[Freedombox-discuss] Independent email services
Hi!
On 23:15 Sat 26 Feb , Thomas Lord wrote:
> > There should not be that much centralisation worries
> > as long as there are enough (sub)domain providers you
> > can choose from.
>
> For example, in my extended family there are a few
> of us who are tech-savvy. We could coordinate to
> set up and share out domains, a fat pipe, hard-to-
> admin services and so on ... while other relatives
> can still use their personal boxes for easier to admin
> and most private stuff.
>
> I think that is towards the right model of how these
> things get deployed: they are "sold" (or otherwise
> got in the hands of) real world groups --- tribes ---
> whether that means friends and family, clubs,
> samizdat societies or what have you. Within each group,
> there are specialized roles.
This is certainly a way to do it. But I guess relationships between the
(sub)domain provider and the user can be much more loose. For example, the
FB-foundation, debian, hardware vendors and others could register some
domains in order to give users free subdomains. The freedombox could integrate
an interface for selecting domains from a list and quick registration. Abuse
by (sub)domain providers could be further to reduced by requiring them to sign
a contract to get listed.
If this is not enough, we could still do this with tor-hidden services or
"real" domains, the friend to friend model you have suggested or some kind of
decentral name services.
-Michi
--
programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks
see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com
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