Is the freedom box (FBx) a DDoS mitigator? What about a load balancer? Social graphs tend to have highly connected nodes, which would be primary targets for disruption, and I have this amazing collection of pictures of my cat that everyone is going to want to see. Therefore I would add malicious (DDOS) and friendly (/. effect) traffic spikes to Sandy's threat model [1]. The abilities listed below go a long way towards enabling DDoS mitigation and load balancing across trusted FBxes, but does this happen at a routing protocol level or within the FBx stack or both, or am I missing something? If this was already discussed elsewhere, please direct me appropriately.
## Facilitates secure, anonymous and private chat and messaging > * Is a platform for distributed collaboration. > > ## Security and Reliability > * Is smart about of knowing who to trust and how much to trust them. > > ## Connectivity and Interoperability > * Is able to Communicate securely, privately and anonymously with other > FreedomBoxes and devices. > > ## Data Backup > * Is your encrypted backup server. > * Is capable of storing backups on other FreedomBoxes, local storage or on > third party servers. > * Is recoverable by strength of your social network in addition to the > usual methods (passphrase or keys). > > ## Is A Good Net Citizen. > * Is capable of detecting intrusion on its downstream LAN (e.g. looks for > bot-shaped packets/traffic). > * Is a filter for ads and other unwanted content. > * Is a tool for collaborative SPAM filtering. > [1] - http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2011-May/001633.html ps - Hi! I'm a graduate student and I've been reading this list since September.
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