Anonymity Freedom Box Project

June 24, 2011

This is an inspiring video on networking, but in a whole new light.

Freedom Box Project: Vision Statement

We live in a world where our use of the network is mediated by organizations that often do not have our best interests at heart. By building software that does not rely on a central service, we can regain control and privacy. By keeping our data in our homes, we gain useful legal protections over it. By giving back power to the users over their networks and machines, we are returning the Internet to its intended peer-to-peer architecture.

In order to bring about the new network order, it is paramount that it is easy to convert to it. The hardware it runs on must be cheap. The software it runs on must be easy to install and administrate by anybody. It must be easy to transition from existing services.

Achieving High Availability with Vyatta on the cloud (continued)

October 14, 2009

In the earlier post of building a Vyatta router on the cloud with Amazon EC2, I mentioned that I had issues with setting up a SNAT (source NAT) and made the assumption that it was either a bug or the OS image of Vyatta on Amazon.

I’ve been working through this issue with Stig from Vyatta on their forums. You can view the messages at http://vyatta.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2908

Achieving High Availability with Vyatta on the cloud

October 12, 2009

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been working on setting up a virtual router on the cloud with the goal of building redundancy, and achieving high availability. After working on different platforms, I’ve come to the conclusion that Vyatta is the best way to go, whether on the cloud or not.

The router is being used for site to site vpn communication between a central and remote location. There will also be an application server on either end. Your typical network setup would look somewhat like the picture below.

Virtualizing Vyatta on the cloud

October 8, 2009

Vyatta is the underdog in the great world of routing. For long, corporations have been tied down on expensive and proprietary hardware. With Vyatta, it runs on standard x86 hardware and can accomplish what a Cisco router can, and attain better performance without the bloated cost.

OK, enough of the sales pitch (they aren’t paying me for this).