From 243a35783251fd80064467e8d64030f29ce99ac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:36:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note about IP address --- doc/faq.org | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- website/faq.html | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.org b/doc/faq.org index 1c38ec30..ba4a9a5c 100644 --- a/doc/faq.org +++ b/doc/faq.org @@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ #+BEGIN_CENTER #+ATTR_HTML: :border -1 -| [[file:index.html][Home]] | -| [[Why not supply a disk image download?]] | -| [[Is metadata protected?]] | -| [[How do I get a domain name?]] | -| [[How do I get a "real" SSL certificate?]] | -| [[Why use self-signed certificates?]] | +| [[file:index.html][Home]] | +| [[Why not supply a disk image download?]] | +| [[Is metadata protected?]] | +| [[Why isn't dynamic DNS working?]] | +| [[How do I get a domain name?]] | +| [[How do I get a "real" SSL certificate?]] | +| [[Why use self-signed certificates?]] | | [[Why not use the services of $company instead? They took the Seppuku pledge]] | #+END_CENTER @@ -23,6 +24,64 @@ Shipping a Freedombone disk image ready to install on a flash disk would be easy, but disk images are relatively opaque. It would be quite easy to hide something nasty within a disk image and the user might never know. To guard against that possibility installing via the /install-freedombone.sh/ script is a lot more transparent. You can check the code to see exactly what it's doing, and the packages are all downloaded from standard Debian repos (you can even choose which one you trust) or git repos. Doing it this way the system is fully auditable, whereas when shipping a disk image it's harder to be confident that no nefarious extras have been added. * Is metadata protected? Even when using Freedombone metadata analysis by third parties is still possible. They might have a much harder time knowing what the content is, but they can potentially construct extensive dossiers based upon who communicated with your server when. Metadata leakage is a general problem with most current web systems and it is hoped that more secure technology will become available in future. But for now if metadata protection is your main concern using Freedombone won't help. +* Why isn't dynamic DNS working? +If you run the command: + +#+BEGIN_SRC bash +service inadyn status +#+END_SRC + +And see some error related to checking for changes in the IP address then you can try other external IP services. Edit */etc/inadyn.conf* and change the domain for the *checkip-url* parameter. Possible sites are: + +#+BEGIN_SRC bash +https://check.torproject.org/ +https://www.whatsmydns.net/whats-my-ip-address.html +https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/whats-my-ip/ +http://checkip.two-dns.de +http://ip.dnsexit.com +http://ifconfig.me/ip +http://ipecho.net/plain +http://checkip.dyndns.org/plain +http://ipogre.com/linux.php +http://whatismyipaddress.com/ +http://ip.my-proxy.com/ +http://websiteipaddress.com/WhatIsMyIp +http://getmyipaddress.org/ +http://www.my-ip-address.net/ +http://myexternalip.com/raw +http://www.canyouseeme.org/ +http://www.trackip.net/ +http://icanhazip.com/ +http://www.iplocation.net/ +http://www.howtofindmyipaddress.com/ +http://www.ipchicken.com/ +http://whatsmyip.net/ +http://www.ip-adress.com/ +http://checkmyip.com/ +http://www.tracemyip.org/ +http://checkmyip.net/ +http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/ +http://www.findmyip.co/ +http://ip-lookup.net/ +http://www.dslreports.com/whois +http://www.mon-ip.com/en/my-ip/ +http://www.myip.ru +http://ipgoat.com/ +http://www.myipnumber.com/my-ip-address.asp +http://www.whatsmyipaddress.net/ +http://formyip.com/ +http://www.displaymyip.com/ +http://www.bobborst.com/tools/whatsmyip/ +http://www.geoiptool.com/ +http://checkip.dyndns.com/ +http://myexternalip.com/ +http://www.ip-adress.eu/ +http://www.infosniper.net/ +http://wtfismyip.com/ +http://ipinfo.io/ +http://httpbin.org/ip +#+END_SRC + * How do I get a domain name? Suppose that you have bought a domain name (rather than using a free subdomain on freedns) and you want to use that instead. diff --git a/website/faq.html b/website/faq.html index 6c8e2121..244ca32b 100644 --- a/website/faq.html +++ b/website/faq.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ - + @@ -177,19 +177,23 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag. -How do I get a domain name? +Why isn't dynamic DNS working? -How do I get a "real" SSL certificate? +How do I get a domain name? -Why use self-signed certificates? +How do I get a "real" SSL certificate? -Why not use the services of $company instead? They took the Seppuku pledge +Why use self-signed certificates? + + + +Why not use the services of $company instead? They took the Seppuku pledge @@ -212,9 +216,79 @@ Even when using Freedombone metadata analysis by third parties is still possible
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How do I get a domain name?

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Why isn't dynamic DNS working?

+If you run the command: +

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+And see some error related to checking for changes in the IP address then you can try other external IP services. Edit /etc/inadyn.conf and change the domain for the checkip-url parameter. Possible sites are: +

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https://check.torproject.org/
+https://www.whatsmydns.net/whats-my-ip-address.html
+https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/whats-my-ip/
+http://checkip.two-dns.de
+http://ip.dnsexit.com
+http://ifconfig.me/ip
+http://ipecho.net/plain
+http://checkip.dyndns.org/plain
+http://ipogre.com/linux.php
+http://whatismyipaddress.com/
+http://ip.my-proxy.com/
+http://websiteipaddress.com/WhatIsMyIp
+http://getmyipaddress.org/
+http://www.my-ip-address.net/
+http://myexternalip.com/raw
+http://www.canyouseeme.org/
+http://www.trackip.net/
+http://icanhazip.com/
+http://www.iplocation.net/
+http://www.howtofindmyipaddress.com/
+http://www.ipchicken.com/
+http://whatsmyip.net/
+http://www.ip-adress.com/
+http://checkmyip.com/
+http://www.tracemyip.org/
+http://checkmyip.net/
+http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/
+http://www.findmyip.co/
+http://ip-lookup.net/
+http://www.dslreports.com/whois
+http://www.mon-ip.com/en/my-ip/
+http://www.myip.ru
+http://ipgoat.com/
+http://www.myipnumber.com/my-ip-address.asp
+http://www.whatsmyipaddress.net/
+http://formyip.com/
+http://www.displaymyip.com/
+http://www.bobborst.com/tools/whatsmyip/
+http://www.geoiptool.com/
+http://checkip.dyndns.com/
+http://myexternalip.com/
+http://www.ip-adress.eu/
+http://www.infosniper.net/
+http://wtfismyip.com/
+http://ipinfo.io/
+http://httpbin.org/ip
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How do I get a domain name?

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Suppose that you have bought a domain name (rather than using a free subdomain on freedns) and you want to use that instead.

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How do I get a "real" SSL certificate?

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How do I get a "real" SSL certificate?

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You can obtain a free "official" (as in recognised by default by web browsers) SSL certificate from StartSSL. You will first need to have bought a domain name, since it's not possible to obtain one for a freedns subdomain, so see Using your own domain for details of how to do that. You should also have tested that you can send email to the domain and receive it on the Freedombone (via Mutt or any other email client).

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Why not use the services of $company instead? They took the Seppuku pledge

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Why not use the services of $company instead? They took the Seppuku pledge

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That pledge is utterly worthless. Years ago people trusted Google in the same sort of way, because they promised not be be evil and because a lot of the engineers working for them seemed like honest types who were "on our side". Post-nymwars and post-PRISM we know exactly how much Google cared about the privacy and security of its users. But Google is only one particular example. In general don't trust pledges made by companies, even if the people running them seem really sincere.