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== ''THE EPIC NETWORK CULTURE BACKGROUND INFO PAGE'' ==
== ''THE EPIC NETWORK CULTURE BACKGROUND INFO PAGE'' ==


 "somewhat currated", not just a link dump
 "somewhat currated", not just a link dump. Not many links yet, but you can search for most of these topics. 
<div><br/></div><div>News Sources</div>
<div><br/></div><div>News Sources</div>
*fnf blog: [http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?page_id=94 http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?page_id=94]
*fnf blog: [http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?page_id=94 http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?page_id=94]
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<div><br/></div><div>Organizations</div>
<div><br/></div><div>Organizations</div>
*chillingeffects.org
*chillingeffects.org
*eff.org
*eff (electronic freedom foundation)
*wikileaks
*wikileaks
*2600
*2600
*software freedom law center
*software freedom law center
*riseup
*riseup
*FSF: free software foundation
*FSF (free software foundation)
<div>Projects/Tools</div>
<div><br/></div><div>Projects/Tools</div>
*Tor
*Tor
*FreeNet
*FreeNet
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*cjdns
*cjdns
*monkeysphere
*monkeysphere
<div>Articles/BlogPosts/Etc</div>
<div><br/></div><div>Articles/BlogPosts/Etc</div>
*"Mother Earth, Mother Board" (1993) by Neal Stephenson [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html]
*"Mother Earth, Mother Board" (1993) by Neal Stephenson [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html]
*"The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)" &nbsp;(2012) by James Bamford [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1]"
*"The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)" &nbsp;(2012) by James Bamford [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1]"
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*"How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village" (1992) by Arthur Clark (non-fiction)
*"How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village" (1992) by Arthur Clark (non-fiction)
*"Little Brother" (2011) by Cory Doctorow (fiction, near-future dystopian)
*"Little Brother" (2011) by Cory Doctorow (fiction, near-future dystopian)
<div>Talks (video)</div>
<div><br/></div><div>Talks (video)</div>
*Eben Moglen IOSC talk on FreedomBox
*Eben Moglen IOSC talk on FreedomBox
*Moxie on phones
*Moxie Marlinkspice on phones and social pressure
<div>History of digital censorship/privacy/control<br/></div>
<div><br/></div><div>History of digital censorship/privacy/control<br/></div>
*fordsucks.com (fordreallysucks.com)
*fordsucks.com (fordreallysucks.com)
*DeCSS algorithm
*DeCSS algorithm (for DVD viewing)
*USA: DMCA
*USA: DMCA (digital millenium copyright act)
*USA: SOPA/PIPA
*USA: SOPA/PIPA
*Palladium, "trusted computing"
*Palladium, "trusted computing"
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<div><br/></div><div>"Internet Governance"</div>
<div><br/></div><div>"Internet Governance"</div>
*"rough consensus, working code"
*"rough consensus, working code"
*standards/protocols: IETF
*standards/protocols: IETF (internet engineering task force)
*IP addressing: IANA, ARIN
*IP addressing: IANA (inter assigned names authority) , ARIN (american registry for internet numbers)
*DNS: ICANN
*DNS: ICANN (internet corporation for assigned names and numbers)
*USA: FCC rural networks, common carrier, spectrum
*USA: FCC rural networks, common carrier, spectrum
*HTML: w3c
*HTML: w3c
*other: IOSC
*other: IOSC (internet society)
*spamhaus
*spamhaus
*UN treaties?
*UN treaties?
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*investment/ownership of submarine cables
*investment/ownership of submarine cables
*FCC and radio spectrum allocation policies
*FCC and radio spectrum allocation policies
<div>"How the Internet Works"<br/></div>
<div><br/></div><div>"How the Internet Works"<br/></div>
*network layer paradigm
*network layer paradigm
*message passing pattern, server/client pattern, p2p pattern, circuit/stream pattern
*message passing pattern, server/client pattern, p2p pattern, circuit/stream pattern
*stateless vs. stateful
*stateless vs. stateful
*TCP/IP, UDP
*TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol), UDP (user datagram protocol)
*tunneling, encapsulation
*tunneling, encapsulation
*global static addressing vs. NAT/DHCP
*global static addressing vs. NAT/DHCP (network address translation, dynamic host configuration protocol)
*ISP ecosystem/economics: retail, national, international
*ISP ecosystem/economics: retail, national, international
*"backbone" scale internet: AS numbering, BGP, failures
*"backbone" scale internet: AS (autonomous system) numbering, BGP (border gateway protocol) , failures
*cloud/datacenter hosting
*cloud/datacenter hosting
*DNS hierarchy
*DNS hierarchy
*SSL/TLS hierarchy
*SSL/TLS hierarchy
*VPNs
*VPNs
*modern CDNs
*modern CDNs (contend delivery networkds)
*DHT
*DHT (distributed hash table)
*"mobile internet": 3G, 4G, WiMAX
*"mobile internet": 3G, 4G, WiMAX
*IPv4 -> IPv6
*IPv4 -> IPv6
*DNSSEC
*DNSSEC (dns security)
*IPSEC
*IPSEC (ip security)
<div><br/></div><div>General Internet History<br/></div>
<div><br/></div><div>General Internet History<br/></div>
*ARPANET
*ARPANET
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*see also: [http://www.livinginternet.com/i/i.htm http://www.livinginternet.com/i/i.htm]
*see also: [http://www.livinginternet.com/i/i.htm http://www.livinginternet.com/i/i.htm]
<div><br/></div><div>Security, Encryption, Identity systems<br/></div>
<div><br/></div><div>Security, Encryption, Identity systems<br/></div>
*SSL/TLS
*SSL/TLS (secure socket layer, transit layer security)
*public key
*public key
*OTR (off the record)
*OTR (off the record)
*PGP/GPG "web of trust"
*PGP/GPG "web of trust" (pretty good privacy)
*SSH
*SSH (secure shell)
*OAuth, openid
*OAuth, openid

Latest revision as of 19:35, 25 April 2012

THE EPIC NETWORK CULTURE BACKGROUND INFO PAGE

 "somewhat currated", not just a link dump. Not many links yet, but you can search for most of these topics. 


News Sources

Organizations
  • chillingeffects.org
  • eff (electronic freedom foundation)
  • wikileaks
  • 2600
  • software freedom law center
  • riseup
  • FSF (free software foundation)

Projects/Tools
  • Tor
  • FreeNet
  • mixmaster
  • FreedomBox
  • cjdns
  • monkeysphere

Articles/BlogPosts/Etc

Books
  • "The Information" (2011) by James Gleick (non-fiction)
  • "How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village" (1992) by Arthur Clark (non-fiction)
  • "Little Brother" (2011) by Cory Doctorow (fiction, near-future dystopian)

Talks (video)
  • Eben Moglen IOSC talk on FreedomBox
  • Moxie Marlinkspice on phones and social pressure

History of digital censorship/privacy/control
  • fordsucks.com (fordreallysucks.com)
  • DeCSS algorithm (for DVD viewing)
  • USA: DMCA (digital millenium copyright act)
  • USA: SOPA/PIPA
  • Palladium, "trusted computing"
  • Clipper Chip
  • wikileaks
  • p2p file sharing: Napster, Kazaa, Gnutella, bittorrent
  • crypto wars: Bernstein v. United States
  • Great Firewall of China
  • deep packet inspection
  • 2010-2011 SSL failures: comodogate, DigiNotar, firesheep, Iranian facebook MITM
  • network neutrality
  • DRM: digital rights management
  • restricted boot
  • software patents
  • browser wars
  • patriot act
  • "real name" policies on social networks
  • US customs domain siezures
  • google pullout of china

International Internet Regulations
  • .de "imprint"
  • EU data retention
  • .cn
  • FCC network neutrality position
  • US common carrier
  • TLD-specific registration requirements
  • south korean id number system
  • international copyright laws, cooperation
  • "3-strikes" laws

"Internet Governance"
  • "rough consensus, working code"
  • standards/protocols: IETF (internet engineering task force)
  • IP addressing: IANA (inter assigned names authority) , ARIN (american registry for internet numbers)
  • DNS: ICANN (internet corporation for assigned names and numbers)
  • USA: FCC rural networks, common carrier, spectrum
  • HTML: w3c
  • other: IOSC (internet society)
  • spamhaus
  • UN treaties?

Telecommunications
  • postal and telegraph regulations as precident
  • US bell breakup
  • investment/ownership of submarine cables
  • FCC and radio spectrum allocation policies

"How the Internet Works"
  • network layer paradigm
  • message passing pattern, server/client pattern, p2p pattern, circuit/stream pattern
  • stateless vs. stateful
  • TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol), UDP (user datagram protocol)
  • tunneling, encapsulation
  • global static addressing vs. NAT/DHCP (network address translation, dynamic host configuration protocol)
  • ISP ecosystem/economics: retail, national, international
  • "backbone" scale internet: AS (autonomous system) numbering, BGP (border gateway protocol) , failures
  • cloud/datacenter hosting
  • DNS hierarchy
  • SSL/TLS hierarchy
  • VPNs
  • modern CDNs (contend delivery networkds)
  • DHT (distributed hash table)
  • "mobile internet": 3G, 4G, WiMAX
  • IPv4 -> IPv6
  • DNSSEC (dns security)
  • IPSEC (ip security)

General Internet History

Security, Encryption, Identity systems
  • SSL/TLS (secure socket layer, transit layer security)
  • public key
  • OTR (off the record)
  • PGP/GPG "web of trust" (pretty good privacy)
  • SSH (secure shell)
  • OAuth, openid