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Living on the Edge (of the Network)
- Your vote:
- Yes No
- Organizer:
- Description:
- How & why we must move to the edge of the network, the edge of the Internet cloud, taking our data out of the hands of centralized corporate services. We can colonize routers and IPv6, phones, and other edges and keep our Internet nodes free and edgy.
- Questions
Answered: -
- Why do we think it's a great idea to give all our data into the hands of corporations?
- What is the most powerful thing about the Internet?
- How can we keep the Internet decentralized and out of control?
- Where are the edges of the Internet?
- What hardware might we invent to have an Internet server in every home?
- What might people keep or do on their servers?
- How might we use IPv6 to decentralize power?
- How can home servers get around NAT firewalls?
- How could we use broadband routers as servers?
- Why is decentralization more important than reliability and uptime?
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Category:
- New Technology / Next Generation
- Type:
- Solo
- Event:
- SXSW Interactive 2009
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