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+*.a
+*.pyc
+*~
+*.swp
+.*
+*.tmp
+*.old
+old/
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-# Welcome to Gitit!
-
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-For instructions on how to make a link to another wiki page, see [the
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-
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-in the [Gitit User's Guide]().
 
+* [principles]()
+* [hardware]()
+* [refs]()
+* [security]()
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+
+rough price point: $75
+
+general:
+    display screen and buttons (OLED, eink)
+    2+ USB host
+    USB device/OTG
+    internal DC power jack?
+    dual-core CPU? FPGA/CPLD/ASIC?
+
+copper ethernet:
+    1+ ethernet WAN (EOP?)
+    4+ ethernet client jacks, 100mb+ (EOP?)
+
+wireless:
+    wi-fi b/g (n?)
+    802.15.4 (2.4ghz) node (multiple?)
+    bluetooth networking
+    nordic wireless (433/868/915mhz)
+    900mhz?
+    5ghz?
+    3g/4g femtonode? use USB sticks
+
+other:
+    battery or FRAM for persistance/boot
+    POTS phone system
+    industrial-grade meshing?
+    ethernet over power
+    audio output
+    watchdog
+
+
+future devices:
+    phone system
+    many-jacks
+    mesh packs
+    barebones
+
+links:
+    netfpga
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+
+In a word: "control" (for users)
+
+### Proposed
+
+No NDAs for anybody: vendors, employees, collaborators, etc
+
+Don't ship with binary blobs
+- we don't host them or ship them
+- but don't go out of the way to disallow users to install what they want
+
+Hackability
+- Accessible and documented internal interfaces
+- Good documentation
+
+No technical secrets
+- Published development repositories
+
+Others should be able to recreate the hardware
+- Use only easily source-able, openly documented components and chips with 
+  minimal export restrictions
+- Full hardware design/manufacturing files in various formats
+
+Understand and publish labor practices of anything we manufacture/sell
+- visits, photos, contact information
+
+
+### Unsure
+
+
+Avoid rent-seeking behavior in any business model
+- don't abuse "control" or trusted position
+
+Complete transparency of finances, "partnerships"
+
+Absolutely no licensing or patent issues
+- USB ids
+- WiFi patent worries
+- hire lots of lawyers to go everything with a fine tooth comb?
+- best effort sufficient?
+
+### Dreams
+
+"I want to build an internet that's not dependant on the whims of any one group
+at all"
+
+Building better/new things as well as fixing problems/bugs/holes 
+(not just-a-libre-XYZ, also shiny and new)
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+
+########################################## components
+
+see http://rhombus-tech.net/evaluated_cpus/ for a list and analysis
+
+beaglebone uses the cortex A8 AM3358. design files are open hardware. 
+
+allwinner A10 ARM chip
+    http://elinux.org/Hack_A10_devices
+    http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/
+    http://www.wits-tech.com/pages/board.jsp
+
+Marvell MV78200 ("sheeva")
+    4 gige ports
+    2x 1ghz armv5 chips
+    2x SATA
+    2x PCI-express x4
+    $60 or less?
+    http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/applications.jsp
+
+########################################## existing organizations/projects
+
+FreedomBox
+
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk
+
+http://rhombus-tech.net 
+    community company" based around new modular computing format. no hardware yet
+
+FSF hardware endorsement
+    http://www.fsf.org/news/endorsement-criteria
+    ugh, includes "GNU/linux" terminology, not having "ready for ..." other
+    operating systems, etc. maybe have an ultra-libre variant?
+
+########################################## existing hardware
+
+bufferbloat evaluations:
+http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/uberwrt/wiki/Hardware_evaluation
+
+http://routerboard.com/
+    modular router equipment (!), potential dev kit?
+    RB751G-2HnD has atheros 400mhz AR7241 SoC, 64mb RAM
+
+netgear n600, others
+    qualcomm atheros ar7161 SoC MIPS 680MHz, 64mb ram, 8mb flash
+    dual atheros wifi phy (one 2.4ghz, one 5ghz)
+    rtl8366s internal switch
+    http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700
+
+asus powerful device
+    http://www.amazon.com/RT-N16-Wireless-N-Maximum-Performance-single/dp/B00387G6R8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328077297&sr=8-1
+
+comodity routers
+
+http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html
+    good hardware development platform? these devices seem a bit out of date
+    and have super complex layout
+
+https://www.excito.com/node/9
+
+########################################## existing businesses
+
+http://republicwireless.com/ (hybrid wifi/cellular android phone service,
+$20/month. depends on pervasive wifi)
+
+http://corp.fon.com/en
+
+http://meraki.com/products/wireless/enterprise-cloud-controller (from roofnet, like open-mesh.com, "cloud" management interface))
+
+http://untangle.com/ (firewall-as-a-service, charges monthly rates to
+organizations. reuse existing hardware or sells dell servers "appliances" at a
+markup)
+
+http://owncloud.com/ (business?)
+
+########################################## misc
+
+bufferbloat:
+http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/
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+
+External attackers likely could/would port scan and be able to identify the
+device
+
diff --git a/user_experience.page b/user_experience.page
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+### User Expectations
+
+- from open box, can just plug in WAN to upstream and clients to downstream,
+  and everything will "just work"
+- go to some gateway IP and be propted for login, login should be on the box
+- WiFi should be responsive and stable with up to 12-15 devices from all kinds
+  of vendors
+- default unfiltered outgoing on all ports, but incoming is firewalled
+
+