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A '''friend-to-friend''' (or '''F2F''') computer network is a type of [[peer-to-peer network]] in which users only make direct connections with people they know. [[Passwords]] or [[digital signatures]] can be used for [[authentication]].

Unlike other kinds of [[private P2P]], users in a friend-to-friend network cannot find out who else is participating beyond their own circle of friends, so F2F networks can grow in size without compromising their users' anonymity. [[Retroshare]], [[WASTE]], [[GNUnet]], [[Freenet]] and [[OneSwarm]] are examples of software that can be used to build F2F networks, though RetroShare is the only one of these configured for friend-to-friend operation by default.

Many F2F networks support indirect [[Anonymity|anonymous]] or [[pseudonym]]ous communication between users who do not know or trust one another. For example, a [[node (networking)|node]] in a friend-to-friend [[overlay network|overlay]] can automatically forward a file (or a request for a file) anonymously between two friends, without telling either of them the other's name or [[IP address]]. These friends can in turn automatically forward the same file (or request) to their own friends, and so on.

[[Dan Bricklin]] coined the term "friend-to-friend network" in 2000.

== Potential applications of F2F ==
*The Bouillon project uses a friend-to-friend network to assign trust ratings to messages.
*The [[Ripple monetary system]] is a friend-to-friend network system for [[electronic money]].

== See also ==
* [[Darknet]]
* [[LAN messenger]]
* [[Private P2P]]
* [[Web of trust]]

==Source==

[http://wikipedia.org/ http://wikipedia.org/]
[[Category:Decentralized network]]

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