[chbot] Peer-to-peer remote access box

[Charles Manning]

Rendezvous is an absolute need for any "peer to peer" system that
works with devices behind NATs etc.

The biggest worry I'd have with one of these is that the company goes
bust and the rendezvous goes away.

If it is open to other firmware, then that might be fixable.

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Volker Kuhlmann
<list0570 at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On Tue 29 Jul 2014 16:25:04 NZST +1200, Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>> A few things I'm not keen on
>>  * rendezvous server - outside of my control. Is it *really* secure?
>
> They say it is used only for "finding each other", which is both
> plausible and reasonable. All projects of that aim have the problem of
> needing to be functional out of the box for less tech-savvy users. What
> annoys me is that it is not made optional.
>
>>  * install software on PC - bet that means Windows only then!!
>
> Not here (and I agree they should have made that clearer). Android
> client, browser plugin, Linux (and a few others I didn't pay attention
> to). There are SDKs on http://nabto.com/#download-list for server and
> client. Not all of it is open source, but they say the encryption and
> connections parts are.
>
>>  * passwords/keys on a 3rd party system - that won't get hacked then...
>
> Are you sure about the key location (I haven't looked to that detail)?
> The topology doesn't require keys to be in the cloud (major security
> fail if they were). Another critical question would be:
>
>  * How is ongoing security maintenance going to happen?
>
> (That's why I think SOHO/consumer router junk is junk, because it
> doesn't happen.)
>
>> You get the idea - if you want something done properly, its best to do it
>> yourself!!
>
> Or look for those blokes on Indiegogo that do do it properly. Still
> looking myself... Compare with OPI, who said outright "yes you can do it
> yourself, if you had the time". I'm not saying nabto is ideal but
> decided it'd still be worthwhile. Other alternatives are the VoCore or
> RPi etc. Or pick the closest to knock into preferred shape.
>
> Volker
>
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