Introduction
This is FreeWeb,
it is a part of Freenet
which allows you to access Freenet through your web browser.
Essentially, it simulates a new Internet domain called '.free',
so you can surf sites on .free in the same way as you surf
the mainstream Web.
FreeWeb works much like the old FProxy, except that it:
- Is faster and more reliable than FProxy
- You can use it full-time as a regular
http proxy server
- It has a switchable anonymity filter that's
more accurate than FProxy
- Any requests to FreeWeb sites, (eg 'www.somesite.free'),
get converted into regular Freenet URIs (eg 'freenet:MSK@KSK@freeweb/somesite//'
You can return to this page at any time by pointing your
browser to http://free, or http://127.0.0.1:portnum,
where 'portnum' is the port number (usually 8888) you've got
FreeWeb set to
Requesting keys from Freenet
To request a file you must know the "key". To find some stuff
that others have inserted you can try one of these "freesites":
Be aware that it can take up to a minute or more for anything
you click on to come through from Freenet. Your node will
learn how to query the network more efficiently as you use
it, and so you will notice that performance improves with
time. Additionally, the more popular the key you are requesting
the less time it will take. The reason for the delay is that
Freenet must search for information in a manner that protects
your anonymity.
FreeWeb has been designed like the old FProxy, so that if
you download a web-page from Freenet, the page can have hyperlinks
to other documents within Freenet which FProxy will download
as if you had just clicked on a hyperlink on the WWW.
Inserting files into Freenet
FreeWeb makes this process very easy.
If you're running on Windows, all you need to do is right-click
on the 'butterfly' icon in your task tray (usually on the
bottom right of the screen), and click on the 'Show
FreeWeb Window' option. To publish files into Freenet,
you only need to drag a folder from Explorer onto the FreeWeb
window, choose a name for your site, then click on 'Refresh
Sites' to insert the files. It's that easy :)
If you're running on Linux, then you'll most likely be more
technically familiar with Freenet. In this case, you only
need create a Freesite with a tool such as freenetmirror
or PutFiles,
then create a key called 'KSK@freeweb/sitename'
with a redirect to your site's daily mapfile.
Be aware that it may take several minutes or more to insert
some information. To see some examples of keys take a look
here. If you would like others to know about what you
have inserted you can submit it to a keyindex, such as this
one. For a much more detailed explanation of how you can
create entire websites that can be updated regularly within
Freenet, please look at Creating
Websites in Freenet on the Freenet homepage.
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