hi daniel. how are you???? you have to see this great short clip- best resone whay we need arig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o66FUc61MvU&feature=player_embedded
I am making the poster- and I want more vids like this that can explane-- please send me SAP vids witch can be good for education resosonses LOL me On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Daniel <dan...@makrotopia.org> wrote: > Hi Arig'niks! > > It's time for the next hackathon! > Come to Jafo on the 12th of August! > (August 19th could be an alternative if the 12th is not acceptable for > some reason) > > In my opinion, we should focus on the development of one main thing, which > I > perceive as the outcome of the first hackathon. Please comment and quickly > confirm if the date is ok :) > > --- hackathon proposal follows --- > Implement a node-registration service which includes an > OpenWrt+config-image-generator which can be reached by the fat JOIN button > just > underneath the instruction video on the website. > So Amir made this beautiful node database, which we can feed with all the > initial data of a node, then hopefully generate a configuration from that > data > (information on the community and a ca public cert, individual IP > parameters, > SIP parameters, a private key certificate used only once to submit locally > generated public keys back to the web-server which are then used e.g. for > HIP or > for HTTPS client authentication). > We can then easily combine that with this: > http://trac.augsburg.freifunk.net/wiki/ImageBuilder > Into a ready-made flash-able OpenWrt image for all supported routers. > > So that would make it 4 steps to join or start a new arig network: > 1. Buy a router > 2. Go to the website, go through the registration wizard and retrieve the > firmware file and write down the URL which you can use in future to access > your > arig router. > 3. Plugin and connect the router to the PC, access it's web-interface and > flash > the firmware file you received in step 2. Once the device reboots, you > converted > it from a regular router into an arig router. > 4. Get a long cable and maybe an outdoor case, place it nicely and connect > your > computer. Now access your new arig box using the URL of Step 2 and follow > the > wizard to complete the setup of the node. > > The task splits up nicely: > - Build node registration wizard on the website. > - Build tool to generate the configuration for the new node. > - Integrate Image builder into the website. > - Build first-start wizard in LuCI > - Implement status publishing in OpenWrt to a website (i.e. via HTTPS with > client SSL certificate or SSH) and maybe even process the response (could > be > configuration updates or even sysupgrade for the users who want that) > > So if everybody wastes a thought or two on it before, we could be able to > put > this together next week (or at least know what to do next), given we are at > least 4 or 5 developers on the task. > The result -- an OpenWrt-image-generating web-based node management thingy > -- > can either live on the arig website itself or be an open source project to > be > picked up by actual mesh communities.... > > > Once we got this, we got several play-grounds for new development: > - allow users to monitor and manage their devices on the website > - integrate more initial features by integrating packages and their > configuration (ipv6-stuff, avahi/mdns/mdht/olsrd-nameservice-hacks/..., > asterisk, openhip, ...) > - add more image builder profiles for different roles (infrastructure-only, > web-gui, web-gui+apps, ...) > - make it easy for users to use xl2tpd (with or without HIP voodoo) for > VPNs and > Internet access sharing. > - implement distributed applications in LuCI like chat, instant-messaging, > forums, or even audio/video and fire-sharing via WebRTC... > - forgotten-kit-recovery-feature (instead of factory-reset, use the button > to > put the device into a state where it does DHCP on the ethernet port and > download > a sysupgrade-image from the website) > - you name it > > > > Thank you for flying on board of arig airlines, the outside temperature in > your > destination is 32 degrees Celsius at a humidity of 42%. We wish you a > pleasant > stay and hope to welcome you on board again soon. > _______________________________________________ > arig-discuss mailing list > arig-discuss@lists.subsignal.org > https://lists.subsignal.org/mailman/listinfo/arig-discuss > -- *Amitai Aharon Franklin* *Spiritual life coach and *Expert at promoting health of mind-body** * Inventor *and prototype builder of low tech, plastics and water-fuel devices.
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