I mostly agree with what you said.<br><br>The idea of putting a server somewhere where it cannot be touched sounds more like a publicity stunt than anything which could actually work in a technical sense. The server must always be connected and that connection uses an already existing infrastructure. Disconnecting a server in that situation would just be a question of controlling the infrastructure it connects through.<br>
<br>Also, if the server is outside of any national law, well, let's just say accidents can happen very easily.<br><br>I believe we are aiming at the wrong target as the source of this problem. It's impossible to be on the internet right now without falling under control of a bunch of entities, from ISP's, AS's up to governments.<br>
At the political level we are fighting to keep the internet as free as possible. This is done at the level of governments.<br><br>What this ideas of sending servers to where they can't touch them try to accomplish is to do the same at the technical level. Put technological measures in place to assure that the internet is actual as free as possible so that, even with oppressive laws, it will be very hard to control it. Darknets, encryption, p2p protocols are all technical means to achieve that. But they all have to work on top of the lower layers which compose the internet. Cables and routers are owned. Everything is dependent on DNS has you mentioned. Basically, the internet is not a p2p entity as people seem to think. Or at least there are a very small number of actual peers composing it.<br>
<br>So what do I think are some plausible solutions for this problem? How do we turn internet into a more distributed system? An actual p2p DNS would be great. Supporting the many open wireless communities appearing all over the place should also be a priority. Aiming at creating alternative infrastructures for the internet. Distributed infrastructures. Of course an hobbyist wireless mesh cannot compete with fiber network of an ISP but its a start and it provides more freedom. <br>
In my opinion these are the type of technical solutions we should be pursuing. Anything which can be done to actually compete with the backbone of the internet or to making it more distributed.<br><br>I don't know much about them but the PirateISP: <a href="http://pirateisp.net/">http://pirateisp.net/</a> in swedden seems to be a step in the right direction to. If there where funds to invest this is in line with what I would support. Building new infrastructures.<br>
<br>Just my 2 cents<br>Cumps<br><br>António Aveiro<br>With the Portuguese Pirate Party<br>