# HG changeset patch # User Nick # Date 1274490855 0 # Node ID 5acf6a427d7b7ecac2920ebf8ae089f1f4e24d90 # Parent 95d4ccc9d531bff13c147fdf56b621ea937e8fb6 minor updates diff -r 95d4ccc9d531 -r 5acf6a427d7b doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod --- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod Tue May 18 20:54:10 2010 +0000 +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod Sat May 22 01:14:15 2010 +0000 @@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ =item No centralized IRC control -No centralized IRC control: You don't have to worry about risc g-lining -you from the "official" IRC network for no apparent reason, and refusing -to even admit to having g-lined you. +No centralized IRC control: You don't have to worry about risc +g-lining you from the "official" IRC network for no apparent reason, +and refusing to even admit to having g-lined you. Since the whole +purpose behind AnoNet was to create a censorship-resistant alternative +to the government-censored "public" Internet, arbitrary censorship on +the "official" AnoNet IRC network by anonymous government members is +particularly troubling. =item No resource mess @@ -61,21 +65,24 @@ Joining is pretty simple: If you know how to connect to a client port, UFO's CP (L or -L) will already land you in -the right place. (Once you're online, you can join "the club" at -1.3.3.7:6667 #anonet, or irc.somerandomnick.ano:6667 #RendezVous. If -you don't have an IRC client handy (or if you're too lazy to set -it up to avoid leaking your real info), you can just telnet over to -irc.somerandomnick.ano port 2323. Alternatively, you can point your -Jabber client over to irc.somerandomnick.ano, or you can even use Jabber -s2s to talk with everybody else by just joining the MUC room RendezVouz -at irc.somerandomnick.ano.) If OpenVPN is all Greek to you, UFO's IRC -server is also reachable from the public Internet (irc.kwaaknet.org port -6667 channel #anonet). If IRC is all Greek to you, you may want to talk -to your favorite search engine about that, or just use KwaakNet's Webchat -(L). (Note that if your only aim in -joining AnoNet is to search Google anonymously, you can save yourself the -hassle by just heading over to Scroogle (L).) +L) will already land you in the +right place. (Once you're online, you can join "the club" at 1.3.3.7:6667 +#anonet, or irc.somerandomnick.ano:6667 (1.0.27.103, if you don't have +DNS for some reason) #RendezVous. If you don't have an IRC client handy +(or if you're too lazy to set it up to avoid leaking your real info), you +can just telnet over to irc.somerandomnick.ano port 2323. Alternatively, +you can point your Jabber client over to irc.somerandomnick.ano, or +you can even use Jabber s2s to talk with everybody else by just joining +the MUC room RendezVouz at irc.somerandomnick.ano.) If OpenVPN is all +Greek to you, UFO's IRC server is also reachable from the public Internet +(irc.kwaaknet.org port 6667 channel #anonet). If IRC is all Greek to you, +you may want to talk to your favorite search engine about that, or just +use KwaakNet's Webchat (L). (Note +that if your only aim in joining AnoNet is to search Google anonymously, +you can save yourself the hassle by just heading over to Scroogle +(L). If you're looking to browse the rest of +the public Internet anonymously, though, we now have an outbound proxy, +which you're more than welcome to use.) =head2 Why to Join