From f15ab6a44851342638dac33025e352faab5552d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 18:45:42 -0400 Subject: backup --- events.page | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ ideas.page | 5 ++++- motivation.page | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ unsorted.page | 12 ++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 events.page create mode 100644 motivation.page diff --git a/events.page b/events.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0637c6c --- /dev/null +++ b/events.page @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ + +# 2012 + + libreplanet (cambridge): march 24-25 + cambridge mini-maker: april 20 + steer roast: may 4-6 + maker faire bay area: may 19-20 + firefly: july 4-8 + hope nine (nyc): july 13-15 + oshkosh (WI): july 23-29 + toorcamp (washington): aug 8-12 + burning man: aug 27 - sept 3 (fertility 2.0) + strange loop (st louis): sept 23-25 + maker faire NYC: sept 29-30 + open hardware summit (NYC): same as maker faire nyc? + world toor (antarctica): dec 10-21 + CCC: dec 2012 + FOSDEM: feb 2013? + diff --git a/ideas.page b/ideas.page index eaaee0a..d40c0e9 100644 --- a/ideas.page +++ b/ideas.page @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ -Ideas are cheap! +Ideas are cheap! Good ones: + +- "crowd-sourced" configuration management advice (most popular settings, etc) +- use of generic WebDAV and OAuth for data interchange ### Local, low-latency network services diff --git a/motivation.page b/motivation.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d0594a --- /dev/null +++ b/motivation.page @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + +the rooter contribution (aka, what would be specifically and "uniquely" useful +to others) is: + +* a documented, justified, available, and known-good combination of hardware, + firmware, network daemons, routing policies, and conventions + +which taken together both: + +* improve the freedom/control/experience of all internet participants + +and are: + +* a solid and (reasonably) accessible platform for others to build upon. + +the agenda is to: + +* preserve the freedom and benefits of the open, uncensored, neutral, general + purpose internet infrastructure for current and future participants. + +the rooter project/group should definately: + +* explore/discover new and alternative communications and information + technologies (hardware, software, biological, and ephemeral); +* broadcast art, ideas, and opinions; +* expose any flaws with existing or proposed technologies and standards; + +and could also potentially: + +* provide centralized network services; +* manufacture and distribute end-user/retail hardware; +* maintain an operating system distribution with updates; +* provide interoperation and release testing services; +* serve as a role model for future open hardware products and projects + +# problems with existing commodity routers + - usability of web interfaces for casual operators + - persistance of configuration across upgrades + - "binary blob" drivers at most crucial points of system + - poor performance with >5 active 802.11 clients + - hardware extension possible but not as easy as it could be for no extra cost + - difficulty for the inexperienced to reflash or explore new firmware + - insufficient hardware power to host multiple services (plug style) + - mixed delivery on promised specifications (throughput etc) + - insufficient IPv6, IPSEC, DNSSEC support + - delayed/difficult kernel upstreaming process + +# problems with existing plug computers + - binary blobs + - thermal overheating + +# improvements over plug computers and firmware+commodity + - no binary blobs at the heart of things + - hardware that can be more easily studied, reproduced, improved + - familiar environment for web and embedded developers + - hosting resources of plugs with topology of router + - more agressive adoption of new protocols and features (progressive) + - infrastructure-grade and -oriented + diff --git a/unsorted.page b/unsorted.page index 45e670f..d8f63b9 100644 --- a/unsorted.page +++ b/unsorted.page @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@ +http://wiki.hamburg.ccc.de/index.php/ChaosVPN + +[Grid Appliance](http://www.grid-appliance.org/): a virtual machine image for +quickly spooling up a distributed cluster for high performance computing. + +Netsukuku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsukuku + +Sensorpedia: http://www.sensorpedia.com/ + +OpenRadio: stanford/industry project to build software radio devices to "pool" +bandwidth across multiple uplinks + (for development) stackoverflow thread on embedded flash linux filesystems: -- cgit v1.2.3