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Publishers Carpet-Bomb IPFS Gateway Operators with DMCA Notices
Is there an easy way to comply with an accountable IPFS block list?
"Implement Allow Lists and Block Lists" (2018) https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/284
"IPIP 298: (allow|deny)lists for IPFS Nodes and Gateways" (2022)
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Content moderation
As for general gateways, those could be used to pull general illegal content against your will, and allow/block lists were discussed at one point for that reason (https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/284). However, in the interim, there is a config option Gateway.NoFetch that causes a gateway not to fetch new content, giving you an allowlist if you also have the content you want to share pinned beforehand.
- why don't we need access control ? · Issue #376 · ipfs/notes
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“With HTTP, you search for locations. With IPFS, you search for content.”
> IPFS is basically the answer to the question "what is the RIGHT way to decentralize the web?"
There is no RIGHT way to decentralize the web. I don't think IPFS is right way to do it either.
Tim Berners-Lee's Solid (https://solid.mit.edu/) offers a much more practical path to a decentralized web. The advantages with Solid's approach over IPFS is that:
- Solid doesn't throw out what we already have, and recommend a new layer on top of the internet. Example: ipns
- Solid handles access control which pretty much every application needs. Encryption is btw, a poor substitute for access control. https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/376
- Solid has the ability to revoke access (very important), delete data
- Solid can work in browsers without extensions.
- Solid is not muddied with talk of the Blockchain. It's disappointing that the cryptocurrency has very nearly hijacked this space.
- Solid is conceptually simple. You own a pod that has a unique address (using familiar schemes). You put your stuff on it and allow access to people; like DropBox but standards based. Companies can offer paid hosting services to run your pod - more space, bandwidth etc.
- IPFS is not commercialization friendly.
- IPFS performance is unlikely to be great, ever.
Disclosure: I am invested in an open protocol similar to Solid, but simpler. So not entirely unbiased.
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Could we create a mirror of Wikileaks on IPFS? Does it already exist?
This, and a bunch of side issues linked from it, is a good discussion: https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/281
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How to circumvent Sci-Hub ISP block
IPFS is not anonymous and like other p2p protocols shares your ip address.
There's been a bit of effort to get it working over tor for years now but the fundamental design makes this difficult. Also despite all the money that has poured into filecoin this doesn't seem to be a priority.
This issue is nearly 6 years old:
https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/37
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Can I make ENS have a TXT entry that forwards <mydomain>.eth.link to some www (non-ens) domain?
As I see, this is an open issue to be implemented natively in IPFS: https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/339
podmaster
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“With HTTP, you search for locations. With IPFS, you search for content.”
I'll do a Show HN in a month.
Although a reference implementation (https://github.com/webpods-org/podmaster) is kind of ready, there's no documentation yet (which will go up on webpods.org soon).
The only way to see the feature-set is to look at some of the tests. https://github.com/webpods-org/podmaster/blob/master/src/tes...
If you're interested, please email me. I'm looking for collaborators.
What are some alternatives?
net-torrent
ts-odd - An SDK for building apps with decentralized identity and storage.
arweave - The Arweave server and App Developer Toolkit.
ipfs - Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol
developer-guide - Github mirror of our developer documentation at https://docs.siasky.net/
Peergos - A p2p, secure file storage, social network and application protocol
skynet-cli - a lightweight cli to interact with Skynet
learn - A social network of lifelong learners built around humanity's universal learning map.
GreenTunnel - GreenTunnel is an anti-censorship utility designed to bypass the DPI system that is put in place by various ISPs to block access to certain websites.
pollinations - Generate Art