On 11 February 2012 08:53, Daniel Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Let's say I run debian but dont yet have a freedombox. Would it be possible to test out some of the configurations on a desktop? > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
