2("News");
 BP();
 W("Older news can be found %s.\n",