Byzantium InterMesh

The InterMesh is the network of meshes that is separate from the internet either functionally (bandwidth/latency limitations) or fully (completely disconnected).

Services Needed

All these services need to be distributed throughout the InterMesh.

I think we should err on the side of "Secure by default". To make it easy to grow the mesh we can't really set up encryption at OSI layers 1 and 2 (getting people to configure that in a hurry isn't going to work, though we might have some luck if we did with QR codes). I think any services offered on the mesh should offer SSL/TLS by default (we'll have to go with self-signed certs).

• Webmail
  • Something that works like privacybox.de would be ideal in that it's got a short learning curve and a UI that's easy to use from a smartphone or PDA.
• Twitter equivalent
  • status.net
• Common chat networks
  • AIM compatible eqiv.
  • Gtalk compatible equiv.
  • Facebook chat compatible equiv.
    • In short, IM-over-HTTPS.
  • IRC
    • Mibbit or something that works like it.
• Collaborative notes
  • Mediawiki
  • Etherpad
• File uploads
  • Image dump ala Plixi.
• Streaming audio (low priority)
  • Yes, I'd plug my police scanner into my computer and stream what I pick up.
• Voice over IP
  • Asterisk
    • Configure a conference bridge that people with softphones can talk on.
    • We'll have to test what kind of latency we get with such a setup.
    • Voicemail
    • Microblog-to-speech using Festival?