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1 #+TITLE: Server Culture
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2 #+AUTHOR: Robert McIntyre, Dylan Holmes
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3 #+EMAIL: rlm@mit.edu
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4 #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org
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5 #+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
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6 #+MATHJAX: align:"left" mathml:t path:"http://www.aurellem.org/MathJax/MathJax.js"
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7
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8 * Purpose
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9
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10 - To empower users by providing free (libre), secure, user-friendly,
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11 personal servers.
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12 - To create software that capitalizes on the personal server model;
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13 for example, personal e-mail servers, file serving and transfer.
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14 - To provide intuitive and transparent web interfaces for configuration.
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15 - To promote a culture of computer literacy in general and personal
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16 servers in particular by writing modular
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17 free applications with friendly interfaces, transparent configurability,
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18 and lucid documentation.
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19
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20 * VPS Service
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21
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22 - Encrypted storage
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23 - Domain registration
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24 - Backup service
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25 - Software bundles
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26
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27 - Hardware
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28 - Pricing
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29
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30 * Web interface
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31
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32 - Server configuration
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33 - Package management
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34 - File management
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35 - Web terminal
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36
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37 * Modules
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38 These could have user friendly locations as subdomains of the main
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39 domain that each person would already have (such as
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40 mail.example.com, video.example.com)
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41
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42 - user managament -- to give other people access to files, etc.
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43 - E-mail
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44 - File sharing
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45 - Social media (e.g. via RSS feeds)
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46
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47 * Brain stoming notes
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48
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49 - What about small busineses? They are also entities that need
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50 privacy and control over their own information. There's still no
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51 really good way to get up and going as a small business with little
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52 computer ability.
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53
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54 - Bitcoin --- people could store their wallets on their own servers
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55 and always have access to money.
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56
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57 - Backups --- this should be taught to people and made extremely easy.
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58
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59 - Legal issues -- should encrypt the server's hard drive
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60 automatically.
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61
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62 - Identity -- using openid or something, people can finally have an
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63 online presence on the web.
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64
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65 - Privacy -- one peoblem with proxy sites or VPNs is that they are
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66 only as good as the company's word that they won't keep logs. If
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67 people could somehow use their own servers as a VPN or proxy, they
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68 they could ENSURE that no logs are kept.
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69
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70 - If people have servers running all the time, they could donate
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71 hard drive space and CPU power to worthy causes in addition to
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72 money. (for example, consider donating hosting power to a favorite
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73 comic).
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74
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75 - Back up your personal files to your server.
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76
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77 - Email lists -- where you can manage lists like at MIT, and people
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78 can add themselves, etc. |
