> > 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?
Personally my development environment for the time being is going to be a combination of desktop OSX and Debian Testing, and maybe a Debian VPS when stuff gets a bit more serious, so for me at least that'll be a priority. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Melvin Carvalho <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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