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bring server.org into thoughts.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:50:23 -0400
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1 #+TITLE: Server Culture
2 #+AUTHOR: Robert McIntyre, Dylan Holmes
3 #+EMAIL: rlm@mit.edu
4 #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org
5 #+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
6 #+MATHJAX: align:"left" mathml:t path:"http://www.aurellem.org/MathJax/MathJax.js"
7
8 * Purpose
9
10 - To empower users by providing free (libre), secure, user-friendly,
11 personal servers.
12 - To create software that capitalizes on the personal server model;
13 for example, personal e-mail servers, file serving and transfer.
14 - To provide intuitive and transparent web interfaces for configuration.
15 - To promote a culture of computer literacy in general and personal
16 servers in particular by writing modular
17 free applications with friendly interfaces, transparent configurability,
18 and lucid documentation.
19
20 * VPS Service
21
22 - Encrypted storage
23 - Domain registration
24 - Backup service
25 - Software bundles
26
27 - Hardware
28 - Pricing
29
30 * Web interface
31
32 - Server configuration
33 - Package management
34 - File management
35 - Web terminal
36
37 * Modules
38 These could have user friendly locations as subdomains of the main
39 domain that each person would already have (such as
40 mail.example.com, video.example.com)
41
42 - user managament -- to give other people access to files, etc.
43 - E-mail
44 - File sharing
45 - Social media (e.g. via RSS feeds)
46
47 * Brain stoming notes
48
49 - What about small busineses? They are also entities that need
50 privacy and control over their own information. There's still no
51 really good way to get up and going as a small business with little
52 computer ability.
53
54 - Bitcoin --- people could store their wallets on their own servers
55 and always have access to money.
56
57 - Backups --- this should be taught to people and made extremely easy.
58
59 - Legal issues -- should encrypt the server's hard drive
60 automatically.
61
62 - Identity -- using openid or something, people can finally have an
63 online presence on the web.
64
65 - Privacy -- one peoblem with proxy sites or VPNs is that they are
66 only as good as the company's word that they won't keep logs. If
67 people could somehow use their own servers as a VPN or proxy, they
68 they could ENSURE that no logs are kept.
69
70 - If people have servers running all the time, they could donate
71 hard drive space and CPU power to worthy causes in addition to
72 money. (for example, consider donating hosting power to a favorite
73 comic).
74
75 - Back up your personal files to your server.
76