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I'd just use an SSH tunnel to connect to my server at home. That's fast and secure (but obviously too complicated for most users). "Home server compatible" rou

by aselzer 12y ago

I'd just use an SSH tunnel to connect to my server at home. That's fast and secure (but obviously too complicated for most users). "Home server compatible" routers would be nice. Devices could request opening a port, and you verify the action on the router GUI. Then some dynamic DNS server assigns you a nice name.

fit2rule 12y ago
Apple could build all this into an OSX-local service that is just a push-button away from being easy to use. Plug in an external hard drive, Log in with a special pre-configured user account, assign the drive to that user, and leave your computer running - from that point on, you can access everything that user has ever submitted, with their iDevice, over the 'net, etc. I think the desire is definitely not there to make things this easy to use - precisely because of the Cloud-Zeitgeist that we're all involved in ..
- aselzer 12y ago
  Hopefully this trend will pass at some time. I wouldn't save my photos on a platform that changes every few months (Google Photos/Plus/Drive), might be gone in two or three years, analyses images, builds face databases, and keeps your pictures ready for the NSA to access, for any purpose other than sharing images with other people.
zamalek 12y ago
> "Home server compatible" routers would be nice. ASUS RT-N56U. Got one at home. It can update dynamic DNS for you (most unbranded routers can), but then goes on to add a USB port and a few "apps." One of them is a file storage host, and even file syncing (DropBox-like) app that runs from your own home. Learn to say no to the equipment that your ISP offers you, the reason it's "free" is because it's trash.
- aselzer 11y ago
  > "free" I'd suggest an OpenWrt compatible router. It's actually free (open source) :) Great support for dynamic DNS too (obviously, it's just Linux): http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client And it turned out the thing I was describing (easy port forwarding for home servers) exists and is also supported by OpenWrt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_Port_Mapping_Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_Port_Mapping_Protocol
  - zamalek 11y ago
    Yeah I made that mistake with the N56U, because you can't put OpenWrt on it. I won't make it again, but, really, anything is better than the junk that ISPs hand out.

by aselzer 12y ago

fit2rule 12y ago

Apple could build all this into an OSX-local service that is just a push-button away from being easy to use. Plug in an external hard drive, Log in with a special pre-configured user account, assign the drive to that user, and leave your computer running - from that point on, you can access everything that user has ever submitted, with their iDevice, over the 'net, etc. I think the desire is definitely not there to make things this easy to use - precisely because of the Cloud-Zeitgeist that we're all involved in ..

aselzer 12y ago
Hopefully this trend will pass at some time. I wouldn't save my photos on a platform that changes every few months (Google Photos/Plus/Drive), might be gone in two or three years, analyses images, builds face databases, and keeps your pictures ready for the NSA to access, for any purpose other than sharing images with other people.

zamalek 12y ago

> "Home server compatible" routers would be nice. ASUS RT-N56U. Got one at home. It can update dynamic DNS for you (most unbranded routers can), but then goes on to add a USB port and a few "apps." One of them is a file storage host, and even file syncing (DropBox-like) app that runs from your own home. Learn to say no to the equipment that your ISP offers you, the reason it's "free" is because it's trash.

aselzer 11y ago
> "free" I'd suggest an OpenWrt compatible router. It's actually free (open source) :) Great support for dynamic DNS too (obviously, it's just Linux): http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client And it turned out the thing I was describing (easy port forwarding for home servers) exists and is also supported by OpenWrt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_Port_Mapping_Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_Port_Mapping_Protocol
- zamalek 11y ago
  Yeah I made that mistake with the N56U, because you can't put OpenWrt on it. I won't make it again, but, really, anything is better than the junk that ISPs hand out.