From 3eac53cb2faa4fc0f42f694ea071e96f6a6a8de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram
-You should regard anything posted to GNU Social as being public communication visible to anyone on the internet. There is a direct messaging capability between users but it's not particularly secure, so for one-to-one messages stick to better methods, such as XMPP with OTR/OMEMO or Tox. +You should regard anything posted to GNU Social as being public communication visible to anyone on the internet. There is a direct messaging capability between users but it's not particularly secure, so for one-to-one messages stick to better methods, such as XMPP with OpenPGP/OMEMO or Tox.
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Log into your system with:
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If you have just obtained a Lets Encrypt certificate as above then go to About on the administrator control panel and you should see your GNU Social domain listed there along with an onion address. You can then navigate to your site in a browser.
A few web based user interfaces are available for GNU SOcial. They are selectable by going to the Administrator control panel and choosing App settings then gnusocial.
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As part of the Freedombone installation the GPG key used to encrypt backups will have been added to the .gnupg keyring in your home directory. Ensure that you have a copy of all your keys by plugging in a LUKS encrypted USB drive and then running the commands:
First and foremost - encrypt your USB drives! Even if you think you have "nothing to hide" if you accidentally lose a USB thumb drive (it's easy to lose small objects) and it's not encrypted then potentially someone might be able to obtain enough information about you to commit identity fraud, take out loans, open bank accounts, etc. Use LUKS encryption. In Ubuntu you can do this using the Disk Utility application. Some instructions can be found here.
Log into the system and become the root user:
Distributed backups are a better way of ensuring the persistence of your data, such that even if your system gets stolen or destroyed then the data will still be recoverable from your friends. Since the backups are encrypted your friends (or anyone else with access to their systems) won't be able to read your backed up content even if their systems are subsequently compromised.
-Firstly you will need to have a user account on one or more of your friends servers. They don't necessarily need to be using Freedombone, just some version of GNU/Linux with ssh access. They can create a user account for you with the control panel on a Freedombone system or with the adduser <username> command on any other system when logged in as root and then give you the username and password via a secure method, such as on paper, via an encrypted email, Tox or via an XMPP chat using OTR. Make sure that the password used is a strong one - preferably a long random string stored in a password manager - so that dictionary attacks will not be easy. Also for maximum resilience put your password manager file onto a USB thumb drive and carry it with you.
+Firstly you will need to have a user account on one or more of your friends servers. They don't necessarily need to be using Freedombone, just some version of GNU/Linux with ssh access. They can create a user account for you with the control panel on a Freedombone system or with the adduser <username> command on any other system when logged in as root and then give you the username and password via a secure method, such as on paper, via an encrypted email, Tox or via an XMPP chat using OpenPGP/OMEMO. Make sure that the password used is a strong one - preferably a long random string stored in a password manager - so that dictionary attacks will not be easy. Also for maximum resilience put your password manager file onto a USB thumb drive and carry it with you.
This is the ultimate disaster recovery scenario in which you are beginning completely from scratch with new hardware and a new Freedombone installation (configured with the same username and domain names). It is assumed that the old hardware was destroyed, but that you have the backup key stored on a USB thumb drive.
This is for more common situations in which maybe some data became corrupted and you want to restore it.
In any Free Software project with more than one participant inevitably there may be people with whom you may disagree, or find it difficult to cooperate. Accept that, but even so, remain respectful. Disagreement is no excuse for poor behaviour or personal attacks, and a community in which people feel threatened is not a healthy community.
Freedombone Contributors have many ways of reaching our common goal of providing freedom respecting internet or mesh systems which may differ from your ways. Assume that other people are working towards this goal.
Freedombone is a moderately complex project, though nothing big and professional like GNU. It's good to ask for help when you need it. Similarly, offers for help should be seen in the context of our shared goal of improving the system.
If you're submitting documentation then keep in mind that what you write once could be read by many other people. To avoid TL;DR keep it as short and concise as possible. This will also reduce the amount of translations effort needed.
Most ways of communication used within Freedombone (eg Matrix/XMPP) allow for public and private communication. Prefer public methods of communication for Freedombone-related messages, unless posting something sensitive.
While this code of conduct should be adhered to by participants, we recognize that sometimes people may have a bad day, or be unaware of some of the guidelines in this code of conduct. When that happens, you may reply to them and point out this code of conduct. Such messages may be in public or in private, whatever is most appropriate. However, regardless of whether the message is public or not, it should still adhere to the relevant parts of this code of conduct; in particular, it should not be abusive or disrespectful. Assume good faith; it is more likely that participants are unaware of their bad behaviour than that they intentionally try to degrade the quality of the discussion.
-This is not a big project and so there is no division of labor or special enforcement committee or bureaucratic process. Complaints should be made (in private) to the maintainer or chat room admin. The typical email address can be found in the source code headers. Preferably use GPG/OpenPGP if you can, or XMPP with OTR/OMEMO to bob@freedombone.net. XMPP messages are likely to get a quicker response.
+This is not a big project and so there is no division of labor or special enforcement committee or bureaucratic process. Complaints should be made (in private) to the maintainer or chat room admin. The typical email address can be found in the source code headers. Preferably use GPG if you can, or XMPP with OpenPGP/OMEMO to bob@freedombone.net. XMPP messages are likely to get a quicker response.
This site can also be accessed via a Tor browser at http://yjxlc3imv7obva4grjae6u3qw527koaytrgjgdp364hmthrst3jodiid.onion
Know of some fabulous web system which could run on Freedombone, but currently doesn't? Contact the above, and be prepared to make a compelling argument for why it should be included.
At the present time this project is not seeking any funding. There is no crowdfunding campaign and no slick marketing video. Those aren't ruled out as future possibilities, but for now they're just not needed.
Testing of the install on different hardware. Also pentesting on test installations to find vulnerabilities.
A better design for this website would be nice to have. Photos, icons or other artwork are all welcome. I've always liked the cartoon artwork of the Mediagoblin project, and attractive graphics can help to get people initially interested.
If you're good at making videos then a howto for installing Freedombone onto various types of hardware, or testing the mesh system in realistic/exotic scenarios would be good. You could even host videos on PeerTube or Mediagoblin.
To add translations modify the json files within the locale subdirectory. Then make a pull request on the Github site.
Helping to package GNU Social and Hubzilla for Debian would be beneficial.
Installation
-Installation
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+ssh myusername@mydomain -p 2222
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ssh myusername@mydomain -p 2222
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Initial setup
-Initial setup
+Switching user interfaces
-Switching user interfaces
+Using with Emacs
-Using with Emacs
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mkdir ~/elisp
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mkdir ~/elisp
git clone https://github.com/bashrc/gnu-social-mode ~/elisp/gnu-social-mode
echo "(add-to-list 'load-path \"~/elisp/gnu-social-mode\")" >> ~/.emacs
echo "(require 'gnu-social-mode)" >> ~/.emacs
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echo " gnu-social-server \"yourgnusocialdomain\"" >> ~/.emacs
echo " gnu-social-username \"yourusername\"" >> ~/.emacs
echo " gnu-social-password \"gnusocialpassword\")" >> ~/.emacs
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+M-x gnu-social
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M-x gnu-social
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Blocking controls
-Blocking controls
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Backup keys
+Backup keys
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Backup to USB
+Backup to USB
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Restore from USB
+Restore from USB
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Distributed/remote backups
+Distributed/remote backups
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Restore from a friend
+Restore from a friend
Backup keys
-Backup keys
+Backup to USB
-Backup to USB
+Restore from USB
-Restore from USB
+Distributed/remote backups
-Distributed/remote backups
+Restore from a friend
-With a completely new Freedombone installation
-Restore from a friend
+With a completely new Freedombone installation
+On an existing Freedombone installation
-On an existing Freedombone installation
+Code of Conduct
Be respectful
-Be respectful
+Assume good faith
-Assume good faith
+Be collaborative
-Be collaborative
+Try to be concise
-Try to be concise
+Be open
-Be open
+In case of problems
-In case of problems
+Support
-Contact details
-Contact details
+Things which would be nice to have
-Things which would be nice to have
+Ideas
-Ideas
+Money
-Money
+Testing and reporting bugs
-Testing and reporting bugs
+Web design and artwork
-Web design and artwork
+Howto videos
-Howto videos
+More education and promotion
-More education and promotion
+Translations
-Translations
+Packaging
-Packaging
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