Re: [Help-gnunet] GNUweb possible?

[Christian Grothoff]

On Monday 06 May 2002 08:27 am, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Maybe I got it all wrong, but wouldn't it be nice
> to retrieve stored documents through a web browser?
> (I think freenet's fred does something like this.)
> Is it possible with GNUnet to store html-documents
> that are linked to other files?
>
> I am asking, because I like the idea of a distributed,
> anonymous web, and might be interested in writing
> some kind of http proxy on top of GNUnet.
>

I've juste extended the FAQ:

<A name="GNUweb"></A><h3>Is it possible to use GNUnet via a browser as an 
anonymous WWW?</H3>
There is currenlty no proxy (like fproxy in Freenet) for GNUnet that would
make it accessible with a browser. It is possible to build such a proxy and
all one needs to know is the protocol used between browser and proxy and a 
swift look at the sources in <tt>src/textui</tt>.<br>
The real question is, if this is a good idea. In order to achieve anonymity, 
GNUnet has
a much higher latency than the WWW. Thus, the experience of browsing the web 
will usually
be hindered significantly by these delays (potentially several minutes per 
page!). The
core developers are currently convinced that writing a proxy is not worth 
their time,
even the gtk GUI is rather orphaned (<tt>/bin/sh</tt> rules!).<br>
If you want to write a proxy, you are welcome to send us code and join the 
developer team. 

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