Freenet 0.5.1 Release Candidate 2

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Freenet 0.5.1 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download from
http://freenetproject.org/tiki-index.php?page=3DDownload

You can get the Linux tarball from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freenet/freenet-0.5.1-rc2.tar.gz?download
(md5 2826dd9f16fd5beebe2d47b4f317d9d8)
(freenet key: CHK@UtQwoPqauPwP0CwiqOTD59~uoIoLAwI,2rGkjWi9BitmDRyk9f6Thw)

Or the Windows web-installer from
http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-webinstall.exe
(md5 30e122cf9bd0813296b721e9ece9f670)
(freenet key: CHK@DUFcvdqLTxoqfzjOdmEswaBtRc0QAwI,vkX7UWb7i64I6H-tQvxlFw)

Or the source tarball from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freenet/freenet-0.5.1-rc2.src.tar.bz2?do=
wnload
(md5 f148195e355b67926482d82a4f2f85f9)
(freenet key: CHK@yKRJUvXPgyHSOl515mzGkGpPoXYMAwI,yVmYBrVCqeKnibbsxsqErA)

Major new features relative to 0.5.0.7:

* Nodes are now permanent by default. Implementation of Address
  Resolution Keys means you no longer need a permanent IP or DNS address
  to run a permanent node. More dynamic routing combined with ARKs means
  "permanent" nodes do not need to run 24x7. Automatic detection of IP
  address simplifies installation further and keeps the ARK up to date.
* New HTML 4.01/CSS2 anonymity filter. Much safer than the old one,
  removes content that could cause your web browser to violate your
  anonymity by rewriting web pages to only contain code that it
  understands.
* Splitfile improvements. Much improved splitfile download/upload user
  interface, optional automatic reinsertion of missing blocks, bugfixes.
* The Distribution Node - allows you to create a freenet distribution
  page using locally generated seednodes, for example to include in your
  email signature.
* Lots of bug fixes!

Major changes since 0.5.1-rc1:
* Connections are not throttled during setup. This should reduce the
  ridiculous authorizeTime's that we have seen, and hence improve=20
  freenet hop times and latency. If you were relying on the bandwidth
  limiter, well, it's never been exact, because it doesn't deal directly
  with packets - you should look into your OS's support for bandwidth
  limiting, and be conservative in your limits.

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Matthew Toseland
toad-EI5O+8PHWbJeeLb3ft/[email protected]/[email protected]
Full time freenet hacker.
http://freenetproject.org/
Freenet Distribution Node (temporary) at http://80-192-4-36.cable.ubr09.na.=
blueyonder.co.uk:8889/069-bfPzGwU/
ICTHUS.

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