List: cypherpunks
Subject: mirror volunteers needed
From: Julian Assange <proff () iq ! org>
Date: 2001-10-16 5:03:46
If you are brave and have a unix account/machine with approximately
2Gig of disk free, we need you.
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|together to collect wood or assign them tasks and
proff@iq.org |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless
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Subject: Re: mirror volunteers needed
From: Steve Furlong <sfurlong () acmenet ! net>
Date: 2001-10-16 5:19:54
Julian Assange wrote:
> If you are brave and have a unix account/machine with approximately
> 2Gig of disk free, we need you.
More details, please. Mainly the kind of material to be hosted. Holding
2GB of kiddie porn (horseman alert!) might be objectionable on moral
grounds as well as legal grounds.
What kind of traffic is expected, in terms of connections per hours and
bytes per hour?
Why does it need to be a *NIX machine? Ease of remote access, security,
active content, or the requirements of the mirroring software?
The mirror would presumably need a fixed IP address. Are there any other
requirements?
--
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"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly
while bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato
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Subject: Re: mirror volunteers needed
From: proff () iq ! org (Julian Assange)
Date: 2001-10-16 9:56:20
> Julian Assange wrote:
>
> > If you are brave and have a unix account/machine with approximately
> > 2Gig of disk free, we need you.
>
> More details, please. Mainly the kind of material to be hosted. Holding
> 2GB of kiddie porn (horseman alert!) might be objectionable on moral
> grounds as well as legal grounds.
Documents and images. No kiddie porn, but there are still three
other horsemen to choose from. Absolutely legal for now, bar
retrospective legislation, but that won't stop the horse trainers
from pretending otherwise. Constitutionally protected in the US,
but that doesn't mean you won't cop flak from ISP higher-up and
other organisations regardless of where you live.
If you'd be happy to mirror cryptome.org, then you'd probably be
happy to mirror this material.
> What kind of traffic is expected, in terms of connections per hours and
> bytes per hour?
Depends on interest. We can use dns tricks to shape traffic to
reflect your resources.
> Why does it need to be a *NIX machine? Ease of remote access, security,
> active content, or the requirements of the mirroring software?
The anonymous push nature of the mirroring software. We can support
non-unix pull mirrors too, provided there are enough push mirrors
to feed from. The software could be ported to other operating
systems without too much difficulty, but that's another project.
> The mirror would presumably need a fixed IP address. Are there any other
> requirements?
An ability to create mail-aliases, gpg, perl5, and a good sense of humour :)
Cheers,
Julian.
--
Julian Assange |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people
|together to collect wood or assign them tasks and
proff@iq.org |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless
proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Subject: Re: mirror volunteers needed
From: Greg Newby <gbnewby () ils ! unc ! edu>
Date: 2001-10-16 13:50:37
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 07:56:20PM +1000, Julian Assange wrote:
>
> > Julian Assange wrote:
> >
> > > If you are brave and have a unix account/machine with approximately
> > > 2Gig of disk free, we need you.
> >
> > More details, please. Mainly the kind of material to be hosted. Holding
> > 2GB of kiddie porn (horseman alert!) might be objectionable on moral
> > grounds as well as legal grounds.
>
> Documents and images. No kiddie porn, but there are still three
> other horsemen to choose from. Absolutely legal for now, bar
> retrospective legislation, but that won't stop the horse trainers
> from pretending otherwise. Constitutionally protected in the US,
> but that doesn't mean you won't cop flak from ISP higher-up and
> other organisations regardless of where you live.
Where's the site? I'm sure some of us might be interested
if we can see whether we care about the content.
> If you'd be happy to mirror cryptome.org, then you'd probably be
> happy to mirror this material.
Thanks for the legal advice. cryptome still has decss.zip (and I'm
damned happy they do). Nearly every other site with it caved to MPAA
pressure. (Publicly) mirroring cryptome isn't for the timid. Asking
people to mirror content that might be dangerous to their status with
their upstream provider requires some more details.
-- Greg
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Subject: Re: mirror volunteers needed
From: proff () iq ! org (Julian Assange)
Date: 2001-10-16 14:11:33
> pressure. (Publicly) mirroring cryptome isn't for the timid. Asking
> people to mirror content that might be dangerous to their status with
> their upstream provider requires some more details.
Content is not fully predictable due to the distribution system employed.
If your upstream shoots before threatening, you probably don't want to
mirror this material.
Cheers,
Julian.