[Freedombox-discuss] Tor .onion domains

2011-05-07 Thread Mildred Ki'Lya
Hi, I was wondering if we shouldn't use the infrastructure of the Tor onion sites. The Tor network provides a .onion TLD that is managed in a decentralized way. Anyone can create a .onion domain that is accessible everywhere. The only thing is that I think Tor has some master servers for bootstra

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Tor .onion domains

2011-05-07 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 11-05-07 at 11:43pm, Mildred Ki'Lya wrote: > In my opinion, Tor can be used as a basis for everything we want on > FreedomBox. It provides anonymity at the network level. And it doesn't > prevent you from identifying yourself on top of it, using GPG for > example. I'd readily imagine a comple

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Harddrive + Excito B3

2011-05-07 Thread Sandy Harris
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Those are good arguments for using harddrive instead of flash drive, but > not for requiring it to be inside same box as the computer. > > Here are a few arguments for putting the harddrive separate from the > computer, attached with a U

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Policy questions

2011-05-07 Thread Sandy Harris
Rob van der Hoeven wrote: >> A standard tactic for security is isolation of services. >> ... >> >> Clearly we cannot expect to use a separate machine >> for each FB service, but we need some strategy that >> limits the damage if any one service turns out to have >> a security flaw. Some list post

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Tor .onion domains

2011-05-07 Thread Sam Hartman
I certainly think it is important for the freedombox to support TOR. In particular, a freedombox should be able to act as a TOR relay or potentially even a TOR exit node. However, I think even if you talk to the TOR project they'll agree that you should not use TOR by default, nor enable being a T

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Tor .onion domains

2011-05-07 Thread Spectral Emanation
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Mildred Ki'Lya wrote: > I was wondering if we shouldn't use the infrastructure of the Tor > onion sites. I don't think it's feasible to use it for everything, for the reasons other people have mentioned. But on my FreedomBox I run a Tor node fulltime and use it for

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Harddrive + Excito B3

2011-05-07 Thread Spectral Emanation
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Lorenzo wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking into some hardware to buy to start testing few > Freedombox-related > ideas. I came to the conclusion that having an hard drive inside the box is > a must You might look at the GoFlex or Dockstar, people have gotten Debian r

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Harddrive + Excito B3

2011-05-07 Thread Robinson Tryon
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Sandy Harris wrote: > > Yes, but if possible e-sata is preferable to USB attachment. > It is faster and, unlike USB, it supports the SATA erase > commands. > The primary problem I see with eSATA ports is that they aren't USB ports. USB ports are like Velcro: You ca

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Policy questions

2011-05-07 Thread Tony Godshall
> I am the one that suggested virtual machines, and i am using them at > this moment. On my system there are 5 VM's running (4 * WordPress + 1 * > Nginx). The total amount of memory used is 175 MB. Not bad i think. > > In my opinion building a FreedomBox without using VM technology is very > danger

[Freedombox-discuss] Hardware platforms?

2011-05-07 Thread Sandy Harris
What is our target platform? We might target anything that can run Linux, or some subset with required capabilities, or even one or more specific devices. Our main target is plug computers and the ideal target something like Dreamplug: http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-5-dreamplugs.aspx Th

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Hardware platforms?

2011-05-07 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Sandy, On 11-05-08 at 09:19am, Sandy Harris wrote: > What is our target platform? We might target anything > that can run Linux, or some subset with required > capabilities, or even one or more specific devices. > > Our main target is plug computers and the ideal > target something like Dreamp

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Hardware platforms?

2011-05-07 Thread Sandy Harris
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Old PCs? Not everyone, especially in developing >> countries, has access to or can afford a plug >> computer. > > Then use Debian - that's the universal operating system. > > FreedomBox is more narrowly targeted, with additional requireme

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Hardware platforms?

2011-05-07 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 11-05-08 at 10:35am, Sandy Harris wrote: > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > >> Old PCs? Not everyone, especially in developing > >> countries, has access to or can afford a plug > >> computer. > > > > Then use Debian - that's the universal operating system. > > > > F

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] on small programs; Android and things Google

2011-05-07 Thread Eric Mill
I'm pretty sure that "Allow all sites to track my physical location" has to do with the W3C Geolocation spec, which allows individual websites to ask for your location through JavaScript, and not to do with "phoning home" to Google any information about you. Even regarding W3C Geolocation, in my b