It's not difficult for someone to publish a list of "forbidden keys" that a node would then ignore (just returning a "not available"). You could subscribe to whatever lists of forbidden keys your particular politics demanded and feel good that your node wasn't being used in ways you find offensive.
The publisher, of course, has to be relatively trusted, and has to track new content that should be forbidden. That, also, might not be that hard to automate given a system like Freenet.
As long as it's exclusively for business use. Also, if you have employees and are a "highly compensated employee" yourself, you might have to make blow-up dolls available to all employees or risk having them taxed as a benefit to you.
Go ahead and start setting up meetings with your company's HIPAA attorney. They're getting VERY busy, and if you don't already have a lawyer that knows HIPAA, getting one should be your top priority. They can help you with extensions, prioritizing what to get fixed first, etc.
If you "don't have budget" for HIPAA attorney time, or if you don't have authority to make decisions and force them on the company, just work on your resume and start looking for a new job. No point sticking around for the fireworks.
Dealing with your end users not wanting to learn new stuff is a whole separate problem, and honestly, you probably don't have time to even worry about it. Consider a good-cop/bad-cop approach and have one person in charge of training (good cop) and another in charge of deployment (bad cop). This may help minimize turnover of angry employees. The good cop and the bad cop must share a brain for this to work.
There were 5 people at the Kansas City meetup, which was comparable to the number of RSVPs. Everyone there had met at least one other person, and the graph was connected, so that made it pretty comfortable. Hopefully there'll be new folks at the next one so we can tell 'em about KCWireless.net.;-)
CWRU has had fiber to the dorms since '89. I was there, and it was groovy. http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/tour/Tours/CWRUnet_Tour s/CWRUnet_Timeline.html#pre88
I continue to think that Freenet is "launched vaporware". Yeah, you can download it, but it won't work (for some definition of "work" including downloading actual files over a meg).
I have a SonicWall SOHO/10 that works great. It supports the tricky protocols (NetMeeting, for instance), that Linksys models can't handle, and has lots of configuration possibilities (static NAT tied to ethernet address, for example). There's a model with a DMZ port if ya need it, and you can do VPN between SonicWalls if you need that.
Go read the Freenet site. Public key encryption enables users to carve out sub-spaces of Freenet and also assures readers of that sub-space that only the authorized user (if she kept her private key private) is writing there. I don't know offhand whether certificate chains are supported (by which the anonymous but secure maintainer of the overall archive could delegate sub-spaces to others, also anonymously and privateliy).
I'd be very careful about having too much organization. The key benefits of Freenet for this kind of thing are:
Anonymity: You can insert keys into Freenet, and publicize those keys, anonymously.
Security: Using public/private keys you generate yourself, you can publicize keys you've signed, but retain your anonymity.
Scalability: Popular content is automatically duplicated across the system. There are apt-get packages in Freenet, which is quite handy when new releases come out.
If you put too much organization into a project, you'll lose the anonymity benefit. It is possible to organize anonymously (and securely!) through Freenet or other anonymizing filters, but it's not as convenient as email and whatnot.
I think a very cool project (and one that wouldn't absolutely require anonymity itself) would be to replicate the substantially useful parts of Sourceforge in Freenet, so folks who want to work together on corporately unpopular projects can do so.
Content like the tab archive should be posted in Freenet. Go learn about it or have all your rights taken away by the companies that own the US government.
Oh, and while you're at it, get at the root problem, and join Common Cause.
Stop being such fsking victims. It's lame. Take control of your information.
I've posted mirrors of this to Mojo Nation (slow but somewhat easy to use):
Search for 'laser' under the 'Video' section.
and to Freenet (fast but hard to use):
freenet:KSK@mpeg/lasermameNTSC.mpg
In general, Mojo Nation and Freenet are great ways to mirror large content from slow sites. Both automatically mirror popular content so they're less slashdot-effectable.
Multicast's killer app will be free streamed porn, either home videos or pirated videos. Get to work on it, folks. Nothing's going to create more demand for dialup users to have Multicast support.
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It's not difficult for someone to publish a list of "forbidden keys" that a node would then ignore (just returning a "not available"). You could subscribe to whatever lists of forbidden keys your particular politics demanded and feel good that your node wasn't being used in ways you find offensive.
The publisher, of course, has to be relatively trusted, and has to track new content that should be forbidden. That, also, might not be that hard to automate given a system like Freenet.
As long as it's exclusively for business use. Also, if you have employees and are a "highly compensated employee" yourself, you might have to make blow-up dolls available to all employees or risk having them taxed as a benefit to you.
-glenn
Go ahead and start setting up meetings with your company's HIPAA attorney. They're getting VERY busy, and if you don't already have a lawyer that knows HIPAA, getting one should be your top priority. They can help you with extensions, prioritizing what to get fixed first, etc.
If you "don't have budget" for HIPAA attorney time, or if you don't have authority to make decisions and force them on the company, just work on your resume and start looking for a new job. No point sticking around for the fireworks.
Dealing with your end users not wanting to learn new stuff is a whole separate problem, and honestly, you probably don't have time to even worry about it. Consider a good-cop/bad-cop approach and have one person in charge of training (good cop) and another in charge of deployment (bad cop). This may help minimize turnover of angry employees. The good cop and the bad cop must share a brain for this to work.
-glenn
-glenn
CWRU has had fiber to the dorms since '89. I was there, and it was groovy. http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/tour/Tours/CWRUnet_Tour s/CWRUnet_Timeline.html#pre88
-glenn
The Presti's bakery is in nicer quarters, but the donut shop up the hill looks the same as it did 14 years ago.
-glenn
I continue to think that Freenet is "launched vaporware". Yeah, you can download it, but it won't work (for some definition of "work" including downloading actual files over a meg).
-glenn
If you're interested in getting to the root cause by helping to support Campaign Finance Reform, check out http://www.commoncause.org/
-glenn
I have a SonicWall SOHO/10 that works great. It supports the tricky protocols (NetMeeting, for instance), that Linksys models can't handle, and has lots of configuration possibilities (static NAT tied to ethernet address, for example). There's a model with a DMZ port if ya need it, and you can do VPN between SonicWalls if you need that.
Nice box. It was pricey, though, at about $400.
-glenn
Go read the Freenet site. Public key encryption enables users to carve out sub-spaces of Freenet and also assures readers of that sub-space that only the authorized user (if she kept her private key private) is writing there. I don't know offhand whether certificate chains are supported (by which the anonymous but secure maintainer of the overall archive could delegate sub-spaces to others, also anonymously and privateliy).
-glenn
If you put too much organization into a project, you'll lose the anonymity benefit. It is possible to organize anonymously (and securely!) through Freenet or other anonymizing filters, but it's not as convenient as email and whatnot.
I think a very cool project (and one that wouldn't absolutely require anonymity itself) would be to replicate the substantially useful parts of Sourceforge in Freenet, so folks who want to work together on corporately unpopular projects can do so.
-glenn
Oh, and while you're at it, get at the root problem, and join Common Cause.
Stop being such fsking victims. It's lame. Take control of your information.
-glenn
Yeah, that was a nasty graphical mud. I can't remember the name, though.
Anyways, it didn't do what's been patented by Worlds. The main thing I see here is the limitation of the number of avatars being displayed.
-glenn
BTW, you can convert composite to S-Video with this $39 item:
http://www.milestek.com/SearchResults.asp?sSear
It's passive, and there are much nicer ones available, but they get pricey ($150+). I use one of these for my VCR, and it's great.
-glenn
If anyone can mirror the video, that would be great. Put it in Freenet or Mojo Nation!
-glenn
P.S. Linking from Slashdot to 90 meg video files in Germany is not the best idea.
-gcrocker
The MojoID of the video (it took about 2 hours to publish. Sigh.) is:5 sqxc/
http://mojonation.net/id/AWQJ8MxCnG1l-AIeBmghaN
-gcrocker
and to Freenet (fast but hard to use): freenet:KSK@mpeg/lasermameNTSC.mpg
In general, Mojo Nation and Freenet are great ways to mirror large content from slow sites. Both automatically mirror popular content so they're less slashdot-effectable.
-gcrocker
Multicast's killer app will be free streamed porn, either home videos or pirated videos. Get to work on it, folks. Nothing's going to create more demand for dialup users to have Multicast support.