diff --git a/doc/EN/faq.org b/doc/EN/faq.org index 61dfcebb..634258b9 100644 --- a/doc/EN/faq.org +++ b/doc/EN/faq.org @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ | [[Why not support building images for Raspberry Pi?]] | | [[Why use Tor? I've heard it's used by bad people]] | | [[How is Tor integrated with Freedombone?]] | +| [[Can I add a clearnet domain to an onion build?]] | | [[Why use Github?]] | | [[Keys and emails should not be stored on servers. Why do you do that?]] | | [[./mirrors.html][I have a question about mirrors or upstream repositories]] | @@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ Tor is installed by default, but it's not configured as a relay or exit node. Fr When you install an app you will be able to access it from its onion address. Even if you're running the "onion only" build, this only means that sites are accessible via onion addresses. It doesn't mean that everything gets routed through Tor. If full anonymity is your aim then it's probably a good idea to just stick strictly to using TAILS. +* Can I add a clearnet domain to an onion build? +You could if you manually edited the relevant nginx configuration files and installed some dynamic DNS system yourself. If you already have sysadmin knowledge then that's probably not too hard. But the builds created with the *onion-addresses-only* option aren't really intended to support access via clearnet domains. * Why use Github? Github is paradoxically a centralized, closed and proprietary system which happens to mostly host free and open source projects. Up until now it has been relatively benign, but at some point in the name of "growth" it will likely start becoming more evil, or just become like SourceForge - which was also once much loved by FOSS developers, but turned into a den of malvertizing. diff --git a/doc/EN/homeserver.org b/doc/EN/homeserver.org index 10ec3626..c327bf46 100644 --- a/doc/EN/homeserver.org +++ b/doc/EN/homeserver.org @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Now plug in the USB thumb drive, and do the same again. Notice which drive lette You can now copy the image to the USB thumb drive, replacing *sdX* with the identifier of the USB thumb drive. Don't include any numbers (so for example use *sdc* instead of *sdc1*). #+begin_src bash +dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8 dd bs=1M if=myimagefile.img of=/dev/sdX conv=fdatasync #+end_src diff --git a/doc/EN/mesh.org b/doc/EN/mesh.org index 23ac027a..c8d6d2dc 100644 --- a/doc/EN/mesh.org +++ b/doc/EN/mesh.org @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ gpg --verify freedombone-meshclient-3_all-i386.img.xz.sig sha256sum freedombone-meshclient-3_all-i386.img.xz 74f9eaad479f84d3bf9cb002067074d35a97028145e781c5746c74577f777ee5 unxz freedombone-meshclient-3_all-i386.img.xz +sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8 sudo dd bs=1M if=freedombone-meshclient-3_all-i386.img of=/dev/sdX conv=fdatasync #+end_src @@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ gpg --verify freedombone-meshclient-insecure-3_all-i386.img.xz.sig sha256sum freedombone-meshclient-insecure-3_all-i386.img.xz f1c5df24a4bfca47bd5c41dfd2568925e63a1abf83aecf0250480b4b8edc071d unxz freedombone-meshclient-insecure-3_all-i386.img.xz +sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8 sudo dd bs=1M if=freedombone-meshclient-insecure-3_all-i386.img of=/dev/sdX conv=fdatasync #+end_src @@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ Now plug in the USB thumb drive, and do the same again. Notice which drive lette You can now copy the image to the USB thumb drive, replacing *sdX* with the identifier of the USB thumb drive. Don't include any numbers (so for example use *sdc* instead of *sdc1*). #+begin_src bash +sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8 sudo dd bs=1M if=myimagefile.img of=/dev/sdX conv=fdatasync #+end_src diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-ipfs b/src/freedombone-app-ipfs index cc791d46..c660ae46 100755 --- a/src/freedombone-app-ipfs +++ b/src/freedombone-app-ipfs @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ IN_DEFAULT_INSTALL=0 SHOW_ON_ABOUT=0 IPFS_GO_REPO_BASE="github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs" -IPFS_GO_REPO='https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs' +IPFS_GO_REPO="https://$IPFS_GO_REPO_BASE" IPFS_COMMIT='6fdfaaf6e4783ae1be7b348e7a6bc0640982c7df' IPFS_PORT=4001 IPFS_NODE_VERSION='6.2.2' diff --git a/src/freedombone-image b/src/freedombone-image index 3f620d85..f5b4fc99 100755 --- a/src/freedombone-image +++ b/src/freedombone-image @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ if [[ $VARIANT == 'meshclient' || $VARIANT == 'meshusb' ]]; then fi if [ ! $IMAGE_SIZE_SPECIFIED ]; then - IMAGE_SIZE=7.8G + IMAGE_SIZE=7.5G fi fi @@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ if [[ $IMAGE_TYPE != "qemu"* ]]; then fi echo '' echo " unxz -k ${PROJECT_NAME}*.img.xz" + echo ' sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8' echo " sudo dd bs=1M if=${PROJECT_NAME}*.img of=/dev/sdX conv=fdatasync" echo '' fi diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise index 10d12a1f..9077100d 100755 --- a/src/freedombone-image-customise +++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise @@ -561,6 +561,35 @@ INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/build INSTALLING_MESH= +PATCHWORK_REPO="https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork" +PATCHWORK_COMMIT='60111a9e3385d65be0d17aa0d15fd20e5fb311ce' + +install_patchwork() { + get_npm_arch + + git clone $PATCHWORK_REPO $rootdir/etc/patchwork + cd $rootdir/etc/patchwork + git checkout $PATCHWORK_COMMIT -b $PATCHWORK_COMMIT + + cat < $rootdir/usr/bin/install_patchwork +#!/bin/bash +cd /etc/patchwork +npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH --build-from-source +npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH --save-dev electron-rebuild +./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild +npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH git-ssb +EOF + chroot "$rootdir" /bin/chmod +x /usr/bin/install_patchwork + chroot "$rootdir" /usr/bin/install_patchwork + if [ ! -f /usr/bin/patchwork ]; then + if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/patchwork ]; then + echo $'Unable to install SSB Patchwork peer' + exit 783524 + fi + fi + rm $rootdir/usr/bin/install_patchwork +} + initialise_mesh() { if [[ $VARIANT != "mesh"* ]]; then return @@ -597,6 +626,7 @@ initialise_mesh() { install_tomb #install_tahoelafs #install_librevault + install_patchwork install_ipfs install_tox install_web_server @@ -1463,12 +1493,12 @@ admin_user_sudo create_generic_image atheros_wifi continue_installation +image_install_nodejs initialise_mesh configure_wifi configure_user_interface image_setup_utils image_install_inadyn -image_install_nodejs image_preinstall_repos # remove downloaded packages diff --git a/src/freedombone-mesh-batman b/src/freedombone-mesh-batman index bb71f27e..83981c3a 100755 --- a/src/freedombone-mesh-batman +++ b/src/freedombone-mesh-batman @@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ function stop { iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --dport $LIBREVAULT_PORT -j ACCEPT iptables -D INPUT -p udp --dport $LIBREVAULT_PORT -j ACCEPT iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --dport $TAHOELAFS_PORT -j ACCEPT + # SSB/Patchwork + iptables -D INPUT -p udp --dport 8008 -j ACCEPT + iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --dport 8008 -j ACCEPT systemctl restart network-manager } @@ -307,6 +310,9 @@ function start { iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport $LIBREVAULT_PORT -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport $LIBREVAULT_PORT -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport $TAHOELAFS_PORT -j ACCEPT + # SSB/Patchwork + iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 8008 -j ACCEPT + iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8008 -j ACCEPT systemctl restart avahi-daemon diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs index 8155d8f0..c40cbd05 100755 --- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs +++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ VARIANTS='mesh' # change these versions at your peril. Things will often crash if you don't # have specifically the correct versions -NODEJS_VERSION='6.10.1' +NODEJS_VERSION='6.11.3' NODEJS_N_VERSION='2.1.7' NPM_VERSION='4.0.5' @@ -43,40 +43,57 @@ NPM_VERSION='4.0.5' # so that it can be removed if tere are no apps which need it NODEJS_INSTALLED_APPS_FILE=$HOME/.nodejs-apps +function get_npm_arch { + N_ARCH='x86' + NPM_ARCH='ia32' + if [[ $ARCHITECTURE == 'arm'* ]]; then + NPM_ARCH='armv7l' + N_ARCH='arm' + fi + if [[ $ARCHITECTURE == 'x86_64' || $ARCHITECTURE == 'amd64' ]]; then + NPM_ARCH='x64' + N_ARCH='x64' + fi +} + function mesh_install_nodejs { - # Note: this has to be jessie for now - wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key > ${rootdir}/root/node.gpg.key - chroot "${rootdir}" apt-key add /root/node.gpg.key - echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main" > ${rootdir}/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list - echo "deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main" >> ${rootdir}/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list - chroot "${rootdir}" apt-get update - chroot "${rootdir}" apt-get -yq install nodejs curl + chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install g++ m4 libtool automake nodejs curl + chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install libxext-dev libxtst-dev libxkbfile-dev if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then echo $'nodejs was not installed' exit 63962 fi - # TODO this doesn't work -# cat < ${rootdir}/root/install-nodejs.sh -##!/bin/bash -#npm install -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save -#npm install -g n@${NODEJS_N_VERSION} --save -#n ${NODEJS_VERSION} -#npm install -g pug@2.0.0-beta6 --save -#npm install -g graceful-fs@4.1.10 --save -#npm install -g minimatch@3.0.3 --save -#npm install -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save -#cp /usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/nodejs -#cp /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm -#EOF -# chroot "${rootdir}" chmod +x /root/install-nodejs.sh -# chroot "${rootdir}" /root/install-nodejs.sh -# if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then -# chroot "${rootdir}" rm -f /root/install-nodejs.sh -# exit 7632572 -# fi -# chroot "${rootdir}" rm -f /root/install-nodejs.sh + if [ -f $rootdir/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then + cp $rootdir/usr/bin/nodejs $rootdir/usr/bin/node + fi + + if [ ! -f $rootdir/usr/bin/node ]; then + echo $'/usr/bin/node not found' + exit 7235728 + fi + + wget https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh -O $rootdir/root/npm_install.sh + if [ ! -f $rootdir/root/npm_install.sh ]; then + echo $'Unable to download npm installer' + exit 8793636 + fi + chroot "$rootdir" chmod +x /root/npm_install.sh + sed -i "s|t=\"\${npm_install}\"|t=\"$NPM_VERSION\"|g" $rootdir/root/npm_install.sh + chroot "$rootdir" /root/npm_install.sh + + if [ ! -f $rootdir/usr/bin/npm ]; then + echo $'npm was not installed' + exit 5290462 + fi + cp $rootdir/usr/bin/npm $rootdir/root/npm + + # update from the old debian nodejs version + get_npm_arch + chroot "$rootdir" npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g n@${NODEJS_N_VERSION} --save + chroot "$rootdir" n --arch $N_ARCH ${NODEJS_VERSION} + cp $rootdir/root/npm $rootdir/usr/bin/npm } function remove_nodejs { diff --git a/website/EN/faq.html b/website/EN/faq.html index 51893231..8ee8d73d 100644 --- a/website/EN/faq.html +++ b/website/EN/faq.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + @@ -257,35 +257,39 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag. -What applications are supported? +What applications are supported? -I don't have a static IP address. Can I still install this system? +I don't have a static IP address. Can I still install this system? -Why Freedombone and not FreedomBox? +Why Freedombone and not FreedomBox? -Why not support building images for Raspberry Pi? +Why not support building images for Raspberry Pi? -Why use Tor? I've heard it's used by bad people +Why use Tor? I've heard it's used by bad people -How is Tor integrated with Freedombone? +How is Tor integrated with Freedombone? -Why use Github? +Can I add a clearnet domain to an onion build? -Keys and emails should not be stored on servers. Why do you do that? +Why use Github? + + + +Keys and emails should not be stored on servers. Why do you do that? @@ -293,103 +297,103 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag. -Why can't I access my .onion site with a Tor browser? +Why can't I access my .onion site with a Tor browser? -What is the best hardware to run this system on? +What is the best hardware to run this system on? -Can I add more users to the system? +Can I add more users to the system? -Why not use Signal for mobile chat? +Why not use Signal for mobile chat? -What is the most secure chat app to use on mobile? +What is the most secure chat app to use on mobile? -How do I remove a user from the system? +How do I remove a user from the system? -Why is logging for web sites turned off by default? +Why is logging for web sites turned off by default? -How do I reset the tripwire? +How do I reset the tripwire? -Is metadata protected? +Is metadata protected? -How do I create email processing rules? +How do I create email processing rules? -Why isn't dynamic DNS working? +Why isn't dynamic DNS working? -How do I change my encryption settings? +How do I change my encryption settings? -How do I get a domain name? +How do I get a domain name? -How do I get a "real" SSL/TLS/HTTPS certificate? +How do I get a "real" SSL/TLS/HTTPS certificate? -How do I renew a Let's Encrypt certificate? +How do I renew a Let's Encrypt certificate? -I tried to renew a Let's Encrypt certificate and it failed. What should I do? +I tried to renew a Let's Encrypt certificate and it failed. What should I do? -Why not use the services of $company instead? They took the Seppuku pledge +Why not use the services of $company instead? They took the Seppuku pledge -Why does my email keep getting rejected as spam by Gmail/etc? +Why does my email keep getting rejected as spam by Gmail/etc? -Tor is censored/blocked in my area. What can I do? +Tor is censored/blocked in my area. What can I do? -I want to block a particular domain from getting its content into my social network sites +I want to block a particular domain from getting its content into my social network sites -The mesh system doesn't boot from USB drive +The mesh system doesn't boot from USB drive -
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See here for the complete list of apps. In addition to those as part of the base install you get an email server.

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I don't have a static IP address. Can I still install this system?

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Yes. The minimum requirements are to have some hardware that you can install Debian onto and also that you have administrator access to your internet router so that you can forward ports to the system which has Freedombone installed.

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Why Freedombone and not FreedomBox?

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When the project began in late 2013 the FreedomBox project seemed to be going nowhere, and was only designed to work with the DreamPlug hardware. There was some new hardware out - the Beaglebone Black - which could run Debian and was also a free hardware design so seemed more appropriate. Hence the name "Freedombone", being like FreedomBox but on a Beaglebone. There are some similarities and differences between the two projects:

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Why not support building images for Raspberry Pi?

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The FreedomBox project supports Raspberry Pi builds, and the image build system for Freedombone is based on the same system. However, although the Raspberry Pi can run a version of Debian it requires a closed proprietary blob in order to boot the hardware. Who knows what that blob might contain or what exploits it could facilitate. From an adversarial point of view if you were trying to deliver "bulk equipment interference" then it doesn't get any better than piggybacking on something which has control of the boot process, and hence all subsequently run processes.

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Why use Tor? I've heard it's used by bad people

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Before you run screaming for the hills based upon whatever scare story you may have just read in the mainstream media there are a few things worthy of consideration. Tor is installed by default on Freedombone, but not as a relay or exit node. It's only used to provide onion addresses so that this gives you or the viewers of your sites some choice about how they access the information. It also allows you to subscribe to and read RSS feeds privately.

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How is Tor integrated with Freedombone?

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Within this project Tor is used more to provide accessibility than the anonymity factor for which Tor is better known. The onion address system provides a way of being able to access sites even if you don't own a conventional domain name or don't have administrator access to your local internet router to be able to do port forwarding.

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Github is paradoxically a centralized, closed and proprietary system which happens to mostly host free and open source projects. Up until now it has been relatively benign, but at some point in the name of "growth" it will likely start becoming more evil, or just become like SourceForge - which was also once much loved by FOSS developers, but turned into a den of malvertizing.

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Keys and emails should not be stored on servers. Why do you do that?

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Ordinarily this is good advice. However, the threat model for a device in your home is different from the one for a generic server in a massive warehouse. Compare and contrast:

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Probably you need to add the site to the NoScript whitelist. Typically click/press on the noscript icon (or select from the menu on mobile) then select whitelist and add the site URL. You may also need to disable HTTPS Everywhere when using onion addresses, which don't use https.

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What is the best hardware to run this system on?

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It was originally designed to run on the Beaglebone Black, but that should be regarded as the most minimal system, because it's single core and has by today's standards a small amount of memory. Obviously the more powerful the hardware is the faster things like web pages (blog, social networking, etc) will be served but the more electricity such a system will require if you're running it 24/7. A good compromise between performance and energy consumption is something like an old netbook. The battery of an old netbook or laptop even gives you UPS capability to keep the system going during brief power outages or cable re-arrangements, and that means using full disk encryption on the server also becomes more practical.

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Why not use Signal for mobile chat?

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Celebrities recommend Signal. It's Free Software so it must be good, right?

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On mobile there are various options. The apps which are likely to be most secure are ones which have end-to-end encryption enabled by default and which can also be onion routed via Orbot. End-to-end encryption secures the content of the message and onion routing obscures the metadata, making it hard for a passive adversary to know who is communicating with who.

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-There are many other fashionable chat apps with end-to-end security, but often they are closed source, have a single central server or can't be onion routed. It's also important to remember that closed source chat apps should be assumed to be untrustworthy, since their security cannot be independently verified. +There are many other fashionable chat apps with end-to-end security, but often they are closed source, have a single central server or can't be onion routed. It's also important to remember that closed source chat apps should be assumed to be untrustworthy, since their security cannot be independently verified.

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If you're making profits out of the logs by running large server warehouses and then data mining what users click on - as is the business model of well known internet companies - then logging everything makes total sense. However, if you're running a home server then logging really only makes sense if you're trying to diagnose some specific problem with the system, and outside of that context logging everything becomes more of a liability than an asset.

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If you want to make your own specially branded version, such as for a particular event, then to change the default desktop backgrounds edit the images within img/backgrounds and to change the available avatars and desktop icons edit the images within img/avatars. Re-create disk images using the instructions shown previously.

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