Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:24:24 -0800 From: Jorrit Poelen <jhpoelen(a)xs4all.nl> To: mesh <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [Mesh] Proposing/ Announcing the Node Explainer Program (NEP) - starting tomorrow! Message-ID: <5af61ff6-836b-7c8b-cc9a-e20aa93bd56e(a)xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" hey y'all: After our infamous weeks long exit node outage (see https://github.com/sudomesh/bugs/issues/8) , I am hoping to get more folks to explain to others how nodes (home/exit) work and keep 'em running. Now is a good time because juul is pretty busy and I'll be out of the country until early March. This is why I've added the following proposal for tomorrows meeting: "The Node Explainer Program (NEP, better names proposal encouraged: node whisperer, node operator?) - *Node explainers explain how (exit/home) nodes work and keep them from misbehaving by troubleshooting, preparing bug fixes, applying patches, implementing new features and upgrading software. *To become a node explainer, you should be able to show someone how to build your own internet by configuring one, (ideally two) home node(s) (https://peoplesopen.net/walkthrough ) to use a custom, self-created exitnode (https://github.com/sudomesh/exitnode ). This also includes showing how babeld and tunneldigger work together by using (and improving!) https://github.com/sudomesh/babeld-lab and https://github.com/sudomesh/tunneldigger-lab on the home and exit nodes using tools like ip route , ip addr, tcpdump . " Hoping to help get 2-3 explainers (the three bens + ... ?) up and running before Thursday, and I am volunteering for a node explainer break-out on Tuesday after the general sudomesh meeting. If you are thinking of joining, please bring a laptop with ethernet port, a home node and access to a digital ocean account. Please holler if you have questions or just want to share that this is a ridiculous idea. thx, -jorrit