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Email is decentralized to us. We have the very specific skils, attitudes, and patience required to buy a domain name, rent a VPS or dedicated server and configu
by superuser2 14y ago
Email is decentralized to us. We have the very specific skils, attitudes, and patience required to buy a domain name, rent a VPS or dedicated server and configure SSH public keys, Postfix/Courier, DNS, SPF, DKIM, and keep it up to date and patched, audit it to make sure it stays secure, and detect/respond to intrusions. And even then, unless you are going to roll your own emergency power, multiple redundant HVAC, and fire supression, as well as shell out hundreds of dollars a month for significant upload bandwidth to your house or apartment, your data and encryption keys are still in the physical possession of a corporate datacenter.
Email is most certainly not decentralized to anyone outside the IT world. They can, with extreme difficulty, move between providers, but they are still dependent on a provider.
Email decreases the volume of users that mediocre players can own (Google does email better than anyone else, so it gets a significant share of the market) but users are still going to be owned by someone.
- unimpressive 14y ago>unless you are going to roll your own emergency power, multiple redundant HVAC, and fire supression, as well as shell out hundreds of dollars a month for significant upload bandwidth to your house or apartment, your data and encryption keys are still in the physical possession of a corporate datacenter. You don't need significant upload bandwidth for email. Or download bandwidth either. (Unless you're expecting constant DDOS attacks.) Or emergency services. The HVAC might be a good idea. You could have made your point a lot better by just saying that 99.9% of users will never set up a home server to do email. Which is the truth.
- superuser2 14y agoTrue. But residential bandwidth is just one of many reasons why mainstream users aren't going to actually own their own email anytime soon.
- superuser2 14y agoTrue. But residential bandwidth is just one of many reasons why mainstream users aren't going to actually own their own email anytime soon.
- josephkern 14y agoYou probably should be expecting consistant DDOS attacks, or at least aggressive scanning. OP failed to mention setting up DKIM and SPF as well.