I can help you if you like 2011/1/19 Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson <b...@pagekite.net>
> 2011/1/18 Michael Blizek <mic...@michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com> > >> Hi! >> >> >> On 16:35 Tue 18 Jan , Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson wrote: >> > Pagekite is a very pragmatic attempt to enable more p2p-like behavior on >> the >> > WWW by making it really easy for people to run publicly visible HTTP (or >> > HTTPS) servers from personal and/or mobile devices. The system is not >> true >> > [snip] > >> >> This sounds very interesting. I guess that you can do something similar >> with >> some of the VPN services out there, but creating a native protocol for >> HTTP >> might be way more efficient. It would be possible to run lots of web sites >> with a single frontend and a single IP. It should also be possible to >> reduce >> the traffic between the frontend and the backend by doing some caching and >> compression. >> > > Yes, exactly - Pagekite actually already does compression of the tunnels, > and adding a caching layer for the unencrypted traffic at the front-ends is > somewhere on the TODO list... > > VPNs are far more powerful of course, but as you mention, making efficient > use of the IP address space is becoming more important all the time. The > other advantage to the Pagekite approach (IMO) is that once the protocol is > reasonably stable and accepted, it should be simple enough to embed directly > into end-user software products (free or commercial). So launching a new > web-site could be packaged to the point that it's just a 'register name, > download, double-click' affair. > > > What is particularly interesting is that running web sites can easily be >> done >> anonymously. However, this will put some strains on the front end >> operaters. >> But then the connection between the end user and the front end should >> really >> be encrypted. >> > > Pagekite supports HTTPS, but it can only do it reliably for modern browsers > which implement the SNI extension to TLS. This does not include most Windows > XP users (Chrome is the only browser that works there AFAIK), so it'll be a > few years before that is a seamless experience. However, if you are setting > up a private site and want e2e encryption, asking your users to upgrade to > Chrome may not be a huge burden. So this is possible today, with caveats. > > The anonymity thing... well, front-end providers will have bandwidth costs > so finding one that lets you anonymously connect for free may prove > difficult, and once you pay, you usually aren't truly anonymous anymore due > to the paper trail. But finding a provider that respects and protects your > privacy to the extent allowed by law might not be too hard. > > But the Pagekite architecture does mean your actual IP address is always > hidden from everyone but the front-end provider, which may be enough > anonymity for many. > > Embedded linux based NAS systems have IMHO still a lot of potential. I >> would >> really like to see them transform into "home servers" which can take back >> control from the "cloud" to the end users. I think that your piece could >> be >> quite important. >> > > I agree, and I would love for pagekite to make its way into those things... > :-) > > >> > Thoughts? >> >> Very nice... >> > > Thanks! > > -- > Bjarni R. Einarsson > The Beanstalks Project ehf. > > Making personal web-pages fly: http://pagekite.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > p2p-hackers mailing list > p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com > http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers > >
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