[Freedombox-discuss] A prototype random number source

2014-11-26 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nist_beacon.cfm "NIST is implementing a prototype source of public randomness. The Beacon is designed to provide unpredictability, autonomy, and consistency. Unpredictability means that users cannot algorithmically predict bits before they are made available by the

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Internet.org

2013-08-23 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
I thought under current regulations, a packet was a packet. That is, the owner of the transmission facilities have no ability to bias the availability of a packet for their own application services. I can imagine we will have to continue to fight any change in that approach because the monied inter

[Freedombox-discuss] Internet.org

2013-08-21 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Technology leaders launch partnership to make internet access available to all Facebook, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm, Samsung to be founding partners https://fbcdn-dragon-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/851575_492821944140017_1070145609_n.pdf Is this good, bad, or indifferent? _

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Censorship that we can agree on

2013-03-25 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Robert, Please contemplate these words and come to a full understanding of what you and I are capable: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope;

[Freedombox-discuss] Building a Wireless Network for a High Density of Users

2013-02-12 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
David Lang has some practical experience setting up WiFi access for up to 2000 simultaneous users: https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/building-wireless-network-high-density-users ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] BitTorrent Sync

2013-01-30 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:06 AM, elena.valha...@gmail.com wrote: > On 2013-01-29 at 16:56:16 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: >> "Supports ssh", or even "supports encryption" is not the same as "uses >> encryption out of the box". From that same link: > > one significant usecase for git-annex is con

[Freedombox-discuss] Another parallel effort?

2012-10-18 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
http://myprofile-project.org/ "MyProfile intends to provide a solution for managing the numerous accounts and profiles that users have on the Internet. Its main purpose is to provide a unified user account, or simply ‘user profile’, which as opposed to current ‘silo’ profiles, would really be under

[Freedombox-discuss] Becoming aware

2012-10-10 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Another organization becomes aware of the problem: http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/socialmedia/ ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Video of Bdale's FreedomBox status update at Debconf 12

2012-08-04 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
To Bdale Garbee, Could you add one task to your effort to publicize the FreedomBox project, please? When you return from a presentation in an public forum, could you take the time to add a link to any recording of that presentation to the FreedomBox wiki so the rest of us can keep track of the st

[Freedombox-discuss] Another part of the solution?

2012-08-01 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
http://unhosted.org/ ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss

[Freedombox-discuss] The Humanitarian FOSS Project

2012-07-26 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Another project that may have products that can be integrated into this one: http://hfoss.org/ For example: http://www.hfoss.org/index.php/news/38/15/Trinity-Students-Develop-Android-App-to-Aid-Haitian-Relief-Efforts Trinity Students Develop Android App to Aid Haitian Relief Efforts HARTFORD, CT, A

[Freedombox-discuss] Tethr: Getting online in a crisis

2012-07-19 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Another parallel effort? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120413-communicating-in-a-crisis ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss

[Freedombox-discuss] Some history of Internet Freedom

2012-07-14 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
I always like to know the context of those that went before us: https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/not_too_brief_history.html ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.deb

[Freedombox-discuss] Some thoughts I think should be widely shared

2012-07-02 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Guidelines on launching an open source project? http://lists.teachingopensource.org/pipermail/tos/2012-June/004986.html ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinf

[Freedombox-discuss] I must make time to read these

2012-06-13 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
The Architecture of Open Source Applications http://www.aosabook.org/ ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss

[Freedombox-discuss] A new radio protocol for the mesh network?

2012-05-31 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
'Adaptive Radio': The Next Big Thing in Wireless? http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-17/adaptive-radio-the-next-big-thing-in-wireless Mentioned in the article: http://www.neul.com/ http://ebookbrowse.com/super-wifi-austin-2011-6harmonics-pdf-d292938451 http://www.adaptrum.com/ The royal

[Freedombox-discuss] The Open Source Hardware Association

2012-04-23 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
http://www.oshwa.org/ Background: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/23/makes-exclusive-interview-with-alicia-gibb-president-of-the-open-source-hardware-association/ ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://li

[Freedombox-discuss] Smallest Federated Wiki

2012-02-16 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Useful? https://github.com/WardCunningham/Smallest-Federated-Wiki "Our new wiki innovates three ways. It shares through federation, composes by refactoring and wraps data with visualization." ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.

[Freedombox-discuss] FYI: Open Advice

2012-02-06 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
>From the home page < http://open-advice.org/ >: "Open Advice is a knowledge collection from a wide variety of Free Software projects. It answers the question what 42 prominent contributors would have liked to know when they started so you can get a head-start no matter how and where you contribute

[Freedombox-discuss] An object lesson

2011-11-14 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
"... activists may have miscalculated in counting on nicknames and IP addresses for protection ..." http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/mexicos-drug-war-takes-to-the-blogosphere-11092011.html http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/mexicos-drug-war-takes-to-the-blogosphere-11092011_page_2.html

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] "Promotion and Visual Identity"

2011-11-03 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Basically, you've done an excellent job laying out the issues. Thank you. Other comments inline. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Robert Martinez - m...@mray.de wrote: > Hi there, > > looks like Debora, Matt and I are the only (vocal) "Promotion and Visual > Identity" people on this list right no

[Freedombox-discuss] Fwd: [HacDC:Byzantium] DC Open Mesh Network?

2011-10-30 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Just so everyone knows about the existence of everyone else, here's a posting to the Byzantium list that might prove interesting to someone: -- Forwarded message -- From: Sascha Meinrath Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [HacDC:Byzantium] DC Open Mesh Network? To: by

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] promotionnal website ?

2011-09-28 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Patty A. Hardy - patha...@mac.com wrote: > > > > So far I've taken baby steps -- purchasing three plug computers, Excellent start. > figuring out how to re-flash them, > installing Debian, > familiarizing myself with Tor, etc. Could you write one or more pages in

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-15 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, José Manuel Canelas - jcane...@gmail.com wrote: > > Would the CM tool apply and enforce the configuration > that the user declares in some way (web interface, whatever)? Again, I am not a current user, but my understanding of Puppet is that it was created to implem

[Freedombox-discuss] Identity Thief Gold Mines

2011-09-15 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Those wonderful folks the Entrepreneurs are creating some real goldmines for the Identity Thieves: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-electronic-nails-in-the-post-offices-coffin-09082011.html "once users give Manilla the credentials for their business accounts," "the digital mail providers ha

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-15 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Philip Hands - p...@hands.com wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:07:49 -0700, > freedombox-discuss.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote: > ... >> > Using any of Puppet/Chef/cfengine to achieve the same effect is >> > effectively just an attempt to side-step the ed

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-14 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Philip Hands - p...@hands.com wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:13:50 -0700, > freedombox-discuss.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote: >> >> Could you provide more information about how you used Puppet to >> configure your SheevaPlug? > > Since nobody else has me

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-13 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Silvio - sil...@fluxo.info wrote: > > I'm far from being an expert in Puppet, but I do have a SheevaPlug configured > by Puppet and it runs smoothly. > > Puppet usually fills the gap between the configuration shipped in a package > and > the one needed by the user/

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-09 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 7:08 PM, l.m.orch...@pobox.com wrote: > On 9/9/11 9:55 PM, Nick Daly wrote: >> >> Puppet/Chef could do that well, but I'm wary.  It seems to operate at >> too low a level and exerts too strong (too perfect) a control over the >> system (particularly, the system configs).  II

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-09 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:55 PM, nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:05 PM, > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Jonas Smedegaard - d...@jones.dk wrote: >>> >>> Chef and Puppet are tools to help do system administration, and the >>> intent of this project is not onl

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-09 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Jonas Smedegaard - d...@jones.dk wrote: > On 11-09-08 at 08:20pm, freedombox-discuss.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net > wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:14 PM, l.m.orch...@pobox.com wrote: >> > On 9/8/11 9:15 PM, freedombox-discuss.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.n

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-08 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:14 PM, l.m.orch...@pobox.com wrote: > On 9/8/11 9:15 PM, freedombox-discuss.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote: >> >> >> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/puppet-chef-ease-transition-to-cloud-computing-09012011.html >> Are there any Chef or Puppet experts here who

[Freedombox-discuss] Chef and Puppet experts?

2011-09-08 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/puppet-chef-ease-transition-to-cloud-computing-09012011.html Are there any Chef or Puppet experts here who can demonstrate the configuration of a DreamPlug using either tool? ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freed

[Freedombox-discuss] Counter-revolution?

2011-09-08 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
It's not unusual for the existing cartels to use all their tools to resist a revolution. How many patents does the FreedomBox Foundation own? http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/when-patents-attack-could-facebook-be-next-09012011.html ___ Freedombox-d

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] off the shelf reference hardware software.

2011-09-07 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Ted Smith - te...@riseup.net wrote: > > What the Freedombox Foundation could do to address this is come up with: > >      * A list of programs that need to be packaged for debian >      * A list of Debian packages that need to be configured for >        non-enterpris

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox at Software Freedom Day

2011-09-05 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Now referenced on the project wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations/AvailableMaterial On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:38 AM, stef...@zoomata.com wrote: > On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 14:19 +0200, Marc Manthey wrote: >> Btw. are there any english presentation slides about freedombox , >>

[Freedombox-discuss] Trust

2011-09-01 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
... is probably the greatest challenge facing the FreedomBox project. ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox Conspiracy Theory

2011-07-24 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 3:42 PM, char...@knownelement.com wrote: > > I've thrown my effort behind Byzantium/FreedomNode > "The goal of Project Byzantium is to develop a communication system by which users can connect to each other and share information in the absence of convenient access to the In

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Interesting talks for FreedomBox at DebConf

2011-07-23 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
I think I finally found the video stream URL: http://valessiobrito.info/tmp/dc11/webwatch/ Can anyone here confirm this authoritatively? On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:12 PM, stef...@maffulli.net wrote: > There are going to be lots of interesting occasions to learn about > FreedomBox and start hacki

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Working Groups

2011-07-20 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
Perhaps what you have said and referenced here should become the initial content of http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/UserStories and the individual stories should be subpages? On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:37 AM, jdpf.p...@gmail.com wrote: > hi > > As a former usability/security researcher, I would

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] VOIP application layer

2011-07-20 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Marc Manthey - m...@let.de wrote: > > So why we need all this NAT /SIP/STUN / punching stuff ? > I suggest you carefully study the rate at which replacement technology eliminates that which it is replacing. First ask yourself, how long has IPv6 actually been avai

[Freedombox-discuss] Interesting case

2011-07-11 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
I find it interesting a National Security Agency employee, Thomas A. Drake, was unable to securely communicate with a reporter: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Leaks-and-the-Law-The-Story-of-Thomas-Drake.html ___ Freedombox-discuss mai

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Rouge Freedomboxes and government intervention

2011-06-23 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Neophyte Representative wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jonas Smedegaard - d...@jones.dk wrote: >> On 11-06-22 at 04:43pm, Neophyte Representative wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Jonas Smedegaard - d...@jones.dk wrote: >>> > So due to violent

[Freedombox-discuss] [[DreamPlugTesting]]

2011-06-17 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
http://wiki.debian.org/DreamPlugTesting is not http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/DreamPlugTesting Should it be? The page specifically asks for FreedomBox testing of the DreamPlug. ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.deb

[Freedombox-discuss] Birdfeeder < brdfdr.com >

2011-06-15 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/LeavingTheCloud Birdfeeder < brdfdr.com > is listed as service with "distributed messaging" as an Open Source alternative. >From what I can read at < brdfdr.com >, Birdfeeder is an alternative for Twitter. Can someone confirm my understanding? ___

[Freedombox-discuss] INF: ?

2011-06-14 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
I'm sorry, I don't understand the "INF: " prefix on http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/HardwareRequirements Is that like N.B., as in "note bene" or "note well"? Or "Caution"? Or ...? ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.deb

[Freedombox-discuss] Missing anchor

2011-05-30 Thread FreedomBox-Discuss . NeoPhyte_Rep
On https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ (and, perhaps, all the other Foundation web site pages), refers to an anchor on https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/faq/index.en.html that does not exist. ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@