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Mesh Networks
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#42While this is a great solution for places without easy last-mile connections, it seems to me this would still be vulnerable, as one compromised connection would essentially allow the same kind of snooping that we've got going on now. Does anyone know whether this is so, or how to protect against snooping, as I would assume there is some implicit level of trust required for a network like this to stay secure.
A sort of invitation only controlled by social relations?
not perfect but at least, misbehaving people can be trackable..
should be based in social connections and trust.. the old school policy
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#44What backbone protocol is largely used for these projects? I only ask because the range of even 802.11ac would be a limiting factor in these sorts of networks.
In densely populated areas, WiFi can suffice due to the mesh topology.
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#45I hope this becomes a bigger trend, but if we're going to do this again , then I hope we do it right this time, and we make it as secure, as uncontrollable by governments, and as anonymous as possible (if you so make that decision on it). The US government/NSA is ruining the old Internet, so I hope the new one will be very resistant to such attempts in the future. I would watch out especially for hardware-level backd…
The problem is making it anonymous, uncontrollabe, P2P, flies in the face with other aspects like performance. Wireless links simply do not have the capacity to afford 10,000 people the speeds they are accustomed to today.
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#46Similar thing exists in Melbourne, Australia: http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/
As well as Perth, Western Australia: http://www.wafreenet.org/
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#47I saw an article about this a little while ago. If anywhere in the world could support a wide scale mesh network, it would have to be the Bay Area. It would be a really cool experiment to blanket a part of the Valley in mesh wifi: I imagine it would be very doable to raise $100K and send 1,500 mesh routers to people in Palo Alto or SOMA. Open Mesh has some really cool low-cost ($50 - $75) hardware that seems to just…
This was my first thought as well. I'm in the Bay. I'd do it.
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#48I saw an article about this a little while ago. If anywhere in the world could support a wide scale mesh network, it would have to be the Bay Area. It would be a really cool experiment to blanket a part of the Valley in mesh wifi: I imagine it would be very doable to raise $100K and send 1,500 mesh routers to people in Palo Alto or SOMA. Open Mesh has some really cool low-cost ($50 - $75) hardware that seems to just…
rhodey - you have been hellbanned. It looks like your first comment ever was modded down, and that was that. Lame. rhodey wrote: A group of us are already well on the way in Oakland, stop by some time! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh
Hmm? I can see it, and I don't have "showdead" on.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
rhodey - you have been hellbanned. It looks like your first comment ever was modded down, and that was that. Lame. rhodey wrote: A group of us are already well on the way in Oakland, stop by some time! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh
Hmm? I can see it, and I don't have "showdead" on.
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#50Don't worry, if this idea gets adopted then they will quickly label it as a 'terrorist network' ; no problem.