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The Internet Archive is under a DDoS attack (bsky.app)

submitted 5 months ago by dogsnest to c/technology

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[–] Valmond 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm working on a protocol that makes information quite hard (I won't say impossible because nothing probably is) to take down, because I believe in both information shouldn't be censored and that everyone should be able to share what they want (yes moral stuff like a song).

I'd love meeting like-minded people to learn more about what other people do and think about stuff like that :-)

I mean there are ways to get around ddos or the "great" firewall of china for example. So why not do it?

Tried to reach out on matrix and some niche communities but they were very (very) small, so I'm still looking for some melting pot.

Any idea?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You mean like IPFS?

[–] Valmond 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, stuff like IPFS, filecoin, others... my little contribution... The future censorings, what to do about it, ...

[–] sturlabragason 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

https://ipfs.tech/

[–] Valmond 4 points 5 months ago

Thanks! Inter Planetary File System, no less! I do love the cool/very cheezy name :-)

I actually do know IPFS and how it works, (DHT).

It was IMO one of the first great tries to make data distributed in a decentralised manner. I stumbled onto it in 2016 IIRC.

What I think it is lacking is that it's not possible to change your data without ruining your link/"uri" and that it is based on benevolent links to publish your data. Stepping stones and all that.

I know they are trying to fix the link problem and for me it seems they traded convenience for centralisation.

Would love to hang out somewhere chatting about stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Build a minimum viable product and publish it.

[–] Valmond 3 points 5 months ago

You can check it out here tenfingers.org

Download & copy the binaries (setup, 10f, listener) in two different folders, run the setup, configure to 127.0.0.1 and some port, do it again (in the other folder, with another port), run the listeners and start sharing in a little microcosm. 10f has inbuilt help, for configuring and sharing.

The source code is Python, FOSS and there to check out too.

I'm so bad at publishing things 🥲

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So Bittorrent?

[–] Valmond 1 points 5 months ago

BitTorrent is awesome, but your link is only for one data.

You wouldn't be able to publish your website with this protocol, because when you update your website you must republish the (new) torrent and people won't have the latest one except if it's all distributed through some centralised service (like torrent tracker sites).