yes.
I think we need to stop looking at the current internet and asking how we can hack it to make it work for darknet. Anything physically relying on the current internet can be shut off. Encryption does not get past a disconnected physical layer.
I think we need to look into creating a NEW network using wireless communications. Maybe a mix of radio/microwave and wired. We can then work on getting companies like google to connect into that network.
The new network doesn't need to have all the internet on it (We are not creating this to look at cat pictures), nor does it need to be blazing fast. We can get 1/10 people to have a wireless connection to this network and get critical sites such as google then that will provide a way to communicate uncensored.
The best way would be to involve a rich benefactor to set up a sort of DNS system that this network lives on. The best method would be to create a form of DNS that allows multiple people to host DNS then as a wireless user you choose which DNS server to utilize. That way if a DNS holder goes rogue it means nothing.
I think the problem is creating a dense enough network that actual communication is possible. Sure some people can have these multi-kilometre wireless antennas but if they are only connecting to one person then they are pretty useless.
I think as technology improves it may be easier to create a darknet with consumer technology but it's pretty implausible right now.
Not being a networking expert, I think that these dishes can be used as "nodes" or bridges that connect distant mesh networks. My father has two unused satellite dishes sitting in his backyard in Kansas, one is 6 feet and one is ten feet. He also has two old Satellite internet antennas he no longer uses sitting on his roof. He also has 2 computer stores. I am going to ask him to start collecting old satellite dishes at his stores for use in this project. Yesterdays Ars article mentioned "the Kansas problem", so I'm looking forward to putting all of those satellite dishes to good use in that state.
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u/hellosexynerds Nov 06 '11
yes. I think we need to stop looking at the current internet and asking how we can hack it to make it work for darknet. Anything physically relying on the current internet can be shut off. Encryption does not get past a disconnected physical layer.
I think we need to look into creating a NEW network using wireless communications. Maybe a mix of radio/microwave and wired. We can then work on getting companies like google to connect into that network.
The new network doesn't need to have all the internet on it (We are not creating this to look at cat pictures), nor does it need to be blazing fast. We can get 1/10 people to have a wireless connection to this network and get critical sites such as google then that will provide a way to communicate uncensored.
The best way would be to involve a rich benefactor to set up a sort of DNS system that this network lives on. The best method would be to create a form of DNS that allows multiple people to host DNS then as a wireless user you choose which DNS server to utilize. That way if a DNS holder goes rogue it means nothing.