[AktiviX-discuss] AktiviX:Community Server Architecture

[Alan Dawson]

Hi..

There is talk at the moment about getting a server together to provide
infrastrucuture type services to the UK (and beyond) activist communities.  In
a simialr fashion to say.. riseup, sindominio, autisci...

firstly.. I'm in support of this proposal, and its got to start somewhere!

secondly.. My background is in autonomous community networking activity along
the lines of consume.net .. ie communities deciding to self manage there
communications infrastructure using whatever technologies are appropriate.

thirdly I'm a minor tech working for a UK quango, so am a) brainwashed and  b)
dumb

so.. 

There is some discussion about this already on the wiki
http://wiki.aktivix.org/AktiviX:CommunityServer

but the discussion at the moment seems to be firstly machine and service
orientated, rather than network centred.  In these days of peer 2 peer
filesharing, etc perhaps thats the multiconnected topology we need to be
building for are own networks.  Rather than investing our time and energy in an
( achievable ) solution that is dependant on single machines but with single
points of failure and risk boundaries, we should be developing a highly
scalable distributed system, similar to freenet ( but without its failings!) .
Any how.. what do you think!?

AED
-- 
"The long revolution is creating small federated microsocieties, true guerilla 

 cells practising and fighting for this self-management. Effective radicality  
 authorises all variations and guarantees every freedom. "