The darknet at the Edinburgh TV Un-Festival
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| 15:43 UK time, Friday, 17 August 2007
Alongside and at the TV un-festival, there are some unknown names. Some of those names are fake or when put in google generate almost no results.
From
A darknet is a private virtual network where users connect only to people they trust. Typically such networks are small, often with fewer than 10 users each. In its most general meaning, a darknet can be any type of closed, private group of people communicating, but the name is most often used specifically for file sharing networks.
When used to describe a file sharing network, the term is often used as a synonym for "friend-to-friend" - both describing networks where direct connections are only established between trusted friends. However, "darknet" can also be used in a broader sense to describe any private file sharing network. The most widespread file sharing networks, such as Kazaa, are not darknets, since peers will communicate with anybody else on the network. Popular darknet software includes Nullsoft's WASTE and Freenet. The current version of Freenet, unlike typical darknets, is capable of supporting potentially millions of users using an application of small world theory.
Ian Clarke is one of the most famous Darknet people. He wrote the mentioned above Freenet, worked on Joost's P2P system, and now is working on , a user generated news website.
Paul Pod runs a site called (tioti.com) which sits right in the grey area. It uses Public and Private Torrents which point to sometimes questionable content. But not stopping there, Paul has a bunch of other clever things up his sleeves which he may be showing off at Edinburgh too.
Other Darknet people are more shy and although there will be a couple of Torrent site owners at the event. They may or may not present, but there presence will be felt.
There are clear signs of innovation happening in the darknets, and we're certainly in for an education.
The event is only 1 week away now and its . There is also a for all to fill with ideas and thoughts.
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