My Home Network: reducing reliance on multinationals
Room B | Wed 22 Jan 2:25 p.m.–3:10 p.m.
Presented by
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Peter Chubb
https://trustworthy.systems/people?cn=Peter+Chubb
Peter has been using Unix since 1979, and Linux since 1992 when he used the Manchester Computer Centre version.
He has been contributing to Open Source since his first patch to International ISpell in 1989, to add Australian spelling rules.
He has never used Microsoft's operating systems for anything substantial.
Peter Chubb
https://trustworthy.systems/people?cn=Peter+Chubb
Abstract
The typical home computer user needs services for network connectivity, email, backup, file sharing, phone, and chat/instant messaging. They may also want media streaming, or home automation services.
Once upon a time, if you signed up with an ISP they'd give you connectivity and email; the other services you'd either have to hack up yourself, or buy from a commercial provider.
I propose to describe my home network setup, that has been developed over the last forty years or so, and that provides:
* LDAP, DNS, DHCP , and firewall
* email (see last year's talk)
* File and media sharing, via NFS and via a web app
* Backup, local and offsite, for the servers themselves, and for laptops
* Home phone
* Shared calendaring
* documentation to allow other people to fix things if I'm not around
* Development environment for embedded hobby work
* email alerts to me when something goes wrong.
I'll include some information about the evolution of the system to get to where it is now.
Right now, the system is stable, and takes almost no maintenance.
The typical home computer user needs services for network connectivity, email, backup, file sharing, phone, and chat/instant messaging. They may also want media streaming, or home automation services. Once upon a time, if you signed up with an ISP they'd give you connectivity and email; the other services you'd either have to hack up yourself, or buy from a commercial provider. I propose to describe my home network setup, that has been developed over the last forty years or so, and that provides: * LDAP, DNS, DHCP , and firewall * email (see last year's talk) * File and media sharing, via NFS and via a web app * Backup, local and offsite, for the servers themselves, and for laptops * Home phone * Shared calendaring * documentation to allow other people to fix things if I'm not around * Development environment for embedded hobby work * email alerts to me when something goes wrong. I'll include some information about the evolution of the system to get to where it is now. Right now, the system is stable, and takes almost no maintenance.