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"running our own server is increasingly impossible" Do tell... it seems quite easy and affordable to run your own server now. A VPS can be had for under $50 a
by Psyonic 17y ago
"running our own server is increasingly impossible"
Do tell... it seems quite easy and affordable to run your own server now. A VPS can be had for under $50 a month, and if you really need the whole machine, $200 would probably do it. What am I missing?
- loup-vaillant 17y agoThis is not running your own server. Your own server should be at your own home, under your own control. That way, if the Police want to have a look at your server it has to subpoena you, directly. That way, data you want remotely accessible won't be in the hand of any third party. That way, mail you send is actually send by you. Eben Moglen said it best: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/feb/01/freedom-cloud-software-freedom-privacy-and-securit/ http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/feb/01/freedom-clou...
- Psyonic 17y agoI see what you mean. I've never looked into it, so I can't say, but I imagine you're right that it would be quite expensive to do so.
- loup-vaillant 17y agoCurrently, the cost is $100 for a good plug computer [1], and 2W for having it plugged and on all the time. That's more than enough to host your mail and web server, Tor node, file sharing clients… If only you ISP would open all ports and give you symmetric bandwidth. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_computer
- Psyonic 17y agoya I didn't think the computer would be the expensive part. It was getting the fully open connection with decent symmetric bandwidth. Although I believe some places where they have fiber to the home, the ISP's will allow you to do so.