Introduction
This is FProxy, it is a part of Freenet which
allows the user to access Freenet through their web browser. FProxy lets you request
information from Freenet and have it presented to you by your web browser. Essentially
it lets you surf Freenet as if you were surfing the World Wide Web.
Requesting keys from Freenet
To request a file you must know the "key". To find some stuff that others
have inserted you can try Aardvark's Freenet Index or GJ's webpage. Be aware that it can take up
to a minute to request some information from Freenet. 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.
Fproxy has been designed 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 keys to Freenet
To insert something to Freenet you should select a descriptive key, and the
file you want to insert. You can optionally tell Freenet what kind of data it is
(this is used by the web browser to decide how the data should be displayed when it
is retrieved). Be aware that it may take up to 1 minute 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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