Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox Privacy Principles

2011-07-04 Thread Mike Macgirvin
Here's the issue, and apologies but Friendika's hosting service is having some serious database issues at the moment... and may be down. - You have a group (aspect,circle, whatever) - You send this group a private message. All is well. However if your group includes *any* people from networks

[Freedombox-discuss] DNS solution that doesn't require paying money or using a central server.

2011-07-04 Thread Fellow Traveler
As you know, I've written a digital cash and financial crypto library called Open-Transactions. Once my library is built into a Firefox/Chrome plugin, then it will be possible to use it as a replacement for the DNS system. (WITHOUT having to have some central DNS registry.) I'll explain

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Relationship driven privacy

2011-07-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 4 July 2011 07:25, John Walsh fiftyf...@waldevin.com wrote:  Hi Melvin, From: Melvin Carvalho [mailto:melvincarva...@gmail.com] Basically at myopenid.com you can create different Personas (profiles of information), which you choose at the time you login with openid. For me you could

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Client-side FreedomBox?

2011-07-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 28 June 2011 11:26, Fellow Traveler fellowtrave...@rayservers.net wrote: Hello, I have recently authored a digital cash system, and I would like as much as possible to secure the wallet on the client side, so that hackers cannot steal it. Some Bitcoin aficionados are known to put their

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Relationship driven privacy

2011-07-04 Thread Mike Macgirvin
Friendika was mentioned in this thread but in a different context, so I wanted to point out what we do for profile personas. There may be some ideas you can use. It's a distributed system, but has multiple profiles. You can tailor any profile for any person or group of people. There is a

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] DNS solution that doesn't require paying money or using a central server.

2011-07-04 Thread Marc Loupias
Hello, some comments on this : First, WHAT PROBLEMS WOULD THIS SOLVE? 5) Eliminates the need for certificate authorities. (A FAILED SECURITY MODEL, YES?) GPG does not eliminate certificate autorities problems. It just move the trusting problem. The technology is not the problem,

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Establishing Communication between Freedomboxes

2011-07-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 07/02/2011 02:24 PM, i...@churchkey.org wrote: I think the best way to do this is through something like a dynamicDNS centralized service. Can you explain why a centralized service is the right way to go here? We have what seems to be a reasonable sketch of a proposal on the table (from

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] DNS solution that doesn't require paying money or using a central server.

2011-07-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 07/04/2011 05:33 AM, Fellow Traveler wrote: 1) People can use any DNS name they want for their website. It will never be already taken. Another way to express what i think you're trying to say here is: your desired name may already be taken, and anyone can choose to use it even after you

[Freedombox-discuss] Why FreedomBox would not be a router ?

2011-07-04 Thread Marc Loupias
Hello, i was lurking the mail archive and the website to find the architecture and hardware config chosen for the freedombox. If i understand well, you guys wants to make a simple computer (like a plug) behind the ISP box to deliver services for the user. Am i right ? If theses services

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] DNS solution that doesn't require paying money or using a central server.

2011-07-04 Thread nathan nolast
couldn't the originating user register through a distributed table, or automatic registration if the website doesnt already exist, and this would give this user the power to set up the default hosting locations (freedombox, box's, some server somewhere, etc) This power user could specify that if