I came up with an idea for my hosting contribution. Step
the next -- figure out how I would like to handle this.
Accounts and ssh, git, ftp, telnet, custom app, hybrid of
the above... Choices, choices, choices.
I am able to reveal that the offering will be in the form
of a directory on RPoD. At one point I owned over a dozen
domains. My registrar started hiking up the costs, "you're
domain is worth $1,000. It'll cost you $120 / year to renew
it now." Now, this is a game I didn't wish to play. Over
time I have whittled down the number. I do not wish to
reprolifferate. I do not see this as a barrier to adoption
as in my estimation, the theme is interesting.
I am leaning towards a custom app set as shell like tfurrows
did with the redconsensus, accessible through telnet. Why
telnet? It seems suitably primitive and can be sufficiently
locked down to the app user. The app will handle user
differentiation similar to the RC setup. This will all also
take place inside the chroot on RPoD.
I have no set timeline for this, but it will likely go
pretty quick. I do think that prior to debuting, I will down
RPoD for a few hours to dd the drive to a 256gb microSD.
Plenty of wiggle room.
