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They should have mentioned FidoNet(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet): email, file transfer, newsgroups -- over telephon

They should have mentioned FidoNet(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet): email, file transfer, newsgroups -- over telephone.

mike-cardwell 16y ago
When I was in secondary school, I participated in Fidonet via floppy disk. My friend who had a modem would transfer messages from fidonet to floppy disk and back, and bring it to me each day.
stcredzero 16y ago
FidoNet over WiFi nodes that only activate intermittently on a varying schedule would be very hard for the authorities to track down. Just use a strong stream cipher to produce the schedule.
- thwarted 16y ago
  Sorry for downvoting, I literally fat fingered the arrows on my phone.
chopsueyar 16y ago
What about a BBS for dial-up?
- iPadDeveloper 16y ago
  As former Sysop, I agree! Remember: a Fax/Modem is a must. Not just to send/receive faxes, but in case you have to dial out because your router is down. Floppy disk drives? Not needed.
Nogwater 16y ago
Very cool. I've been thinking about something like this (asynchronous message transfer) lately. I would want to use good public key crypto for message signing and encryption. If it was built as a pass-the-note game (with points, achievements, etc...) that ran on phones and could talk to other phones via bluetooth and wifi, I could see it getting pretty popular in schools. The protocol should also support transfer via thumb drive (dead drop) and internet (if available).
dlsspy 16y ago
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP I used to run all of my email via UUCP (over tcp mostly, but when I moved across country twelve or so years ago, I switched to dialup). You get file distribution, usenet, routing, email and it's not hard to layer other services on top of it. You can run a mailing list on a loosely connected machine without a TCP/IP stack if you wanted to.
Sandman 16y ago
They should have mentioned FidoNet If you want to, you can mention it - the article is a wiki, anybody can edit it. But, you do need to have a registered account.

They should have mentioned FidoNet(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet): email, file transfer, newsgroups -- over telephone.

mike-cardwell 16y ago

When I was in secondary school, I participated in Fidonet via floppy disk. My friend who had a modem would transfer messages from fidonet to floppy disk and back, and bring it to me each day.

stcredzero 16y ago

FidoNet over WiFi nodes that only activate intermittently on a varying schedule would be very hard for the authorities to track down. Just use a strong stream cipher to produce the schedule.

thwarted 16y ago
Sorry for downvoting, I literally fat fingered the arrows on my phone.

chopsueyar 16y ago

What about a BBS for dial-up?

iPadDeveloper 16y ago
As former Sysop, I agree! Remember: a Fax/Modem is a must. Not just to send/receive faxes, but in case you have to dial out because your router is down. Floppy disk drives? Not needed.

Nogwater 16y ago

Very cool. I've been thinking about something like this (asynchronous message transfer) lately. I would want to use good public key crypto for message signing and encryption. If it was built as a pass-the-note game (with points, achievements, etc...) that ran on phones and could talk to other phones via bluetooth and wifi, I could see it getting pretty popular in schools. The protocol should also support transfer via thumb drive (dead drop) and internet (if available).

dlsspy 16y ago

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP I used to run all of my email via UUCP (over tcp mostly, but when I moved across country twelve or so years ago, I switched to dialup). You get file distribution, usenet, routing, email and it's not hard to layer other services on top of it. You can run a mailing list on a loosely connected machine without a TCP/IP stack if you wanted to.

Sandman 16y ago

They should have mentioned FidoNet If you want to, you can mention it - the article is a wiki, anybody can edit it. But, you do need to have a registered account.