I love the idea of GPG for WebID, though that's a much deeper problem to solve than basic configuration so I reckon I'll leave something like that alone for the moment :)
dyndns could be in the same boat, not sure. Getting Apache2 up and running with simple setup would be a huge win, but its configuration is notoriously complex so I don't feel comfortable trying to implement that first off. Personal XMPP servers might be a good candidate for a quick win. Could incorporate some simple domain name setup, and some kind of system that can verify that your box has ownership of a particular domain that you want it to. Makes me wonder about the scope here, really - should we then have forms for creating accounts for friends? Should we integrate guides for using stuff like OTR Chat? Do we also then give the user a nudge in the installation of privacy-respecting chat clients on their desktop or mobile? Side question: would there be any possibility of funning the web > server component on a desktop? How do you mean? On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Melvin Carvalho <[email protected]>wrote: > On 11 February 2012 07:47, Daniel Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Not sure whether I've actually posted to the list before but I've been > > closely following FreedomBox since late 2010. > > > > I got a chance to talk to Bdale a little at Linux Conf. Au 2012 and I > > decided to have a go at hacking on Plinth. > > > > I'm keen to get started, and I've been discussing it with Alistair > Davidson, > > who's a UX guy. > > > > Basically we want to rapidly prototype a simple end-user service > > configuration system. Does anyone have an idea of what it'd be really > good > > to get up and running? Web server? Routing? GPG / other ident. stuff? > > I think GPG is a given. It's going to be important to have a strong > passphrase. > > Apache 2 I think makes most sense as a web server. It should run HTTP > with a self signed certificate. > > Apart from in Eben Moglen's original "freedom in the cloud" talk > dyndns has not come up much, but I'd suggest that would be really > nice. See below: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEMv0S8AcA&t=37m30s > > I'd encourage people to use the same key for GPG and a WebID, this is > what I do and have had excellent results. There's some code to > convert here: > > https://gist.github.com/1505613 > > Aside from sending your GPG key to a key server you can also put it in > your homepage/user profile using some simple HTML5 markup. It's quite > easy I can provide the markup when we're ready. > > I think this combination will be one of the strongest identity > solutions anywhere. And matches quite closely Eben's original vision, > and extends to all the other cool stuff that's been mentioned on the > list. > > James mentioned privoxy too. I'm sure there are other points to be > added such as xmpp, monkeysphere, tor etc. > > Side question: would there be any possibility of funning the web > server component on a desktop? > > > > > We'll eventually need to have some kind of spec for how a developer can > come > > along and contribute the configuration builder for a given service to > Plinth > > in a standard format, but for now I think it'd be best to focus on > usability > > and user experience. > > > > Has anyone else been looking particularly at this stuff? I'm sort of a > bit > > lost for a start, but I have spare time and I reckon I'm a pretty killer > > Python dev so if I can get some direction to push me over the edge > that'd be > > great :) > > > > Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >
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