Re:Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time
by kodablah on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:48PM
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The obvious problem with in-home edge compute like that is the shittyness of router implementations, combined with the shitty software out there, combined with the lack of common interfacing with the router by a human just begs to open up a world of devices to botnets. Needs to be interfaced with by humans regularly.
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Re:Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time
by hathawsh on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:57PM
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Right. Whoever does this needs to be competent at building a safe, stable, and usable router OS.
Re:Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time
by zozbot123 on Friday January 11, 2019 @05:04PM
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OpenWRT/LEDE is a thing. But don't expect cheap home routers to be able to run useful services-- the cheapest hardware is truly bottom-of-the-barrel, even OpenWRT had to drop support for lots of devices.
Re:Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time
by sliken on Saturday January 12, 2019 @01:13AM
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Ubiquiti makes decent hardware, and now has an upgrade to go from their flavor of linux to debian stretch.
I wonder if Ubiquiti would consider selling a "developer" module of the Edgeroute-X or similar with more ram.
Or maybe look for a raspberry pi clone with dual ethernet (not connected by USB). Add a 128GB microsd for $20-$25 to have some room for video, photos, email, chat logs, etc.