From 3eac53cb2faa4fc0f42f694ea071e96f6a6a8de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:22:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Since it looks like Conversations will be dropping OTR --- doc/EN/app_gnusocial.org | 2 +- doc/EN/backups.org | 2 +- doc/EN/codeofconduct.org | 2 +- doc/EN/support.org | 2 +- website/EN/app_gnusocial.html | 48 +++++++++++++------------- website/EN/backups.html | 62 +++++++++++++++++---------------- website/EN/codeofconduct.html | 40 +++++++++++----------- website/EN/support.html | 64 +++++++++++++++++------------------ 8 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/EN/app_gnusocial.org b/doc/EN/app_gnusocial.org index 7cf1fefa..3e355064 100644 --- a/doc/EN/app_gnusocial.org +++ b/doc/EN/app_gnusocial.org @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GNU Social is typically referred to as a microblogging system, although with a m You can host your own GNU Social instance and then "/remote follow/" other users who may also be doing the same. With a federated structure this type of system is hard to censor or ban. Unlike Twitter, there are no bribed adverts pushed into your stream, and any trends happening are likely to be real rather than being manipulated by some opaque algorithm. -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. Some general advice about life in the fediverse [[./fediverse.html][can be found here]]. diff --git a/doc/EN/backups.org b/doc/EN/backups.org index 078dcd29..640fb201 100644 --- a/doc/EN/backups.org +++ b/doc/EN/backups.org @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Enter the LUKS password for the USB drive. When the restore is complete you can * Distributed/remote backups 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 * 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 * 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. #+BEGIN_SRC bash ssh username@domainname -p 2222 diff --git a/doc/EN/codeofconduct.org b/doc/EN/codeofconduct.org index 95e96f48..68397380 100644 --- a/doc/EN/codeofconduct.org +++ b/doc/EN/codeofconduct.org @@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ While this code of conduct should be adhered to by participants, we recognize th Serious or persistent offenders will be kicked from chat rooms and any of their subsequent patches will be unlikely to be upstreamed. In this context "serious" means that someone is causing others to feel unsafe or be unable to contribute, for whatever reason. -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. diff --git a/doc/EN/support.org b/doc/EN/support.org index 002884ff..a8f8a514 100644 --- a/doc/EN/support.org +++ b/doc/EN/support.org @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This site can also be accessed via a Tor browser at *http://yjxlc3imv7obva4grjae *PGP/GPG Fingerprint:* 9ABB82C00ABF39F82680487DCC2536191FA7C33F -*XMPP:* bob@freedombone.net with OMEMO or OTR +*XMPP:* bob@freedombone.net with OMEMO or OpenPGP *Matrix:* #fbone:matrix.freedombone.net diff --git a/website/EN/app_gnusocial.html b/website/EN/app_gnusocial.html index 89aeef9d..132c1442 100644 --- a/website/EN/app_gnusocial.html +++ b/website/EN/app_gnusocial.html @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + - +‎ remote follow" other

-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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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.

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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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diff --git a/website/EN/backups.html b/website/EN/backups.html index 9d22c1f4..7ca0b0cf 100644 --- a/website/EN/backups.html +++ b/website/EN/backups.html @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + - +‎ -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 +Restore from a friend
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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:

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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.

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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.

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diff --git a/website/EN/codeofconduct.html b/website/EN/codeofconduct.html index 11d0d30b..146f9a90 100644 --- a/website/EN/codeofconduct.html +++ b/website/EN/codeofconduct.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + ‎ @@ -246,27 +246,27 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag.

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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.

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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.

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-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.

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This site can also be accessed via a Tor browser at http://yjxlc3imv7obva4grjae6u3qw527koaytrgjgdp364hmthrst3jodiid.onion

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