Freedom Network Source Code Released

The source code for Zero Knowledge Systems Freedom Network servers was released (”leaked”) last week at CodeCon 2002.

The Freedom Network was a commercial anonymized, encrypted web browsing and email service, utilizing multi-server “telescoping” encrypted sessions to provide very robust privacy over the web. The service was discontinued by ZKS in October 2001 due to lack of market acceptance.

Links:

Freedom Network source code now available” article at The Register, which broke the news;

Freedom Server 2.x source code release directory at CodeCon (note: main tarball removed due to traffic concerns);

Freedom Server 2.x source code mirror at LinuxFund.org;

Freedom Server 2.x source code mirror at InfoWar.ca;

Freedom Client 2.1 source code plus some additional pieces at ZKS;

Discussion at Slashdot about the Freedom source code release;

Tweakdom, a nascent grassroots group forming to “attempt to put that old code to good use”;

Articles about the closure of the service last year from Wired and The Register.