[Freedombox-discuss] Non-tech version of how "freedom box grid "could work

Marc Manthey marc at let.de
Sat Oct 29 13:03:33 UTC 2011


On Oct 29, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Pierre Fenoll wrote:

>  you meant a web interface?

of course, thats what we talking about since month

cheers


> then he|she sould be already waiting at this address in his|her  
> browser…
>
> PS: "booting freedom" <-- that is so cool!
>
> On 29 October 2011 13:26, Marc Manthey <marc at let.de> wrote:
> hello freedom boxers :),
>
> After reading all the informative posts from Luke and others about  
> hardware, ipv6 and so on i  keep racking my brain how this could  
> look like at the end. So here is my short explanation from my point  
> of view
>
> ------- booting freedom -----
>
> After your freeedombox  is booted , you will be redirected to a http://home 
>   page, where you can put in your freedombox credentials, like name  
> your box, upload an avatar, create a  security key, tag interests,  
> enable  services (mail, chat, file sharing,your packet stats and  
> whatever will run on a freedombox )
>
> Importand !  The freedombox needs to detect if you have Internet or  
> not, in case you havent another freedombox needs to be reachable,
> ( What happend if not ? )
>
> In case you have real internet, you will be forwardet to a big  
> global map, where you can see all the connected freedomboxes , this  
> is just an expample http://www.accessgrid.org/map , i have something  
> like a moving_google_earth_globe in mind ;)
>
>
> So if your connected you can "mouse  over" the "dots", whitch  
> represent other freedomboxes and see a simple freedombox information  
> window
> ( could be country, name, connection up/down / available space,  
> uptime e.t.c. ) , the user can choose , what information would be  
> public , like on facebook or any other social networking site.
>
> If somebody is interested in a specific host he could send a " peer  
> - request" T his peer request is like a friendship request but it  
> will allow the other host to activly route traffic from the other  
> machine and share the user defined services ( a specific amount  
> needs to be mandatory, otherwise everybody just "suck" and this does  
> not help to make a network more stable.
>
> So your personal freedombox grid grows with any successful new peer  
> and make you more and more independent from your own internet  
> connection.
>
> I think this solution would  even allow to run a small freedombox  
> grid without having a critical mass.
>
>
> What you think ? is this a realistic szenario ?
>
> greetings from battle overseas
>
> Marc
>
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>
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--  Les enfants teribbles - research / deployment
Marc Manthey- Vogelsangerstrasse 97
50823 Köln - Germany
Tel.:0049-221-29891489
Mobil:0049-1577-3329231
blog: http://let.de
project : http://stattfernsehen.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/macbroadcast/
facebook: http://macbroadcast.tk

Please think about your responsibility towards our environment: Each  
printed e-mail causes about 0.3 grams of CO2 per page.

Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and  
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).







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