Editing Hyphanet (section)

===Release history===
[[File:freenet darknet.png|thumb|The Freenet 0.7 darknet peers list.]]
Freenet has been under continuous development since 2000.

Freenet 0.7, released on 8 May 2008, is a major re-write incorporating a number of fundamental changes. The most fundamental change is support for [[darknet]] operation. Version 0.7 offered two modes of operation: a mode in which it connects only to friends, and an opennet-mode in which it connects to any other Freenet user. Both modes can be run simultaneously. When a user switches to pure darknet operation, Freenet becomes very difficult to detect from the outside. The [[transport layer]] created for the darknet mode allows communication over restricted routes as commonly found in [[mesh networking|mesh networks]], as long as these connections follow a [[Small-world network|small-world]] structure.<ref>Singh, Munindar P. The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing. Boca Raton, Fl.: Chapman & Hall, 2005.</ref>{{rp|815–816}} Other modifications include switching from [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] to [[User Datagram Protocol|UDP]], which allows [[UDP hole punching]] along with faster transmission of messages between peers in the network.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ihlenfeld|first1=Jens|title=Freenet 0.7 soll globales Darknet schaffen|url=http://www.golem.de/0604/44448.html|access-date=17 September 2015|publisher=Golem|date=4 April 2006|archive-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005170034/http://www.golem.de/0604/44448.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Freenet 0.7.5, released on 12 June 2009, offers a variety of improvements over 0.7.  These include reduced memory usage, faster insert and retrieval of content, significant improvements to the FProxy web interface used for browsing freesites, and a large number of smaller bugfixes, performance enhancements, and usability improvements.  Version 0.7.5 also shipped with a new version of the Windows installer.<ref>[https://freenetproject.org/news.html#freenet-0-7-5-released release information for Freenet 0.7.5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011927/https://freenetproject.org/news.html#freenet-0-7-5-released |date=29 November 2014 }}, last accessed 17 September 2015</ref>

As of build 1226, released on 30 July 2009, features that have been written include significant security improvements against both attackers acting on the network and physical seizure of the computer running the node.<ref>[https://freenetproject.org/news.html#build1226 release information for Freenet build 1226] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011927/https://freenetproject.org/news.html#build1226 |date=29 November 2014 }}, last accessed 17 September 2015</ref>

As of build 1468, released on 11 July 2015, the Freenet core stopped using the [[db4o]] database and laid the foundation for an efficient interface to the Web of Trust plugin which provides spam resistance.<ref>[https://freenetproject.org/news.html#20150711-1468-release Freenet 1468 release notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011927/https://freenetproject.org/news.html#20150711-1468-release |date=29 November 2014 }} 2015</ref>

Freenet has always been free software, but until 2011 it required users to install [[Java (software platform)|Java]]. This problem was solved by making Freenet compatible with [[OpenJDK]], a free and open source implementation of the Java Platform.

On 11 February 2015, Freenet received the SUMA-Award for "protection against total surveillance".<ref name=suma_award>[http://suma-awards.de/en/index.html SUMA Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320201527/http://suma-awards.de/en/index.html |date=20 March 2015 }}, 11 February 2015.</ref><ref name=suma_award_recording>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZpsBSPsHDI recording of the SUMA Award Ceremony 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905121823/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZpsBSPsHDI&app=desktop |date=5 September 2015 }}, published on 14 April 2015.</ref><ref name=suma_award_heise>[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/SUMA-Award-fuer-das-Freenet-Project-2548577.html SUMA Award für das Freenet Projekt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152732/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/SUMA-Award-fuer-das-Freenet-Project-2548577.html |date=24 September 2015 }} Jo Bager in Heise online, 2015</ref>