Sounds well thought-out.<br><br>Basically, I don't know if these guys might show intrest in working together: <a href="http://piratedns.com/">http://piratedns.com/</a><br><br>I also don't know if that's a real project or just a publicity stunt. Can anyone enlighten me about that?<br>
<br>It seems though like they have the same goals as us.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Roberto<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/10/22 Damien Morton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmorton@bitfurnace.com">dmorton@bitfurnace.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Just joined the list via an article on slashdot about the idea of<br>
filesharing in space.<br>
<br>
Read through the archives, and I have some thoughts I would like to share.<br>
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There were a number of proposals in the archives to put small<br>
computers, communications and storage systems into a unit for<br>
deployment on an unmanned balloon, boat, or satellite. The idea being<br>
to deploy some kind of fileserver out of reach of national<br>
authorities. In my opinion, these proposals are flawed on several<br>
levels, the most important of which is the vulnerability of the<br>
communication system that connects this remote server to the rest of<br>
the internet.<br>
<br>
Even if the pirate party builds its own moonbase full of servers and<br>
scantily clad sysadmins and hackers, without some cheap and widely<br>
available earth-moon communication system, no-one will be able to get<br>
access.<br>
<br>
Even if the pirate party builds its own LEO communication system -<br>
maybe something comparable to the Iridium constellation - the<br>
aggregate bandwidth of this system couldn't hope to compete with<br>
terrestrial fibre based networks, not to mention the financial<br>
impossibility and the problem of where to locate ground stations.<br>
<br>
If there is some communication system that could provide enough<br>
bandwidth to support filesharing, its certain that some commercial<br>
entity will already be providing this service.<br>
<br>
It seems clear to me that for communications, it will always be<br>
necessary to use commercial systems, and to protect this<br>
communications using encryption and such techniques to create a<br>
darknet layer.<br>
<br>
Even with an encrypted darknet, the weakness is the interface between<br>
the darknet and public internet.<br>
<br>
My suggestion is that the key vulnerability is the DNS system. It<br>
wouldnt take much legal effort to start deleting sites like<br>
<a href="http://piratebay.org" target="_blank">piratebay.org</a> from the global DNS system, and even though<br>
<a href="http://piratebay1.org" target="_blank">piratebay1.org</a> might spring up in its place, some percentage of the<br>
userbase will be lost with each deletion. You might suggest an<br>
alternate DNS system, but this would necessarily be centralised and<br>
vulnerable to similar attacks.<br>
<br>
So, the suggestion is to create an extra-national DNS server. This<br>
would basically just be a relay system that broadcasts the DNS<br>
database in such a manner that it can be received using commodity or<br>
ham-radio level hardware.<br>
<br>
Cubesats go for about USD50-100k each, which is in reach of the<br>
finances of the pirate party.<br>
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