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Experiences with hosting

• ddh.nl - hosting: ... - projects: ..., andernieuws.net

 problems people coming and going, lots of ideas and plans, too few people doing technical. 

• involving people with their hosting, either paying or taking some value for 'the revolution'. Problems of free hosting, people not keeping with it and not updating sites. Particularly for security issues.

• sysop has a lot of work, seen as a job, reachable 24/7, pretty responsible position

problem of single admin hosting being available - second person for when away

• Kim, currently hosting small community stuff. wanting to grow into a spot where artists and activists can do experimental stuff. Currently looking for phone - to - web technology for an art project
• genderchangers - to learn how to set up a server, and also be able to host projects - lots of dedication required and lots of work required, hours updating and fixing.
• puscii - 2 people renting a machine, making sure server is there. PGA security protocols compliant.

Multiple users / admins

• Puscii, just two.
• Jaap, management system dischosting (http://dischosting.sourceforge.net/)- can use to create mailing lists, vhosts etc. - Makes it easy for people to share hosting

server that uses webmin server that uses ldap to create groups with different levels of permissions on the server

Questions of stability of activist servers Jaap: you need well connected places, not free dusty basements. Regular commercial providers react pretty nicely to requests to take down a website, nicely for the requestor. every activist sysadmin should have a lawyer know your co-location know the laws of the country where your co-lo is

is the isp the publisher? related to uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_v._Demon_Internet_Service italy - examples of campaigns threatened by the police. one where people were arrested and laptops confiscated. the site moved country and then ok. vatican threatens indymedia.org registar in brasil over photos on italy imc depicting the pope as a nazi moving data getting easier - option to hot swap server location

suggest goto irc.indymedia.org to find your activist hosting in another country. Good listings are at https://autistici.org/en/groups/links.html http://help.riseup.net/resources/

Technical solutions to moving and political solutions to collaborate with other organisations?

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