Re: [Server-devel] Ultra Mobile XO Server

2008-06-22 Thread s . boutayeb
Hi John, Thank you for your comments. The helped me to formalize further the analyse of the usage cases and the options to be considered. Glad to see that there is a need for this experiment. We want to offer an option in the deployments where the energy and the cost are impeding factors for the s

Re: [Server-devel] Target price and quantitiy

2008-06-22 Thread John Watlington
On Jun 22, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Christopher Niemöller wrote: > Hi, > > I was playing around with some embedded computing and rugged hardware > and got some questions. > > Whats the target price for the school server? Around 500 USD for a server plus 500GB disk. Networking (access points and switche

Re: [Server-devel] Ultra Mobile XO Server

2008-06-22 Thread John Watlington
This is a regular project around OLPC. Nobody has found time to finish it, but a new person regularly takes it on... Tyler was the latest to try, Scott had worked on it some as well. The simple part everybody is working on is building an external disk that is basically XS (F7) plus the OLPC kern

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 14, Issue 38

2008-06-22 Thread Tony Pearson
> From: James Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In my opinion, avoid creating a false sense of security ... the kids > should be taught personal information privacy very early, and the best > way to do that is for them to make small mistakes and learn from them. James, While I agree this is a lesson e

[Server-devel] Target price and quantitiy

2008-06-22 Thread Christopher Niemöller
Hi, I was playing around with some embedded computing and rugged hardware and got some questions. Whats the target price for the school server? How many school server are needed anyway? As you might know, its my job to design such systems, please dont take this questions the wrong way. I dont w

Re: [Server-devel] VPN server for our project

2008-06-22 Thread s . boutayeb
Selon James Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've tested PPTP and OpenVPN on XO. Works fine. The PPP MPPE module is > already present (drivers/net/ppp_mppe.ko). Using a VPN adds overhead to > the network communication. Isn't as secure as you might think. > Yes, we should find out the right balan

Re: [Server-devel] VPN server for our project

2008-06-22 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 9:49 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My question: has anyone experimented the fonction of a VPN network involving > remote XS servers ? The hw will have no problem with running VPNs but many XS will be on networks links that are very constrained and don't play well with V

Re: [Server-devel] VPN server for our project

2008-06-22 Thread James Cameron
I've tested PPTP and OpenVPN on XO. Works fine. The PPP MPPE module is already present (drivers/net/ppp_mppe.ko). Using a VPN adds overhead to the network communication. Isn't as secure as you might think. I'm the release engineer for PPTP on Linux, and C. Scott Ananian in OLPC is the author.

[Server-devel] Ultra Mobile XO Server

2008-06-22 Thread s . boutayeb
Hi, OLPC France is plannig different deployments for which an "ultra mobile Server" based on a XO could be an option. My question: has anyone experimented the installation of a XS server on a XO? Our project "Ultra Mobile XO Server" is located here http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/UltraMobile

[Server-devel] VPN server for our project

2008-06-22 Thread s . boutayeb
Hi, OLPC France is plannig a project "Windrose" (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/WindroseOLPC ) consisting for the schools among the world participating in the project to share and publish their contents (text, images, videos, etc.) in a semi-private BLOG (likely EduBlogger). My question: has