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  1. #+TITLE: FreedomBone
  2. #+AUTHOR: Bob Mottram
  3. #+EMAIL: bob@robotics.uk.to
  4. #+KEYWORDS: freedombox, debian, beaglebone, friendica, email, web server, home server, internet, censorship, surveillance, social network, irc, jabber, chat
  5. #+DESCRIPTION: Turn the Beaglebone Black into a personal communications server
  6. #+OPTIONS: ^:nil
  7. #+STYLE: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="index.css" />
  8. #+BEGIN_CENTER
  9. *How to turn the Beaglebone Black into a FreedomBox-like personal communications server*
  10. #+END_CENTER
  11. [[./images/freedombone_small.jpg]]
  12. #+BEGIN_CENTER
  13. Copyright (C) 2014 Bob Mottram
  14. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the [[https://gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html][GNU Free Documentation License]], Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
  15. Source for this web site in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Org-mode][Emacs org-mode]] format is available [[/beaglebone.txt][here]]. Comments or patches may be submitted via [[https://github.com/bashrc/freedombone][Github]].
  16. #+END_CENTER
  17. * Introduction
  18. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  19. /If you look at it from an engineering perspective, an iterative perspective, it’s clear that you have to try something rather than do nothing./
  20. -- Edward J. Snowden
  21. #+END_VERSE
  22. ** What is FreedomBone?
  23. Today many of us rely upon "free" services in the cloud, such as Gmail, Facebook, Google+ and so on. It might appear that these services are indispensible infrastructure of the modern internet, but actually they're not strictly needed and the amount of value which they deliver to the average internet user is very marginal. It is possible to be a citizen of the internet and yet not use those things - to disintermediate the most well known companies and cut out their prurient or merely cringeworthy business models.
  24. FreedomBone is a personal home communications server based upon the BeagleBone Black hardware. It's small and cheap and will allow you to use email, have your own web site and do social networking in a federated way without needing to rely upon any intermediary companies other than your ISP.
  25. ** Do I need any prior knowledge?
  26. In these instructions only a minimal level of familiarity with Linux is assumed. It's assumed that you know the basics of the /nano/ and /emacs/ editors, but it would be simple to also use other editors if you prefer.
  27. ** Why should I do this?
  28. You should consider doing this if you are a freedom-oriented sort of person and you want to maintain sovereignty over your information. Laws in many places in the world consider you to have relinquished any property rights over data which you put onto a server not owned by youself (i.e. owned by a third party, such as Google or Facebook).
  29. If you don't like the idea of having all your communications intercepted and investigated by the Surveillance State then you should consider running a FreedomBone. If your profession involves maintaining confidentiality as an essential feature, such as legal or medical services, counselling, teaching or any sort of activism then you should consider running a FreedomBone. Especially if your activities include [[https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/20/inside-nsa-secret-efforts-hunt-hack-system-administrators/][systems administration]] or [[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/gchq-and-nsa-targeted-private-german-companies-a-961444.html][software engineering for any communications-related systems]] then it is highly likely that you have already been targeted and "tasked" by the surveillance apparatus.
  30. As Eben Moglen noted in his now famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEMv0S8AcA]["Freedom in The Cloud"]] talk the simple fact of you keeping your own internet logs (found in the /var/log directory) puts a certain amount of power in your hands and takes it away from parties who would otherwise sell that information without your knowledge or permission to advertisers or other shady outfits who may not have your best interests at heart.
  31. ** After it's installed will it need a lot of maintenance?
  32. So long as the hardware is ok the amount of maintenance needed should be very small. Unlike on Windows based systems you don't need to defragment drives or mess about with anti-virus programs. I ran a similar Sheevaplug system between 2010 and 2013 with only occasional software updates or reboots, and uptime was probably 99% or better.
  33. ** Is it secure?
  34. Nothing is totally secure or infallible. You could have the most secure technology and yet still use easy to guess passwords. This system will not defend you from an attacker who is actively trying to block or corrupt your communications, but I assume that doesn't apply in the majority of cases. Another thing to be aware of is that running a FreedomBone could make you more vulnerable to traffic analysis, since the server is associated with your home address and isn't a giant aggregation of users somewhere in the cloud. You need to weigh this alongside the additional legal protection which owning the server and having it in your own home gives you.
  35. FreedomBone should be far more secure than using popular cloud-based services which have spying built into them as a core feature (although not one which is typically advertised), but it is not necessarily an impenetrable information fortress. This project is at least as much about achieving communications independence as it is about being able to do that securely.
  36. ** Will running a server all the time affect my electricity bill?
  37. Hardly at all. The BeagleBone Black consumes very little power - less than 5W. It would even be potentially possible to run it from a solar panel.
  38. ** Can I use a Raspberry Pi or Cubieboard instead?
  39. These instructions are not highly specific to the Beaglebone Black and so will likely also work on other single board computers (SBCs) such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_pi][Raspberry Pi]] or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubieboard][Cubieboard]]. The original Raspberry Pi only had 256MB of RAM and so the performance of some services may be more limited. The Beaglebone Black was chosen mainly because of its low cost, relatively good CPU performance for the price (by the standards of 2013) and also low electricity consumption. The Cubieboard is also another good alternative, with the A20 version having similar specifications but twice as much RAM as the BeagleBone Black.
  40. ** Why should I trust the packages or source code downloaded from this site?
  41. If you're particularly security conscious then you shouldn't. Binary or source packages have only been included here for convenience and to avoid confusion. "/Go and find a Debian installation for the BeagleBone Black somewhere on the web/" is too vague an instruction for my liking, and I've attempted to keep things as concise and unambiguous as possible - particularly with an average or new Linux user in mind.
  42. However, for maximum security for those software systems which are not already packaged within the Debian repositories then seek out the original sources and verify the hashes independently.
  43. It's worth adopting an attitude of "/trust but verify/". Don't let fear of mass surveillance and [[https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140207/08354426130/gchq-has-entire-program-dirty-tricks-including-honeypots-using-journalists-deleting-online-accounts.shtml]["dirty tricks"]] paralyse you into trusting nothing and consequently doing nothing. Doing nothing means that the surveillance apparatus has succeeded in keeping you under observation at all times.
  44. * Inventory
  45. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  46. /You can’t help someone just by making a wish to do so, you have to take action./
  47. -- Dalai Lama
  48. #+END_VERSE
  49. These instructions assume that you have the following ingredients.
  50. ** A BeagleBone Black (BBB)
  51. It should come with a suitable USB cable for the initial setup. To make things look nicer you may also want to get a case for it.
  52. ** An internet connection
  53. It is assumed that the most common situation is via a router installed at home. The router should have ethernet sockets on it and a web interface which allows you to forward ports (sometimes under the "firewall" settings), so that you can forward ssh and web traffic to the BBB.
  54. ** microSD card
  55. To use as the main storage for the BBB. 16 or 32GB is fine, and can be obtained quite cheaply. Try to use Sandisk (class 10 or better) where possible and avoid cheaper cards which often have poor performance.
  56. You may also need an SD card adaptor or USB card reader in order to flash the operating image to the microSD card. For instance, many laptops have an SD card slot but not a microSD slot.
  57. ** 5V/2A power supply
  58. With a plug suitable for powering the BBB. If you have some device with a USB socket nearby you may also be able to just use that for electrical power. However, powering from the USB cable alone might result in crashes when the system is under load, depending upon how many milliamps can be supplied by the USB hub/socket. If the system crashes due to running out of power then you will see that the LEDs on the BBB are continuously on, rather than flashing. One way to test whether the board has enough power is to try compiling a Linux kernel on it, but any CPU and disk intensive program will also suffice as a test.
  59. [[http://beagleboard.org/Support/FAQ][beagleboard.org]] gives the following advice on power supplies:
  60. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  61. /Power over USB is sufficient as long as the software and system running perform some management to keep it under the USB current limit threshold. For simplicity and maximum capability, powering over the 5V barrel connector is typically recommended./
  62. /The power adapter is required to provide 5V over a 5.5mm outer diameter and 2.1mm inner diameter barrel connector (a barrel connector length of 9.5mm is more than sufficient). The recommended supply current is at least 1.2A (or 6W), but at least 2A (or 10W) is recommended if you are going to connect up anything over the USB./
  63. #+END_VERSE
  64. The plug should be /centre positive/, meaning that the centre/tip is positive and the outer part is negative.
  65. ** An ethernet patch cable
  66. Just an ordinary cat5 or cat6 cable that you can get from most electrical/computer stores.
  67. * Installing Debian onto the microSD card
  68. The Debian Linux OS will be installed onto a small flash drive. It's a good idea to do this rather than using the internal flash, because it will allow you to easily create backups of the entire system if necessary using the dd command.
  69. Download the image.
  70. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  71. cd ~/
  72. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/debian-7.2-console-armhf-2013-11-15.tar.xz
  73. #+END_SRC
  74. Verify it.
  75. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  76. sha256sum debian-7.2-console-armhf-2013-11-15.tar.xz
  77. 262ea96d6bff530ad545e001eb2aa50b26a999c02f0c0e2e5f8536edf21c973a debian-7.2-console-armhf-2013-11-15.tar.xz
  78. #+END_SRC
  79. Uncompress it.
  80. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  81. tar xJf debian-7.2-console-armhf-2013-11-15.tar.xz
  82. cd debian-7.2-console-armhf-2013-11-15
  83. #+END_SRC
  84. Create the disk image, where sdX is the name of the flash drive (probably it will be sdb or sdc). An easy way to find out the device name of the flash drive is to enter the command:
  85. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  86. ls /dev/sd*
  87. #+END_SRC
  88. then plug in the flash drive and type the same command again. You'll be able to see the difference. Once you know the device name then you can proceed to install the image onto the flash drive.
  89. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  90. sudo apt-get install u-boot-tools dosfstools git-core kpartx wget parted
  91. sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot bone --swap-file 1024
  92. #+END_SRC
  93. Once completed then safely remove the microSD card via your file manager (usually right click and "safely remove" or "eject").
  94. * Setup
  95. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  96. /Build the tools for a future you would want to live in/
  97. -- Kurt Opsahl
  98. #+END_VERSE
  99. ** Things to be aware of
  100. *** A note on ssh
  101. When using ssh to log into the BBB if you get warnings of the type "/the ECDSA host key for domain differs from the key for the IP address/" then run the command:
  102. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  103. ssh-keygen -R <IP address>
  104. #+END_SRC
  105. *** Passwords
  106. It's highly recommended that you use a password manager, such as KeepassX, and make all your passwords long random strings. It's also a good idea to use different passwords for different pieces of software, instead of one or two passwords for the whole system. That compartmentalises the security such that even if an attacker gains access to one system they can't necessarily get access to others.
  107. *** HTTPS
  108. Throughout these instructions self signed SSL certificates are used to implement access to web pages via HTTPS. The whole HTTPS security model upon which much of the internet currently rests seems broken in that it usually depends upon "trusted certificate authorities" who are not really trusted, except perhaps by the maintainers of certain web browser software. So all that HTTPS really guarantees is that you have an encrypted connection, but an encrypted connection /to who/ can be subject to doubt. As was seen in 2013 with the [[https://www.schneier.com/essay-455.html][information coming from Edward Snowden]], and also the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit][Lavabit email service]], it's possible for companies/organisations to be compromised or bribed and SSL private keys for all users can be demanded using gagging orders or secret laws without any individual user ever being able to know that their communications is no longer secure..
  109. Not knowing who you're really connecting to is especially true for self-signed certificates, so it is in principle possible that when logging into a site with a username and password a system such as [[http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/uk-spies-continue-quantum-insert-attack-via-linkedin-slashdot-pages/][Quantum Insert]], or a compromised [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System][DNS service]], could be used to direct the user to a fake copy of the login screen for the purposes of obtaining their login details. While this doesn't seem to be a major problem at the time of writing it's something to keep in mind. So if you can't log in or if you log in and what you see doesn't look like your site then it's possible that such a compromise could have taken place. Using a password manager with different login details for each site is one way to ensure that if one system is compromised then the attacker can't necessarily get access to all your other stuff.
  110. ** Initial
  111. Eject the microSD card from your computer and plug it into the BBB, then connect the USB cable between the two. You may need to wait for a couple of minutes for the BBB to boot from the card, then you can then open a terminal and login via ssh.
  112. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  113. ssh debian@192.168.7.2
  114. #+END_SRC
  115. The default password is /temppwd/
  116. Then log in as root:
  117. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  118. su
  119. #+END_SRC
  120. The default password is /root/
  121. The first thing to do is to change the passwords from their defaults.
  122. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  123. passwd
  124. #+END_SRC
  125. Then you will need to change the network interfaces. The main task here is to comment out the stuff related to usb0. That will enable you to plug the BBB into the back of a router and for it to be detectable on the network.
  126. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  127. nano /etc/network/interfaces
  128. #+END_SRC
  129. The resulting interfaces file should look like this:
  130. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  131. # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
  132. # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
  133. # The loopback network interface
  134. auto lo
  135. iface lo inet loopback
  136. # The primary network interface
  137. allow-hotplug eth0
  138. iface eth0 inet static
  139. address 192.168.1.60
  140. netmask 255.255.255.0
  141. gateway 192.168.1.254
  142. dns-nameservers 213.73.91.35 85.214.20.141
  143. # Example to keep MAC address between reboots
  144. #hwaddress ether DA:AD:CE:EF:CA:FE
  145. # WiFi Example
  146. #auto wlan0
  147. #iface wlan0 inet dhcp
  148. # wpa-ssid "essid"
  149. # wpa-psk "password"
  150. # Ethernet/RNDIS gadget (g_ether)
  151. # ... or on host side, usbnet and random hwaddr
  152. # Note on some boards, usb0 is automaticly setup with an init script
  153. # in that case, to completely disable remove file [run_boot-scripts] from the boot partition
  154. #iface usb0 inet static
  155. # address 192.168.7.2
  156. # netmask 255.255.255.0
  157. # network 192.168.7.0
  158. # gateway 192.168.7.1
  159. #+END_SRC
  160. CTRL-O followed by ENTER to save, then CTRL-X to exit.
  161. In the above example "address 192.168.1.60" is a static IP address for the BBB, which will allow incoming network traffic to be directed from the router in a reliable manner. It should be outside of the DHCP range set up on the router.
  162. "gateway 192.168.1.254" should be the IP address of the router.
  163. Note that setting the DNS servers with dns-nameservers is important because some home routers do not allow you to change the DNS settings.
  164. Edit resolv.conf.
  165. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  166. nano /etc/resolv.conf
  167. #+END_SRC
  168. It should look something like the following:
  169. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  170. domain localdomain
  171. search localdomain
  172. nameserver 213.73.91.35
  173. nameserver 85.214.20.141
  174. #+END_SRC
  175. CTRL-O followed by ENTER to save, then CTRL-X to exit.
  176. Now disconnect the BBB from your computer and plug it into the router. You'll need an ethernet patch cable and you may also need a 5V/1A power supply for the BBB.
  177. If you go to the web administration screen for your internet router (often it's on 192.168.2.1 or 192.168.1.254) then after a few minutes you should see the BBB appear on the network. It's name will be "arm".
  178. ** Add a user
  179. Ssh back in to the BBB and login as root. In this example the BBB's IP address is 192.168.1.60.
  180. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  181. ssh-keygen -f "/home/myusername/.ssh/known_hosts" -R 192.168.1.60
  182. ssh debian@192.168.1.60
  183. su
  184. #+END_SRC
  185. Then make a new user. It's a bad idea to add users to the sudo group, because that then means that an attacker potentially only needs to know one password in order to get administrator access to the system. With no sudoers an attacker needs to know, or be able to obtain, two separate passwords to be able to really compromise the system.
  186. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  187. adduser myusername
  188. #+END_SRC
  189. Exit from the ssh login by typing "exit" a couple of times, then ssh back in as the new user. Make sure you use a difficult to guess password/phrase, or ideally a randomly generated password used together with a password manager such as KeepassX.
  190. Remove the default debian user.
  191. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  192. userdel -r debian
  193. #+END_SRC
  194. ** Text editor
  195. For an editor which is less erratic than vi when used within a remote console such as Terminator.
  196. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  197. apt-get update
  198. apt-get install emacs
  199. #+END_SRC
  200. Some basic Emacs keys which will be useful to new users are:
  201. | Load a file | CTRL-x CTRL-f |
  202. | Save | CTRL-x CTRL-s |
  203. | Exit | CTRL-x CTRL-c |
  204. ** Create a swap file
  205. Without a swap file the system may occasionally run out of memory and crash, since the Beaglebone only has 512MB of RAM. The following commands will create a 1GB swap file:
  206. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  207. mkdir -p /var/cache/swap/
  208. dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/cache/swap/swapfile bs=1M count=1024
  209. chmod 600 /var/cache/swap/swapfile
  210. mkswap /var/cache/swap/swapfile
  211. swapon /var/cache/swap/swapfile
  212. #+END_SRC
  213. To tell the OS to load this swapfile on each start up.
  214. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  215. emacs /etc/fstab
  216. #+END_SRC
  217. Append the following line:
  218. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  219. /var/cache/swap/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
  220. #+END_SRC
  221. Then save and exit.
  222. To verify that the swapfile is accessilble type /top/ and look for the line which begins with "KiB Swap". Probably there will be zero bytes used, but this might be non-zero when the system is under some load (for example getting a lot of web views or being crawled by a search engine). CTRL-C exits from the /top/ command.
  223. ** Enable backports
  224. To enable some newer packages add backports to the repositories.
  225. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  226. echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  227. apt-get update
  228. apt-get dist-upgrade
  229. #+END_SRC
  230. ** Configure your location/language
  231. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  232. dpkg-reconfigure locales
  233. apt-get install keyboard-configuration
  234. #+END_SRC
  235. You may need to reboot for this to take effect. To verify the change.
  236. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  237. locale -a
  238. #+END_SRC
  239. Set your time zone with:
  240. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  241. tzselect
  242. #+END_SRC
  243. For example, for British time:
  244. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  245. TZ='Europe/London'; export TZ
  246. echo "TZ='Europe/London'; export TZ" >> ~/.bashrc
  247. echo "TZ='Europe/London'; export TZ" >> /home/myusername/.bashrc
  248. #+END_SRC
  249. ** Upgrade the kernel
  250. Using a more recent kernel should improve stability of the system and also allow it to make use of hardware random number generation, which improves the overall security. Please note that this kernel is specific to the BBB, so if you're using a Raspberry Pi, Cubieboard or other SBC then look elsewhere on the web for information about upgrading the kernel.
  251. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  252. cd /tmp
  253. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/kernel-3.13.tar.gz
  254. #+END_SRC
  255. Verify it.
  256. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  257. sha256sum kernel-3.13.tar.gz
  258. 88f7c5d1a26b844371137a5e849b376284267452ee8ddbfe7792da9254b86473
  259. #+END_SRC
  260. Then extract and install it.
  261. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  262. tar -xzvf kernel-3.13.tar.gz
  263. cd kernel-3.13
  264. sh install-me.sh
  265. reboot
  266. #+END_SRC
  267. After the system has rebooted you can ssh back unto it and log in as the root user. You can check that the kernel version has changed with the command:
  268. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  269. uname -mrs
  270. #+END_SRC
  271. ** Random number generation
  272. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  273. /Near as I can tell, the answer on what has been requested is everything: deliberate weakenings of encryption algorithms, deliberate weakenings of random number generations, copies of master keys, encryption of the session key with an NSA-specific key … everything./
  274. -- Bruce Schneier, on the 2013 leaked NSA documents
  275. #+END_VERSE
  276. The security of encryption depends upon the randomness of the random source used on your system. If it isn't very random then it may be far more vulnerable to cryptanalysis, and it's known that in the past some dubious agencies have encouraged the use of flawed random number generators to assist with their prurient activities. Randomness - typically referred to as /entropy/ - is often gathered from factors such as the timing of key presses or mouse movements, but since the BBB won't have such devices plugged into it this reduces the amount of entropy available.
  277. *** On the Beaglebone Black
  278. Computers can't really generate truly random numbers by themselves, since they're deterministic and so operate in a highly predictable manner. Fortunately, the BBB has an onboard hardware random number generator, which is a physical process which behaves randomly and which can then be read into the computer and stored for later use in encryption algorithms.
  279. Information on exactly how the hardware random number generator on the Beaglebone AM335x CPU works [[http://e2e.ti.com/support/arm/sitara_arm/f/791/t/292794.aspx][seems hard to come by]], but we can later use some software to verify that it does indeed produce random numbers and hasn't been deliberately weakened.
  280. If you are using a Beaglebone and have updated the kernel then install:
  281. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  282. apt-get install rng-tools
  283. emacs /etc/default/rng-tools
  284. #+END_SRC
  285. Uncomment *HRNGDEVICE=/dev/hwrng*, save and exit then restart the daemon.
  286. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  287. service rng-tools restart
  288. #+END_SRC
  289. Your BBB will now use hardware to generate random numbers.
  290. *** On other Single Board Computers
  291. If you are not using a Beaglebone (a Cubieboard for example), or if you didn't update the kernel, then you can still improve the random number generation by installing:
  292. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  293. apt-get install haveged
  294. #+END_SRC
  295. *** Verifying random number quality
  296. You can check how much randomness (entropy) is available with:
  297. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  298. cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
  299. #+END_SRC
  300. Ideally it should be in the range 1000-4096. If it is persistently below 500 then there may be a problem with your system which could make it less secure.
  301. To verify that random number generation is good on the BBB run:
  302. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  303. cat /dev/hwrng | rngtest -c 1000
  304. #+END_SRC
  305. You should see something like this, with zero or a small number of failures:
  306. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  307. rngtest: starting FIPS tests...
  308. rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032
  309. rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 1000
  310. rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 0
  311. rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 0
  312. rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 0
  313. rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 0
  314. rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 0
  315. rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 0
  316. rngtest: input channel speed: (min=3.104; avg=26.015; max=18.626)Gibits/s
  317. rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=160.281; avg=165.696; max=168.792)Mibits/s
  318. rngtest: Program run time: 115987 microseconds
  319. #+END_SRC
  320. *** Cryptotronix Hashlet
  321. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  322. /One must acknowledge with cryptography no amount of violence will ever solve a math problem./
  323. -- Jacob Appelbaum
  324. #+END_VERSE
  325. An optional extra is the [[http://cryptotronix.com/products/hashlet/][Cryptotronix Hashlet]] which also has hardware random number generation capability via the [[./Atmel-8740-CryptoAuth-ATSHA204-Datasheet.pdf][Atmel ATSHA204]] chip.
  326. Install the hashlet [[./images/hashlet_installed.jpg][like this]] on the BBB, then download the source code.
  327. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  328. cd /tmp
  329. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/hashlet-1.0.0.tar.gz
  330. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/hashlet-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig
  331. #+END_SRC
  332. Install some dependencies.
  333. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  334. apt-get install gnupg build-essential libgcrypt11-dev
  335. #+END_SRC
  336. Verify it.
  337. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  338. gpg --verify hashlet-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig
  339. #+END_SRC
  340. The main parts of the verification to check are:
  341. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  342. gpg: Signature made Fri 07 Feb 2014 23:22:37 GMT using RSA key ID 81CD647A
  343. gpg: requesting key 81CD647A from hkp server keys.gnupg.net
  344. gpg: key BD2EDEA6: public key "Joshua Brian Datko <jbd@cryptotronix.com>" imported
  345. gpg: Good signature from "Joshua Brian Datko <jbd@cryptotronix.com>"
  346. #+END_SRC
  347. Now install the driver.
  348. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  349. tar -xzvf hashlet-1.0.0.tar.gz
  350. cd hashlet-1.0.0
  351. chmod o+rw /dev/i2c*
  352. ./configure
  353. make
  354. make check
  355. make install
  356. #+END_SRC
  357. To check the initial state of the device:
  358. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  359. hashlet --bus=/dev/i2c-2 state
  360. #+END_SRC
  361. It should return the message "/Factory/". This is intended to provide an indication that the hardware hasn't been tampered with by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations][TAO]] or other shady outfits in transit. If /i2c-2/ fails then try /i2c-1/ or /i2c-0/.
  362. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  363. hashlet --bus=/dev/i2c-2 personalize
  364. #+END_SRC
  365. Nothing should be returned by this command, but a file called ~/.hashlet will be generate which is the private key of the device. To make sure it's only accessible by the root user:
  366. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  367. chmod 400 ~/.hashlet
  368. #+END_SRC
  369. ** Alter ssh configuration
  370. Altering the ssh configuration will make it a little more secure than the standard Debian settings.
  371. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  372. emacs /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  373. #+END_SRC
  374. Check the following values:
  375. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  376. PermitRootLogin no
  377. X11Forwarding no
  378. ServerKeyBits 4096
  379. Protocol 2
  380. PermitEmptyPasswords no
  381. StrictModes yes
  382. #+END_SRC
  383. Append the following:
  384. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  385. Ciphers aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
  386. MACs hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-ripemd160
  387. KexAlgorithms diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1
  388. #+END_SRC
  389. CTRL-X CTRL-S to save, then CTRL-X CTRL-C to exit.
  390. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  391. service ssh restart
  392. #+END_SRC
  393. To test the new settings log out by typing "exit" a couple of times, then log back in again with:
  394. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  395. ssh -vvv myusername@192.168.1.60
  396. #+END_SRC
  397. and check that some number of bits are set within a 4096 bit sized key:
  398. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  399. debug2: bits set: */4096
  400. #+END_SRC
  401. ** Getting onto the web
  402. Create a subdomain on [[http://freedns.afraid.org][freeDNS]]. You may need to click on "/subdomains/" a couple of times. FreeDNS is preferred because it is one of the few domain name providers which supports genuinely free (as in beer) accounts. So if your budget is tiny or non-existent you can still participate as a first class citizen of the internet. If you do have money to spend there is also a premium option.
  403. Select "/dynamic DNS/" then click "/quick cron example/"
  404. An example would look like:
  405. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  406. 4,9,14,19,24,29,34,39,44,49,54,59 * * * * root sleep 29 ; /usr/bin/timeout 120 wget -O - https://free\ dns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?ABCKDNRCLFHENSLKNFEGSBFLFF== >> /\ tmp/freedns_mysubdomain_us_to.log 2>&1 &
  407. #+END_SRC
  408. It's important to make sure that you change the *http* to *https*, since this will help to prevent a potential attacker from hijacking your site and redirecting it to a fake version for the purposes of obtaining your login details.
  409. Edit */etc/crontab* and append that to the end of the file.
  410. Via your router's firewall settings you should now open port 22 (secure shell). This will allow you to ssh into your BBB from any location - not just your own local network.
  411. The freeDNS subdomain which you just created will hereafter just be refered to as "/your domain name/".
  412. If you have multiple freedns subdomains then you may want to rationalise that a little within */etc/crontab*. Rather than listing them all individually create a script:
  413. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  414. emacs /usr/bin/dynamicdns
  415. #+END_SRC
  416. Add however many freedns subdomains you have.
  417. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  418. #!/bin/bash
  419. # subdomain name 1
  420. wget -O - https://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?<subdomain code 1>== >> /dev/null 2>&1
  421. # subdomain name 2
  422. wget -O - https://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?<subdomain code 2>== >> /dev/null 2>&1
  423. ...
  424. #+END_SRC
  425. Save and exit, then make the script runnable and only readable by the root user.
  426. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  427. chmod 600 /usr/bin/dynamicdns
  428. chmod +x /usr/bin/dynamicdns
  429. #+END_SRC
  430. Then within */etc/crontab*
  431. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  432. emacs /etc/crontab
  433. #+END_SRC
  434. You can replace the multiple freedns entries with a single line:
  435. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  436. */10 * * * * root /usr/bin/timeout 60 /usr/bin/dynamicdns
  437. #+END_SRC
  438. Then save and exit and restart the cron daemon.
  439. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  440. service cron restart
  441. #+END_SRC
  442. ** Set the host name
  443. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  444. emacs /etc/hostname
  445. #+END_SRC
  446. CTRL-x CTRL-s to save, then CTRL-x CTRL-c to exit.
  447. Also issue the command, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name.
  448. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  449. hostname mydomainname.com
  450. #+END_SRC
  451. You may also need to assign the same hostname separately via your router's web interface.
  452. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  453. emacs /etc/hosts
  454. #+END_SRC
  455. Append the following, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name.
  456. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  457. 127.0.1.1 mydomainname.com
  458. #+END_SRC
  459. If you then run the command:
  460. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  461. hostname -f
  462. #+END_SRC
  463. it should return your domain name.
  464. ** Install NTP
  465. To synchronise time.
  466. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  467. apt-get install ntp
  468. #+END_SRC
  469. ** Install fail2ban
  470. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  471. apt-get install fail2ban
  472. #+END_SRC
  473. ** Set up a firewall
  474. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  475. /The documents, from a PowerPoint presentation prepared for a 2012 NSA conference called SIGDEV, show that the unit known as the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, or JTRIG, boasted of using the DDOS attack – which it dubbed Rolling Thunder/
  476. -- NBC News article: /War on Anonymous: British Spies Attacked Hackers, Snowden Docs Show/
  477. #+END_VERSE
  478. A basic firewall limits the maximum rate at which connections can be made and closes any unused ports, and this helps to defend against various kinds of DDOS attack.
  479. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  480. apt-get install portsentry
  481. emacs /etc/portsentry/portsentry.conf
  482. #+END_SRC
  483. Uncomment the entry for *iptables support for Linux*
  484. Set the following properties:
  485. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  486. TCP_PORTS="1,7,9,11,15,79,109,110,111,119,138,139,512,513,514,515,540,635,1080,1524,2000,2001,4000,4001,5742,6000,6001,6667,12345,12346,20034,27665,30303,32771,32772,32773,32774,31337,40421,40425,49724,54320"
  487. UDP_PORTS="1,7,9,66,67,68,69,111,137,138,161,162,474,513,517,518,635,640,641,666,700,2049,31335,27444,34555,32770,32771,32772,32773,32774,31337,54321"
  488. ADVANCED_EXCLUDE_TCP="113,139,70,80,443,143,6670,993,5060,5061,25,465,22,5222,5223,5269,5280,5281,8432,8433,8444"
  489. ADVANCED_EXCLUDE_UDP="520,138,137,67,70,80,443,143,6670,993, 5060,5061,25,465,22,5222,5223,5269,5280,5281,8444"
  490. SCAN_TRIGGER="2"
  491. BLOCK_UDP="2"
  492. BLOCK_TCP="2"
  493. #+END_SRC
  494. Save and exit.
  495. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  496. service portsentry restart
  497. emacs /tmp/firewall.sh
  498. #+END_SRC
  499. Enter the following:
  500. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  501. #!/bin/bash
  502. # Enable syn cookies
  503. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
  504. # Other settings
  505. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_probes
  506. echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries
  507. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
  508. # First of all delete any existing rules.
  509. # This means you're back to a known state:
  510. iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
  511. ip6tables -P INPUT ACCEPT
  512. iptables -F
  513. ip6tables -F
  514. iptables -X
  515. ip6tables -X
  516. # Drop any IPv6 traffic
  517. ip6tables -A INPUT -p icmp -j DROP
  518. ip6tables -A INPUT -p tcp -j DROP
  519. ip6tables -A INPUT -p udp -j DROP
  520. # Drop access to unused ports
  521. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 1 -j DROP
  522. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 7 -j DROP
  523. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 109:111 -j DROP
  524. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 995 -j DROP
  525. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 139 -j DROP
  526. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 6000:6001 -j DROP
  527. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 9 -j DROP
  528. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 79 -j DROP
  529. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 515 -j DROP
  530. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 4001 -j DROP
  531. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 1524 -j DROP
  532. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 1080 -j DROP
  533. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 512:514 -j DROP
  534. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 31337 -j DROP
  535. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 2000:2001 -j DROP
  536. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 12345 -j DROP
  537. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 32771:32774 -j DROP
  538. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 4000 -j DROP
  539. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 119 -j DROP
  540. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 137 -j DROP
  541. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 1 -j DROP
  542. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 7 -j DROP
  543. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 109:111 -j DROP
  544. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 995 -j DROP
  545. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 139 -j DROP
  546. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 6000:6001 -j DROP
  547. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 9 -j DROP
  548. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 79 -j DROP
  549. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 515 -j DROP
  550. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 4001 -j DROP
  551. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 1524 -j DROP
  552. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 1080 -j DROP
  553. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 512:514 -j DROP
  554. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 31337 -j DROP
  555. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 2000:2001 -j DROP
  556. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 12345 -j DROP
  557. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 32771:32774 -j DROP
  558. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 4000 -j DROP
  559. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 119 -j DROP
  560. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 137 -j DROP
  561. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 8432 -j DROP
  562. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 8433 -j DROP
  563. # Make sure NEW incoming tcp connections are SYN packets
  564. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP
  565. # Drop packets with incoming fragments
  566. iptables -A INPUT -f -j DROP
  567. # Incoming malformed XMAS packets drop them
  568. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL ALL -j DROP
  569. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL FIN,PSH,URG -j DROP
  570. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL SYN,RST,ACK,FIN,URG -j DROP
  571. # Incoming malformed NULL packets:
  572. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL NONE -j DROP
  573. # Drop UDP to used ports
  574. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --match multiport --dports 70,80,443,143,6670,993,5060,5061,25 -j DROP
  575. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --match multiport --dports 465,22,5222,5223,5269,5280,5281,8444 -j DROP
  576. # Limit ssh logins
  577. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  578. # Limit web connections
  579. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  580. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  581. # Limit number of XMPP connections
  582. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --match multiport --dports 5222:5223,5269,5280:5281 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  583. # Limit IRC connections
  584. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6666:6670 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  585. # Limit gopher connections
  586. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 70 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  587. # Limit IMAP connections
  588. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 143 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  589. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 993 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  590. # Limit SIP connections
  591. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5060:5061 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  592. # Limit SMTP/SMTPS connections
  593. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  594. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 465 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  595. # Limit Bitmessage connections
  596. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8444 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  597. # Limit Convergence notary
  598. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8432:8433 -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  599. # Limit the number of incoming tcp connections
  600. # Interface 0 incoming syn-flood protection
  601. iptables -N syn_flood
  602. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --syn -j syn_flood
  603. iptables -A syn_flood -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 3 -j RETURN
  604. iptables -A syn_flood -j DROP
  605. # Limiting the incoming icmp ping request:
  606. #iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
  607. #iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 1 -j LOG --log-prefix PING-DROP:
  608. iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -j DROP
  609. #iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
  610. # Save the settings
  611. iptables-save > /etc/firewall.conf
  612. ip6tables-save > /etc/firewall6.conf
  613. printf '#!/bin/sh\n' > /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables
  614. printf 'iptables-restore < /etc/firewall.conf\n' >> /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables
  615. printf 'ip6tables-restore < /etc/firewall6.conf\n' >> /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables
  616. chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables
  617. #+END_SRC
  618. Save and exit.
  619. Note that this will disable IP version 6. At the time of writing it is expected that the average internet user is running on IP version 4.
  620. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  621. chmod +x /tmp/firewall.sh
  622. . /tmp/firewall.sh
  623. rm /tmp/firewall.sh
  624. #+END_SRC
  625. Also disable ping. This may be inconvenient to some extent, but it seems common for malicious systems, including but not limited to the [[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/snowden-docs-british-spies-used-sex-dirty-tricks-n23091][JTRIG "EFFECTS" team]], to try to disable the machine by flooding it with pings. These days there seems to be not much difference between "cybercrime" and nefarious state-sponsored internet activities.
  626. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  627. emacs /etc/sysctl.conf
  628. #+END_SRC
  629. Uncomment or change the following:
  630. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  631. net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
  632. net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
  633. net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
  634. net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
  635. net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0
  636. net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1
  637. net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1
  638. net.ipv4.ip_forward=0
  639. net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=0
  640. #+END_SRC
  641. And append the following:
  642. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  643. # ignore pings
  644. net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1
  645. # disable ipv6
  646. net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
  647. #+END_SRC
  648. Save and exit. It may be a good idea to reboot at this point and then log back into the BBB using ssh. You can do a safe reboot of the system by typing:
  649. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  650. reboot
  651. #+END_SRC
  652. After reboot and logging back in to the root account via /ssh/ you can verify that the firewall rules were restored correctly with:
  653. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  654. iptables -L
  655. #+END_SRC
  656. and
  657. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  658. ip6tables -L
  659. #+END_SRC
  660. ** Install Email
  661. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  662. /If you knew what I know about email, you might not use it/
  663. -- Ladar Levison
  664. #+END_VERSE
  665. Email is not very secure, but its usefulness and ubiquity mean that it's likely to continue as a primary communications method for many years to come. You can encrypt the contents of email using PGP/GPG, but very few people do that and even for those that do the metadata (the From/To/CC/BCC) is always transmitted in the clear as a fundamental aspect of the protocol, allowing an attacker to easily construct detailed models of people's social network and life patterns even without knowing the content.
  666. Exim4 seems much easier to install and configure than Postfix.
  667. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  668. service postfix stop
  669. apt-get remove postfix
  670. aptitude install exim4 sasl2-bin swaks libnet-ssleay-perl procmail
  671. #+END_SRC
  672. You will be prompted to remove postfix. Say yes and yes again.
  673. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  674. dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
  675. #+END_SRC
  676. Settings as follows:
  677. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  678. internet site
  679. System mail name: mydomainname.com
  680. IP addresses to listen on: blank
  681. Destinations: mydomainname.com
  682. Domains to relay mail: blank
  683. Smarthost Relay: 192.168.1.0/24 (the range of addresses on your LAN)
  684. Dial on demand = no
  685. Maildir format in home directory
  686. Split configuration = no
  687. Root and postmaster: root email
  688. #+END_SRC
  689. To test the installation:
  690. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  691. telnet 192.168.1.60 25
  692. ehlo xxx
  693. quit
  694. #+END_SRC
  695. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  696. emacs /etc/default/saslauthd
  697. #+END_SRC
  698. set START=yes then save and exit.
  699. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  700. /etc/init.d/saslauthd start
  701. emacs exim-gencert
  702. #+END_SRC
  703. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  704. #!/bin/sh -e
  705. if [ -n "$EX4DEBUG" ]; then
  706. echo "now debugging $0 $@"
  707. set -x
  708. fi
  709. DIR=/etc/exim4
  710. CERT=$DIR/exim.crt
  711. KEY=$DIR/exim.key
  712. # This exim binary was built with GnuTLS which does not support dhparams
  713. # from a file. See /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz
  714. #DH=$DIR/exim.dhparam
  715. if ! which openssl > /dev/null ;then
  716. echo "$0: openssl is not installed, exiting" 1>&2
  717. exit 1
  718. fi
  719. # valid for ten years
  720. DAYS=3650
  721. if [ "$1" != "--force" ] && [ -f $CERT ] && [ -f $KEY ]; then
  722. echo "[*] $CERT and $KEY exists!"
  723. echo " Use \"$0 --force\" to force generation!"
  724. exit 0
  725. fi
  726. if [ "$1" = "--force" ]; then
  727. shift
  728. fi
  729. #SSLEAY=/tmp/exim.ssleay.$$.cnf
  730. SSLEAY="$(tempfile -m600 -pexi)"
  731. cat > $SSLEAY <<EOM
  732. RANDFILE = $HOME/.rnd
  733. [ req ]
  734. default_bits = 4096
  735. default_keyfile = exim.key
  736. distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name
  737. [ req_distinguished_name ]
  738. countryName = Country Code (2 letters)
  739. countryName_default = GB
  740. countryName_min = 2
  741. countryName_max = 2
  742. stateOrProvinceName = State or Province Name (full name)
  743. localityName = Locality Name (eg, city)
  744. organizationName = Organization Name (eg, company; recommended)
  745. organizationName_max = 64
  746. organizationalUnitName = Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)
  747. organizationalUnitName_max = 64
  748. commonName = Server name (eg. ssl.domain.tld; required!!!)
  749. commonName_max = 64
  750. emailAddress = Email Address
  751. emailAddress_max = 40
  752. EOM
  753. echo "[*] Creating a self signed SSL certificate for Exim!"
  754. echo " This may be sufficient to establish encrypted connections but for"
  755. echo " secure identification you need to buy a real certificate!"
  756. echo " "
  757. echo " Please enter the hostname of your MTA at the Common Name (CN) prompt!"
  758. echo " "
  759. openssl req -config $SSLEAY -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout $KEY -out $CERT -days $DAYS -nodes
  760. #see README.Debian.gz*# openssl dhparam -check -text -5 512 -out $DH
  761. rm -f $SSLEAY
  762. chown root:Debian-exim $KEY $CERT $DH
  763. chmod 640 $KEY $CERT $DH
  764. echo "[*] Done generating self signed certificates for exim!"
  765. echo " Refer to the documentation and example configuration files"
  766. echo " over at /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/ for an idea on how to enable TLS"
  767. echo " support in your mail transfer agent."
  768. #+END_SRC
  769. Save and exit
  770. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  771. chmod +x exim-gencert
  772. ./exim-gencert
  773. #+END_SRC
  774. This will generate the certificate used for email authentication. You will be asked for various details, the most important of which is the server name, which should be your domain name.
  775. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  776. emacs /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template
  777. #+END_SRC
  778. Append the following:
  779. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  780. login_saslauthd_server:
  781. driver = plaintext
  782. public_name = LOGIN
  783. server_prompts = "Username:: : Password::"
  784. # don't send system passwords over unencrypted connections
  785. server_condition = ${if saslauthd{{$auth1}{$auth2}}{1}{0}}
  786. server_set_id = $auth1
  787. .ifndef AUTH_SERVER_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS
  788. server_advertise_condition = ${if eq{$tls_cipher}{}{}{*}}
  789. .endif
  790. #+END_SRC
  791. Search for the line *.ifdef MAIN_HARDCODE_PRIMARY_HOSTNAME* and above it insert the line:
  792. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  793. MAIN_HARDCODE_PRIMARY_HOSTNAME = mydomainname.com
  794. #+END_SRC
  795. Add the line:
  796. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  797. MAIN_TLS_ENABLE = true
  798. #+END_SRC
  799. Save and exit.
  800. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  801. emacs /etc/default/exim4
  802. change SMTPLISTENEROPTIONS to:
  803. SMTPLISTENEROPTIONS='-oX 465:25 -oP /var/run/exim4/exim.pid'
  804. #+END_SRC
  805. save and exit
  806. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  807. emacs /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template
  808. under the section "main/03_exim4-config_tlsoptions"
  809. Add the following:
  810. tls_on_connect_ports=465
  811. #+END_SRC
  812. save and exit
  813. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  814. adduser myusername sasl
  815. addgroup Debian-exim sasl
  816. /etc/init.d/exim4 restart
  817. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir
  818. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/Sent
  819. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/Sent/tmp
  820. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/Sent/cur
  821. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/Sent/new
  822. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-spam
  823. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-spam/cur
  824. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-spam/new
  825. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-spam/tmp
  826. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-ham
  827. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-ham/cur
  828. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-ham/new
  829. mkdir -m 700 /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-ham/tmp
  830. ln -s /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-spam /etc/skel/Maildir/spam
  831. ln -s /etc/skel/Maildir/.learn-ham /etc/skel/Maildir/ham
  832. #+END_SRC
  833. If you're starting from scratch and don't already have a /Maildir/ directory in your home directory, then create one as follows:
  834. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  835. export MYUSERNAME=myusername
  836. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir
  837. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/cur
  838. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/tmp
  839. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/new
  840. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/Sent
  841. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/Sent/cur
  842. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/Sent/tmp
  843. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/Sent/new
  844. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-spam
  845. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-spam/cur
  846. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-spam/new
  847. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-spam/tmp
  848. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-ham
  849. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-ham/cur
  850. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-ham/new
  851. mkdir -m 700 /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-ham/tmp
  852. ln -s /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-spam /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/spam
  853. ln -s /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/.learn-ham /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/ham
  854. chown -R $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME /home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir
  855. #+END_SRC
  856. ** Spam filtering
  857. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  858. apt-get install spamassassin exim4-daemon-heavy
  859. emacs /etc/default/spamassassin
  860. #+END_SRC
  861. Set ENABLED=1 then save and exit.
  862. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  863. emacs /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template
  864. #+END_SRC
  865. uncomment or change according to your configuration
  866. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  867. # For spam scanning, there is a similar option that defines the interface to
  868. # SpamAssassin. You do not need to set this if you are using the default, which
  869. # is shown in this commented example. As for virus scanning, you must also
  870. # modify the acl_check_data access control list to enable spam scanning.
  871. spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 783
  872. #+END_SRC
  873. add spam header in the /acl_check_data/ section:
  874. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  875. ### acl/40_exim4-config_check_data
  876. #################################
  877. # This ACL is used after the contents of a message have been received. This
  878. # is the ACL in which you can test a message's headers or body, and in
  879. # particular, this is where you can invoke external virus or spam scanners.
  880. acl_check_data:
  881. ...
  882. ...
  883. ...
  884. # See the exim docs and the exim wiki for more suitable examples.
  885. #
  886. # warn
  887. # spam = Debian-exim:true
  888. # add_header = X-Spam_score: $spam_score\n\
  889. # X-Spam_score_int: $spam_score_int\n\
  890. # X-Spam_bar: $spam_bar\n\
  891. # X-Spam_report: $spam_report
  892. # put headers in all messages (no matter if spam or not)
  893. warn spam = nobody:true
  894. add_header = X-Spam-Score: $spam_score ($spam_bar)
  895. add_header = X-Spam-Report: $spam_report
  896. # add second subject line with *SPAM* marker when message
  897. # is over threshold
  898. warn spam = nobody
  899. add_header = Subject: ***SPAM (score:$spam_score)*** $h_Subject:
  900. #+END_SRC
  901. Save and exit.
  902. Then restart
  903. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  904. exit
  905. emacs ~/.procmailrc
  906. #+END_SRC
  907. The text should look like the following.
  908. #+BEGIN_SRC: sh
  909. MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir
  910. DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/
  911. LOGFILE=$HOME/log/procmail.log
  912. LOGABSTRACT=all
  913. # get spamassassin to check emails
  914. :0fw: .spamassassin.lock
  915. * < 256000
  916. | spamc
  917. # strong spam are discarded
  918. :0
  919. * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\*
  920. /dev/null
  921. # weak spam are kept just in case - clear this out every now and then
  922. :0
  923. * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*
  924. .0-spam/
  925. # otherwise, marginal spam goes here for revision
  926. :0
  927. * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*
  928. .spam/
  929. #+END_SRC
  930. Save and exit.
  931. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  932. su
  933. emacs /usr/bin/filterspam
  934. #+END_SRC
  935. Add the following contents:
  936. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  937. #!/bin/bash
  938. USERNAME=$1
  939. MAILDIR=/home/$USERNAME/Maildir/.learn-spam
  940. if [ ! -d "$MAILDIR" ]; then
  941. exit
  942. fi
  943. for f in `ls $MAILDIR/cur`
  944. do
  945. spamc -L spam < "$MAILDIR/cur/$f" > /dev/null
  946. rm "$MAILDIR/cur/$f"
  947. done
  948. for f in `ls $MAILDIR/new`
  949. do
  950. spamc -L spam < "$MAILDIR/new/$f" > /dev/null
  951. rm "$MAILDIR/new/$f"
  952. done
  953. #+END_SRC
  954. Save and exit.
  955. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  956. emacs /usr/bin/filterham
  957. #+END_SRC
  958. Add the following contents:
  959. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  960. #!/bin/bash
  961. USERNAME=$1
  962. MAILDIR=/home/$USERNAME/Maildir/.learn-ham
  963. if [ ! -d "$MAILDIR" ]; then
  964. exit
  965. fi
  966. for f in `ls $MAILDIR/cur`
  967. do
  968. spamc -L ham < "$MAILDIR/cur/$f" > /dev/null
  969. rm "$MAILDIR/cur/$f"
  970. done
  971. for f in `ls $MAILDIR/new`
  972. do
  973. spamc -L ham < "$MAILDIR/new/$f" > /dev/null
  974. rm "$MAILDIR/new/$f"
  975. done
  976. #+END_SRC
  977. Save and exit.
  978. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  979. emacs /etc/crontab
  980. #+END_SRC
  981. Append the following, replacing *myusername* with your username.
  982. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  983. */3 * * * * root /usr/bin/timeout 120 /usr/bin/filterspam myusername
  984. */3 * * * * root /usr/bin/timeout 120 /usr/bin/filterham myusername
  985. #+END_SRC
  986. Save and exit.
  987. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  988. chmod 655 /usr/bin/filterspam /usr/bin/filterham
  989. service spamassassin restart
  990. service exim4 restart
  991. service cron restart
  992. #+END_SRC
  993. ** Install Dovecot
  994. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  995. /I dreamt last night that I was living in a surveillance state. I woke up and… I’m still in a surveillance state./
  996. -- Conrad Kramer
  997. #+END_VERSE
  998. Install the required packages.
  999. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1000. aptitude -y install dovecot-common dovecot-imapd
  1001. #+END_SRC
  1002. Edit the configuration file.
  1003. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1004. emacs /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
  1005. #+END_SRC
  1006. Line 26: change:
  1007. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1008. listen = *
  1009. #+END_SRC
  1010. Save and exit.
  1011. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1012. emacs /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf
  1013. #+END_SRC
  1014. Line 9: uncomment and change (allow plain text auth)
  1015. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1016. disable_plaintext_auth = no
  1017. #+END_SRC
  1018. Line 99: add:
  1019. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1020. auth_mechanisms = plain login
  1021. #+END_SRC
  1022. Save and exit.
  1023. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1024. emacs /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
  1025. #+END_SRC
  1026. Line 30: uncomment and add:
  1027. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1028. mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
  1029. #+END_SRC
  1030. Save and exit, then start the dovecot service.
  1031. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1032. service dovecot restart
  1033. #+END_SRC
  1034. ** Create a GPG key
  1035. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1036. /If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy./
  1037. -- Philip Zimmermann
  1038. #+END_VERSE
  1039. *** Initial installation
  1040. Assuming that you are logged in as root, first ensure that GPG is installed and then exit to your user account.
  1041. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1042. apt-get install gnupg
  1043. exit
  1044. #+END_SRC
  1045. Now we will add some settings:
  1046. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1047. mkdir ~/.gnupg
  1048. emacs ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
  1049. #+END_SRC
  1050. The configuration should look like the following. Of particular importance are the default preferences at the end.
  1051. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1052. # Options for GnuPG
  1053. # Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
  1054. # 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  1055. #
  1056. # This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
  1057. # unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
  1058. # modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
  1059. #
  1060. # This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  1061. # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
  1062. # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  1063. #
  1064. # Unless you specify which option file to use (with the command line
  1065. # option "--options filename"), GnuPG uses the file ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
  1066. # by default.
  1067. #
  1068. # An options file can contain any long options which are available in
  1069. # GnuPG. If the first non white space character of a line is a '#',
  1070. # this line is ignored. Empty lines are also ignored.
  1071. #
  1072. # See the man page for a list of options.
  1073. # Uncomment the following option to get rid of the copyright notice
  1074. #no-greeting
  1075. # If you have more than 1 secret key in your keyring, you may want to
  1076. # uncomment the following option and set your preferred keyid.
  1077. #default-key 621CC013
  1078. # If you do not pass a recipient to gpg, it will ask for one. Using
  1079. # this option you can encrypt to a default key. Key validation will
  1080. # not be done in this case. The second form uses the default key as
  1081. # default recipient.
  1082. #default-recipient some-user-id
  1083. #default-recipient-self
  1084. # Use --encrypt-to to add the specified key as a recipient to all
  1085. # messages. This is useful, for example, when sending mail through a
  1086. # mail client that does not automatically encrypt mail to your key.
  1087. # In the example, this option allows you to read your local copy of
  1088. # encrypted mail that you've sent to others.
  1089. #encrypt-to some-key-id
  1090. # By default GnuPG creates version 4 signatures for data files as
  1091. # specified by OpenPGP. Some earlier (PGP 6, PGP 7) versions of PGP
  1092. # require the older version 3 signatures. Setting this option forces
  1093. # GnuPG to create version 3 signatures.
  1094. #force-v3-sigs
  1095. # Because some mailers change lines starting with "From " to ">From "
  1096. # it is good to handle such lines in a special way when creating
  1097. # cleartext signatures; all other PGP versions do it this way too.
  1098. #no-escape-from-lines
  1099. # If you do not use the Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) charset, you should tell
  1100. # GnuPG which is the native character set. Please check the man page
  1101. # for supported character sets. This character set is only used for
  1102. # metadata and not for the actual message which does not undergo any
  1103. # translation. Note that future version of GnuPG will change to UTF-8
  1104. # as default character set. In most cases this option is not required
  1105. # as GnuPG is able to figure out the correct charset at runtime.
  1106. #charset utf-8
  1107. # Group names may be defined like this:
  1108. # group mynames = paige 0x12345678 joe patti
  1109. #
  1110. # Any time "mynames" is a recipient (-r or --recipient), it will be
  1111. # expanded to the names "paige", "joe", and "patti", and the key ID
  1112. # "0x12345678". Note there is only one level of expansion - you
  1113. # cannot make an group that points to another group. Note also that
  1114. # if there are spaces in the recipient name, this will appear as two
  1115. # recipients. In these cases it is better to use the key ID.
  1116. #group mynames = paige 0x12345678 joe patti
  1117. # Lock the file only once for the lifetime of a process. If you do
  1118. # not define this, the lock will be obtained and released every time
  1119. # it is needed, which is usually preferable.
  1120. #lock-once
  1121. # GnuPG can send and receive keys to and from a keyserver. These
  1122. # servers can be HKP, email, or LDAP (if GnuPG is built with LDAP
  1123. # support).
  1124. #
  1125. # Example HKP keyserver:
  1126. # hkp://keys.gnupg.net
  1127. # hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
  1128. #
  1129. # Example email keyserver:
  1130. # mailto:pgp-public-keys@keys.pgp.net
  1131. #
  1132. # Example LDAP keyservers:
  1133. # ldap://keyserver.pgp.com
  1134. #
  1135. # Regular URL syntax applies, and you can set an alternate port
  1136. # through the usual method:
  1137. # hkp://keyserver.example.net:22742
  1138. #
  1139. # Most users just set the name and type of their preferred keyserver.
  1140. # Note that most servers (with the notable exception of
  1141. # ldap://keyserver.pgp.com) synchronize changes with each other. Note
  1142. # also that a single server name may actually point to multiple
  1143. # servers via DNS round-robin. hkp://keys.gnupg.net is an example of
  1144. # such a "server", which spreads the load over a number of physical
  1145. # servers. To see the IP address of the server actually used, you may use
  1146. # the "--keyserver-options debug".
  1147. keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net
  1148. #keyserver mailto:pgp-public-keys@keys.nl.pgp.net
  1149. #keyserver ldap://keyserver.pgp.com
  1150. # Common options for keyserver functions:
  1151. #
  1152. # include-disabled : when searching, include keys marked as "disabled"
  1153. # on the keyserver (not all keyservers support this).
  1154. #
  1155. # no-include-revoked : when searching, do not include keys marked as
  1156. # "revoked" on the keyserver.
  1157. #
  1158. # verbose : show more information as the keys are fetched.
  1159. # Can be used more than once to increase the amount
  1160. # of information shown.
  1161. #
  1162. # use-temp-files : use temporary files instead of a pipe to talk to the
  1163. # keyserver. Some platforms (Win32 for one) always
  1164. # have this on.
  1165. #
  1166. # keep-temp-files : do not delete temporary files after using them
  1167. # (really only useful for debugging)
  1168. #
  1169. # http-proxy="proxy" : set the proxy to use for HTTP and HKP keyservers.
  1170. # This overrides the "http_proxy" environment variable,
  1171. # if any.
  1172. #
  1173. # auto-key-retrieve : automatically fetch keys as needed from the keyserver
  1174. # when verifying signatures or when importing keys that
  1175. # have been revoked by a revocation key that is not
  1176. # present on the keyring.
  1177. #
  1178. # no-include-attributes : do not include attribute IDs (aka "photo IDs")
  1179. # when sending keys to the keyserver.
  1180. keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve
  1181. # Display photo user IDs in key listings
  1182. # list-options show-photos
  1183. # Display photo user IDs when a signature from a key with a photo is
  1184. # verified
  1185. # verify-options show-photos
  1186. # Use this program to display photo user IDs
  1187. #
  1188. # %i is expanded to a temporary file that contains the photo.
  1189. # %I is the same as %i, but the file isn't deleted afterwards by GnuPG.
  1190. # %k is expanded to the key ID of the key.
  1191. # %K is expanded to the long OpenPGP key ID of the key.
  1192. # %t is expanded to the extension of the image (e.g. "jpg").
  1193. # %T is expanded to the MIME type of the image (e.g. "image/jpeg").
  1194. # %f is expanded to the fingerprint of the key.
  1195. # %% is %, of course.
  1196. #
  1197. # If %i or %I are not present, then the photo is supplied to the
  1198. # viewer on standard input. If your platform supports it, standard
  1199. # input is the best way to do this as it avoids the time and effort in
  1200. # generating and then cleaning up a secure temp file.
  1201. #
  1202. # If no photo-viewer is provided, GnuPG will look for xloadimage, eog,
  1203. # or display (ImageMagick). On Mac OS X and Windows, the default is
  1204. # to use your regular JPEG image viewer.
  1205. #
  1206. # Some other viewers:
  1207. # photo-viewer "qiv %i"
  1208. # photo-viewer "ee %i"
  1209. #
  1210. # This one saves a copy of the photo ID in your home directory:
  1211. # photo-viewer "cat > ~/photoid-for-key-%k.%t"
  1212. #
  1213. # Use your MIME handler to view photos:
  1214. # photo-viewer "metamail -q -d -b -c %T -s 'KeyID 0x%k' -f GnuPG"
  1215. # Passphrase agent
  1216. #
  1217. # We support the old experimental passphrase agent protocol as well as
  1218. # the new Assuan based one (currently available in the "newpg" package
  1219. # at ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/aegypten/). To make use of the agent,
  1220. # you have to run an agent as daemon and use the option
  1221. #
  1222. # use-agent
  1223. #
  1224. # which tries to use the agent but will fallback to the regular mode
  1225. # if there is a problem connecting to the agent. The normal way to
  1226. # locate the agent is by looking at the environment variable
  1227. # GPG_AGENT_INFO which should have been set during gpg-agent startup.
  1228. # In certain situations the use of this variable is not possible, thus
  1229. # the option
  1230. #
  1231. # --gpg-agent-info=<path>:<pid>:1
  1232. #
  1233. # may be used to override it.
  1234. # Automatic key location
  1235. #
  1236. # GnuPG can automatically locate and retrieve keys as needed using the
  1237. # auto-key-locate option. This happens when encrypting to an email
  1238. # address (in the "user@example.com" form), and there are no
  1239. # user@example.com keys on the local keyring. This option takes the
  1240. # following arguments, in the order they are to be tried:
  1241. #
  1242. # cert = locate a key using DNS CERT, as specified in RFC-4398.
  1243. # GnuPG can handle both the PGP (key) and IPGP (URL + fingerprint)
  1244. # CERT methods.
  1245. #
  1246. # pka = locate a key using DNS PKA.
  1247. #
  1248. # ldap = locate a key using the PGP Universal method of checking
  1249. # "ldap://keys.(thedomain)". For example, encrypting to
  1250. # user@example.com will check ldap://keys.example.com.
  1251. #
  1252. # keyserver = locate a key using whatever keyserver is defined using
  1253. # the keyserver option.
  1254. #
  1255. # You may also list arbitrary keyservers here by URL.
  1256. #
  1257. # Try CERT, then PKA, then LDAP, then hkp://subkeys.net:
  1258. #auto-key-locate cert pka ldap hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
  1259. # default preferences
  1260. personal-digest-preferences SHA256
  1261. cert-digest-algo SHA256
  1262. default-preference-list SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224 AES256 AES192 AES CAST5 ZLIB BZIP2 ZIP Uncompressed
  1263. #+END_SRC
  1264. Save and exit.
  1265. *** If you have an existing key
  1266. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1267. gpg --import ~/public_key.txt
  1268. gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import ~/private_key.txt
  1269. shred -zu ~/private_key.txt
  1270. #+END_SRC
  1271. Now check the digest preferences, replacing /keyID/ with your GPG key ID. This applies especially if you have a key which was generated some time ago.
  1272. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1273. export MYGPGKEYID=keyID
  1274. gpg --edit-key $MYGPGKEYID
  1275. setpref SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224 AES256 AES192 AES CAST5 ZLIB BZIP2 ZIP Uncompressed
  1276. save
  1277. gpg --send-keys $MYGPGKEYID
  1278. #+END_SRC
  1279. *** To create a new key
  1280. Generate a key with the following command:
  1281. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1282. gpg --gen-key
  1283. #+END_SRC
  1284. You can find your GPG key ID by entering:
  1285. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1286. gpg --list-keys
  1287. #+END_SRC
  1288. The key ID is the second part of the string of numbers and letters. So for example in:
  1289. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1290. pub 4096R/EA982E38 2012-05-20
  1291. #+END_SRC
  1292. the key ID is EA982E38. Now send your public key to a server so that others can find it.
  1293. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1294. gpg --send-keys $MYGPGKEYID
  1295. #+END_SRC
  1296. *** root settings
  1297. If you later create an encrypted mailing list then the root user will also need to have good GPG settings so that it can generate key pairs for the list. The easiest way to ensure this is to do the following, replacing /myusername/ with your username:
  1298. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1299. su
  1300. cp -r /home/myusername/.gnupg ~/
  1301. chown -R root:root ~/.gnupg
  1302. #+END_SRC
  1303. ** Setting up a web site
  1304. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1305. /It's important to have the geek community as a whole think about its responsibility and what it can do. We need various alternative voices pushing back on conventional government sometimes./
  1306. -- Tim Berners-Lee
  1307. #+END_VERSE
  1308. Edit the apache configuration so that it doesn't run out of memory if there are a lot of connections.
  1309. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1310. su
  1311. emacs /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
  1312. #+END_SRC
  1313. Search for MaxClients and replace the value with 6. As an example the settings should look something like this:
  1314. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1315. Timeout 150
  1316. <IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
  1317. StartServers 3
  1318. MinSpareServers 3
  1319. MaxSpareServers 5
  1320. MaxClients 6
  1321. MaxRequestsPerChild 0
  1322. </IfModule>
  1323. <IfModule mpm_worker_module>
  1324. StartServers 2
  1325. MinSpareThreads 25
  1326. MaxSpareThreads 75
  1327. ThreadLimit 64
  1328. ThreadsPerChild 25
  1329. MaxClients 6
  1330. MaxRequestsPerChild 0
  1331. </IfModule>
  1332. <IfModule mpm_event_module>
  1333. StartServers 2
  1334. MinSpareThreads 25
  1335. MaxSpareThreads 75
  1336. ThreadLimit 64
  1337. ThreadsPerChild 25
  1338. MaxClients 6
  1339. MaxRequestsPerChild 0
  1340. </IfModule>
  1341. #+END_SRC
  1342. Also append the following:
  1343. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1344. ServerSignature Off
  1345. ServerTokens Prod
  1346. #+END_SRC
  1347. Then save and exit. Install some extra security.
  1348. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1349. apt-get install libapache2-modsecurity
  1350. apt-get install libapache2-mod-evasive
  1351. #+END_SRC
  1352. In the examples below replace /mydomainname.com/ with your own domain name.
  1353. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1354. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  1355. mkdir /var/www/$HOSTNAME
  1356. mkdir /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  1357. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  1358. #+END_SRC
  1359. The Apache configuration for the site should look something like the following. Replace /mydonainname.com/ with the site domain name.
  1360. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1361. <VirtualHost *:80>
  1362. ServerAdmin myusername@mydomainname.com
  1363. ServerName mydomainname.com
  1364. DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs
  1365. <Directory />
  1366. Options FollowSymLinks
  1367. AllowOverride All
  1368. </Directory>
  1369. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/>
  1370. Options All
  1371. AllowOverride All
  1372. Order allow,deny
  1373. allow from all
  1374. LimitRequestBody 128000
  1375. </Directory>
  1376. # Don't serve .php~ or .php# files created by emacs
  1377. <Files ~ "(^#.*#|~|\.sw[op])$">
  1378. Order allow,deny
  1379. Deny from all
  1380. </Files>
  1381. <IfModule headers_module>
  1382. Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
  1383. Header set Cache-Control "max-age=0, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, private"
  1384. Header set Pragma no-cache
  1385. </IfModule>
  1386. <Files .htaccess>
  1387. deny from all
  1388. </Files>
  1389. ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
  1390. <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
  1391. AllowOverride All
  1392. Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
  1393. Order allow,deny
  1394. Allow from all
  1395. LimitRequestBody 128000
  1396. </Directory>
  1397. ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  1398. # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
  1399. # alert, emerg.
  1400. LogLevel error
  1401. CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
  1402. </VirtualHost>
  1403. <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
  1404. <VirtualHost *:443>
  1405. ServerAdmin myusername@mydomainname.com
  1406. ServerName mydomainname.com
  1407. DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs
  1408. <Directory />
  1409. Options FollowSymLinks
  1410. AllowOverride All
  1411. </Directory>
  1412. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/>
  1413. Options All
  1414. AllowOverride All
  1415. Order allow,deny
  1416. allow from all
  1417. LimitRequestBody 128000
  1418. </Directory>
  1419. # Don't serve .php~ or .php# files created by emacs
  1420. <Files ~ "(^#.*#|~|\.sw[op])$">
  1421. Order allow,deny
  1422. Deny from all
  1423. </Files>
  1424. <IfModule headers_module>
  1425. Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
  1426. Header set Cache-Control "max-age=0, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, private"
  1427. Header set Pragma no-cache
  1428. </IfModule>
  1429. <Files .htaccess>
  1430. deny from all
  1431. </Files>
  1432. ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
  1433. <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
  1434. AllowOverride All
  1435. Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
  1436. Order allow,deny
  1437. Allow from all
  1438. LimitRequestBody 128000
  1439. </Directory>
  1440. ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  1441. # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
  1442. # alert, emerg.
  1443. LogLevel error
  1444. CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ssl_access.log combined
  1445. # SSL Engine Switch:
  1446. # Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
  1447. SSLEngine on
  1448. # A self-signed certificate
  1449. SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/mydomainname.com.crt
  1450. SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/mydomainname.com.key
  1451. # Options based on bettercrypto.org
  1452. SSLProtocol All -SSLv2 -SSLv3
  1453. SSLHonorCipherOrder On
  1454. SSLCompression off
  1455. SSLCipherSuite EDH+CAMELLIA:EDH+aRSA:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH:+CAMELLIA256:+AES256:+CAMELLIA128:+AES128:+SSLv3:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS:!RC4:!SEED:!ECDSA:CAMELLIA256-SHA:AES256-SHA:CAMELLIA128-SHA:AES128-SHA
  1456. # Add six earth month HSTS header for all users ...
  1457. Header add Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000"
  1458. # If you want to protect all subdomains , use the following header
  1459. # ALL subdomains HAVE TO support https if you use this !
  1460. # Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=15768000 ; includeSubDomains
  1461. # SSL Engine Options:
  1462. # Set various options for the SSL engine.
  1463. # o FakeBasicAuth:
  1464. # Translate the client X.509 into a Basic Authorisation. This means that
  1465. # the standard Auth/DBMAuth methods can be used for access control. The
  1466. # user name is the `one line' version of the client's X.509 certificate.
  1467. # Note that no password is obtained from the user. Every entry in the user
  1468. # file needs this password: `xxj31ZMTZzkVA'.
  1469. # o ExportCertData:
  1470. # This exports two additional environment variables: SSL_CLIENT_CERT and
  1471. # SSL_SERVER_CERT. These contain the PEM-encoded certificates of the
  1472. # server (always existing) and the client (only existing when client
  1473. # authentication is used). This can be used to import the certificates
  1474. # into CGI scripts.
  1475. # o StdEnvVars:
  1476. # This exports the standard SSL/TLS related `SSL_*' environment variables.
  1477. # Per default this exportation is switched off for performance reasons,
  1478. # because the extraction step is an expensive operation and is usually
  1479. # useless for serving static content. So one usually enables the
  1480. # exportation for CGI and SSI requests only.
  1481. # o StrictRequire:
  1482. # This denies access when "SSLRequireSSL" or "SSLRequire" applied even
  1483. # under a "Satisfy any" situation, i.e. when it applies access is denied
  1484. # and no other module can change it.
  1485. # o OptRenegotiate:
  1486. # This enables optimized SSL connection renegotiation handling when SSL
  1487. # directives are used in per-directory context.
  1488. #SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +ExportCertData +StrictRequire
  1489. <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
  1490. SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
  1491. </FilesMatch>
  1492. <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
  1493. SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
  1494. </Directory>
  1495. # SSL Protocol Adjustments:
  1496. # The safe and default but still SSL/TLS standard compliant shutdown
  1497. # approach is that mod_ssl sends the close notify alert but doesn't wait for
  1498. # the close notify alert from client. When you need a different shutdown
  1499. # approach you can use one of the following variables:
  1500. # o ssl-unclean-shutdown:
  1501. # This forces an unclean shutdown when the connection is closed, i.e. no
  1502. # SSL close notify alert is send or allowed to received. This violates
  1503. # the SSL/TLS standard but is needed for some brain-dead browsers. Use
  1504. # this when you receive I/O errors because of the standard approach where
  1505. # mod_ssl sends the close notify alert.
  1506. # o ssl-accurate-shutdown:
  1507. # This forces an accurate shutdown when the connection is closed, i.e. a
  1508. # SSL close notify alert is send and mod_ssl waits for the close notify
  1509. # alert of the client. This is 100% SSL/TLS standard compliant, but in
  1510. # practice often causes hanging connections with brain-dead browsers. Use
  1511. # this only for browsers where you know that their SSL implementation
  1512. # works correctly.
  1513. # Notice: Most problems of broken clients are also related to the HTTP
  1514. # keep-alive facility, so you usually additionally want to disable
  1515. # keep-alive for those clients, too. Use variable "nokeepalive" for this.
  1516. # Similarly, one has to force some clients to use HTTP/1.0 to workaround
  1517. # their broken HTTP/1.1 implementation. Use variables "downgrade-1.0" and
  1518. # "force-response-1.0" for this.
  1519. BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" \
  1520. nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
  1521. downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
  1522. # MSIE 7 and newer should be able to use keepalive
  1523. BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown
  1524. </VirtualHost>
  1525. </IfModule>
  1526. #+END_SRC
  1527. Then to enable the site:
  1528. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1529. a2ensite
  1530. a2dissite default
  1531. a2dissite default-ssl
  1532. a2enmod rewrite
  1533. a2enmod headers
  1534. #+END_SRC
  1535. Ensure that "NameVirtualHost *:443" is added to /etc/apache2/ports.conf. It should look something like the following:
  1536. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1537. NameVirtualHost *:80
  1538. Listen 80
  1539. <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
  1540. NameVirtualHost *:443
  1541. Listen 443
  1542. </IfModule>
  1543. <IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
  1544. NameVirtualHost *:443
  1545. Listen 443
  1546. </IfModule>
  1547. #+END_SRC
  1548. Create a self-signed certificate. The passphrase isn't important and will be removed, so make it easy (such as "password").
  1549. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1550. emacs /usr/bin/makecert
  1551. #+END_SRC
  1552. Enter the following:
  1553. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1554. #!/bin/bash
  1555. HOSTNAME=$1
  1556. openssl genrsa -des3 -out $HOSTNAME.key 1024
  1557. openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -days 3650 -key $HOSTNAME.key -out $HOSTNAME.crt
  1558. openssl rsa -in $HOSTNAME.key -out $HOSTNAME.new.key
  1559. cp $HOSTNAME.new.key $HOSTNAME.key
  1560. rm $HOSTNAME.new.key
  1561. cp $HOSTNAME.key /etc/ssl/private
  1562. chmod 400 /etc/ssl/private/$HOSTNAME.key
  1563. cp $HOSTNAME.crt /etc/ssl/certs
  1564. shred -zu $HOSTNAME.key $HOSTNAME.crt
  1565. a2enmod ssl
  1566. service apache2 restart
  1567. #+END_SRC
  1568. Save and exit.
  1569. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1570. chmod +x /usr/bin/makecert
  1571. makecert mydomainname.com
  1572. #+END_SRC
  1573. Enter some trivial password for the key file, such as "password". The password will be removed as part of the /makecert/ script which you just created. Note that leaving a password on the key file would mean that after a power cycle the Apache server will not be able to boot properly (it would wait indefinitely for a password to be manually entered) and would look as if it had crashed.
  1574. If all has gone well then there should be no warnings or errors after you run the service restart command. After that you should enable ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) on your internet router/firewall, such that they are redirected to the BBB.
  1575. ** Accessing your Email
  1576. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1577. /The emails showed that Google...was among several other military/defense contractors vying for a piece of DAC’s $10.9-million surveillance contracting action./
  1578. -- Article on the "Google-Military-Surveillance Complex" by Yasha Levine
  1579. #+END_VERSE
  1580. *** Mutt email client
  1581. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1582. apt-get install mutt-patched lynx abook
  1583. exit
  1584. mkdir ~/.mutt
  1585. echo "text/html; lynx -dump -width=78 -nolist %s | sed ‘s/^ //’; copiousoutput; needsterminal; nametemplate=%s.html" > ~/.mutt/mailcap
  1586. su
  1587. emacs /etc/Muttrc
  1588. #+END_SRC
  1589. Append the following:
  1590. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1591. set mbox_type=Maildir
  1592. set folder="~/Maildir"
  1593. set mask="!^\\.[^.]"
  1594. set mbox="~/Maildir"
  1595. set record="+Sent"
  1596. set postponed="+Drafts"
  1597. set trash="+Trash"
  1598. set spoolfile="~/Maildir"
  1599. auto_view text/x-vcard text/html text/enriched
  1600. set editor="emacs"
  1601. set header_cache="+.cache"
  1602. macro index S "<tag-prefix><save-message>=.learn-spam<enter>" "move to learn-spam"
  1603. macro pager S "<save-message>=.learn-spam<enter>" "move to learn-spam"
  1604. macro index H "<tag-prefix><copy-message>=.learn-ham<enter>" "copy to learn-ham"
  1605. macro pager H "<copy-message>=.learn-ham<enter>" "copy to learn-ham"
  1606. # set up the sidebar
  1607. set sidebar_width=12
  1608. set sidebar_visible=yes
  1609. set sidebar_delim='|'
  1610. set sidebar_sort=yes
  1611. set rfc2047_parameters
  1612. # Show inbox and sent items
  1613. mailboxes = =Sent
  1614. # Alter these colours as needed for maximum bling
  1615. color sidebar_new yellow default
  1616. color normal white default
  1617. color hdrdefault brightcyan default
  1618. color signature green default
  1619. color attachment brightyellow default
  1620. color quoted green default
  1621. color quoted1 white default
  1622. color tilde blue default
  1623. # ctrl-n, ctrl-p to select next, prev folder
  1624. # ctrl-o to open selected folder
  1625. bind index \Cp sidebar-prev
  1626. bind index \Cn sidebar-next
  1627. bind index \Co sidebar-open
  1628. bind pager \Cp sidebar-prev
  1629. bind pager \Cn sidebar-next
  1630. bind pager \Co sidebar-open
  1631. # ctrl-b toggles sidebar visibility
  1632. macro index,pager \Cb '<enter-command>toggle sidebar_visible<enter><redraw-screen>' "toggle sidebar"
  1633. # esc-m Mark new messages as read
  1634. macro index <esc>m "T~N<enter>;WNT~O<enter>;WO\CT~T<enter>" "mark all messages read"
  1635. # Collapsing threads
  1636. macro index [ "<collapse-thread>" "collapse/uncollapse thread"
  1637. macro index ] "<collapse-all>" "collapse/uncollapse all threads"
  1638. # threads containing new messages
  1639. uncolor index "~(~N)"
  1640. color index brightblue default "~(~N)"
  1641. # new messages themselves
  1642. uncolor index "~N"
  1643. color index brightyellow default "~N"
  1644. # GPG/PGP integration
  1645. # this set the number of seconds to keep in memory the passphrase used to encrypt/sign
  1646. set pgp_timeout=60
  1647. # automatically sign and encrypt
  1648. set pgp_autosign # autosign all outgoing mails
  1649. set pgp_replyencrypt # autocrypt replies to crypted
  1650. set pgp_replysign # autosign replies to signed
  1651. #+END_SRC
  1652. Save and exit.
  1653. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1654. emacs /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
  1655. #+END_SRC
  1656. Uncomment *use_bayes*, *bayes_auto_learn*
  1657. Save and exit, then run:
  1658. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1659. service spamassassin restart
  1660. #+END_SRC
  1661. Now to add an address book:
  1662. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1663. emacs ~/.muttrc
  1664. #+END_SRC
  1665. Append the following:
  1666. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1667. set alias_file=~/.mutt-alias
  1668. source ~/.mutt-alias
  1669. set query_command= "abook --mutt-query '%s'"
  1670. macro index,pager A "<pipe-message>abook --add-email-quiet<return>" "add the sender address to abook"
  1671. #+END_SRC
  1672. Then save and exit.
  1673. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1674. touch ~/.mutt-alias
  1675. #+END_SRC
  1676. Finally you can then type *mutt* to get access to your email. Hence as a fallback, or if you prefer as the primary way of accessing email, you can ssh into the BBB and use the mutt command line email client. Ssh clients are available for all operating systems, and also you should be reasonably protected from passive surveillance between wherever you are and the BBB (although not between the BBB and the wider internet), which can be useful if you are for example using an Android tablet from a cafe or railway station.
  1677. To use the address book system open an email and then to add the sender to the address list press the A key. It will ask you for an alias which may be used the next time you want to send a mail. Alternatively you may just edit the *~/.mutt-alias* file directly to add email addresses.
  1678. Some useful keys to know are:
  1679. | ESC / | Search for text within message contents |
  1680. | "/" | Search for text within headers |
  1681. | * | Move to the last message |
  1682. | TAB | Move to the next unread message |
  1683. | d | Delete a message |
  1684. | u | Undelete a mail which is pending deletion |
  1685. | $ | Delete all messages selected and check for new messages |
  1686. | a | Add to the address book |
  1687. | m | Send a new mail |
  1688. | ESC-m | Mark all messages as having been read |
  1689. | S | Mark a message as spam |
  1690. | H | Mark a message as ham |
  1691. | CTRL-b | Toggle side bar on/off |
  1692. | CTRL-n | Next mailbox (on side bar) |
  1693. | CTRL-p | Previous mailbox (on side bar) |
  1694. | CTRL-o | Open mailbox (on side bar) |
  1695. | ] | Expand or collapse all threads |
  1696. | [ | Expand of collapse the current thread |
  1697. | CTRL-k | Import a PGP/GPG public key |
  1698. One of the most common things which you might wish to do is to send an email. To do this first press /m/ to create a new message. Enter the address to send to and the subject, then after a few seconds the Emacs editor will appear with a blank document. Type your email then press /CTRL-x CTRL-s/ to save it and /CTRL-x CTRL-c/ to exit. You will then see a summary of the email to be sent out. Press /y/ to send it and then enter your GPG key passphrase (the one you gave when creating a PGP/GPG key). The purpose of that is to add a signature which is a strong proof that the email was written by you and not by someone else.
  1699. *** K9 Android client
  1700. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1701. /The surveillance state is robust. It is robust politically, legally, and technically./
  1702. -- Bruce Schneier
  1703. #+END_VERSE
  1704. **** Incoming server settings
  1705. * Select settings/account settings
  1706. * Select Fetching mail/incoming server
  1707. * Enter your username and password
  1708. * IMAP server should be your domain name
  1709. * Security: SSL/TLS (always)
  1710. * Authentication: Plain
  1711. * Port: 993
  1712. **** Outgoing (SMTP) server settings
  1713. * Select settings/account settings
  1714. * Select Sending mail/outgoing server
  1715. * Set SMTP server to your domain name
  1716. * Set Security to SSL/TLS (always)
  1717. * Set port to 465
  1718. * Set authentication to PLAIN
  1719. * Enter your username and password
  1720. * Accept the SSL certificate
  1721. **** Folders
  1722. To view any new folders which you may have created using the /mailinglistrule/ script from your inbox press the *K9 icon* at the top left to access folders, then press the *menu button* and select *refresh folder list*.
  1723. If your folder still doesn't show up then press the *menu button*, select *show folders* and select *all folders*.
  1724. *** Webmail
  1725. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1726. /Most of the information extracted is "content", such as recordings of phone calls or the substance of email messages./
  1727. -- From a 2013 Guardian article on GCHQ/NSA bulk internet data interception.
  1728. #+END_VERSE
  1729. For maximum speed and efficiency the recommended email client is Mutt, accessed via ssh, but non-technical people who aren't using an Android app are unlikely to want to use email in that manner. So it's a good idea to also have a webmail system installed, both for accessibility and as a fallback should ssh not be available due to port blocking.
  1730. Install dependencies.
  1731. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1732. apt-get install libapache2-mod-authz-unixgroup
  1733. #+END_SRC
  1734. Create a mysql database, specifying a password which should be a long random string generated with a password manager such as KeepassX.
  1735. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1736. mysql -u root -p
  1737. create database roundcubemail;
  1738. CREATE USER 'roundcube'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'roundcubepassword';
  1739. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON roundcubemail.* TO 'roundcube'@'localhost';
  1740. quit
  1741. #+END_SRC
  1742. Download roundcube.
  1743. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1744. cd /tmp
  1745. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/roundcubemail.tar.gz
  1746. #+END_SRC
  1747. Verify it.
  1748. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1749. sha256sum roundcubemail.tar.gz
  1750. e8a311b22a8e1f70abb72ed9551cc9233cf6c5221f1eebf1ae64974117e3148b roundcubemail.tar.gz
  1751. #+END_SRC
  1752. Extract the files.
  1753. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1754. tar -xzvf roundcubemail.tar.gz
  1755. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  1756. cp -r roundcubemail-* /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/mail
  1757. chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/mail/temp
  1758. chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/mail/logs
  1759. rm /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/mail/.htaccess
  1760. #+END_SRC
  1761. Edit your web site configuration.
  1762. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1763. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  1764. #+END_SRC
  1765. Within the 80 VirtualHost section add the following:
  1766. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1767. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/mail>
  1768. deny from all
  1769. </Directory>
  1770. #+END_SRC
  1771. Within the 443 VirtualHost section add the following:
  1772. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1773. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/mail>
  1774. Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  1775. AllowOverride All
  1776. Order allow,deny
  1777. allow from all
  1778. </Directory>
  1779. #+END_SRC
  1780. Save and exit, then restart Apache.
  1781. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1782. service apache2 restart
  1783. #+END_SRC
  1784. Now with a browser visit https://mydomainname.com/mail/installer. Scroll down and click "next". Give your webmail site a product name.
  1785. The *spellcheck_engine* option being limited to Google is slightly concerning in terms of privacy and security, but seems not to be implemented.
  1786. Change the *database password* to the password you gave when creating the MySql database above.
  1787. Set *smtp_port* to 465.
  1788. Click *create config*
  1789. Click download to download the file.
  1790. The config file which you downloaded should contain the following:
  1791. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1792. $config['default_host'] = 'localhost';
  1793. $config['smtp_port'] = 465;
  1794. $config['username_domain'] = '';
  1795. #+END_SRC
  1796. In a terminal on your local machine (not logged into the BBB):
  1797. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1798. cd ~/Downloads
  1799. scp config.inc.php myusername@mydomainname.com:/home/myusername
  1800. #+END_SRC
  1801. Then in a terminal ssh'd into the BBB:
  1802. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1803. mv /home/myusername/config.inc.php /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/mail/config
  1804. chmod 755 /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/mail/config/config.inc.php
  1805. #+END_SRC
  1806. Click *continue*.
  1807. Click *initialize database*.
  1808. Under *Test SMTP config* you can use a [[mailinator.com]] address to check that mail can be sent.
  1809. Now we can delete the installer.
  1810. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1811. rm -rf /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/mail/installer
  1812. #+END_SRC
  1813. Now with a browser navigate to https://mydomainname.com/mail and log in.
  1814. You'll notice that you may not be able to see any mailing list folders which you may have created earlier using the /mailinglistrule/ script. To make folders visible click on the cog-like settings icon at the bottom left of the screen then select *manage folders*. You will then be able to select which folders you wish to become visible. Make sure that the *Sent*, *spam* and *ham* folders are selected.
  1815. Click on the *Mail* icon to go back to your main mail screen then click on the *Settings* icon at the top right of the screen and select *special folders*. Set *Junk* to *spam* then click the save button. Also select *identities* and make sure that your email address is correct.
  1816. *** Thunderbird
  1817. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1818. /Towards the end of 2012, we heard from the National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC), a division of GCHQ and a liaison with the Home Office, [that] they wanted the keys to decrypt the customer data./
  1819. -- Brian Spector, on the shutting down of the PrivateSky encrypted email service
  1820. #+END_VERSE
  1821. Another common way in which you may want to access email is via Thunderbird. This may be especially useful if you're trying to convert former Windows users who may previously have been using some version of Outlook.
  1822. The following instructions should be carried out on the client machines (laptop, etc), not on the BBB itself.
  1823. **** Initial setup
  1824. Install *Thunderbird* and *Enigmail*. How you do this just depends upon your distro and software manager or "app store".
  1825. Open Thinderbird
  1826. Select "*Skip this and use existing email*"
  1827. Enter your name, email address (myusername@mydomainname.com) and the password for your user (the one from [[Add a user]]).
  1828. You'll get a message saying "/Thunderbird failed to find the settings/"
  1829. The settings should be as follows, substituting /mydomainname.com/ for your domain name and /myusername/ for the username given previously in [[Add a user]].
  1830. * Incoming: IMAP, mydomainname.com, 993, SSL/TLS, Normal Password
  1831. * Outgoing: SMTP, mydomainname.com, 465, SSL/TLS, Normal Password
  1832. * Username: myusername
  1833. Click *Done*.
  1834. Click *Get Certificate* and make sure "*permanently store this exception*" is selected", then click *Store Security Exception*.
  1835. From OpenPGP setup select "*Yes, I would like the wizard to get me started*". If the wizard doesn't start automatically then "setup wizard" can be selected from OpenPGP on the menu bar.
  1836. Select "*Yes, I want to sign all of my email*"
  1837. Select "*No, I will create per-recipient rules*"
  1838. Select "*yes*" to change default settings.
  1839. **** If you have existing GPG key
  1840. Export your GPG public and private keys.
  1841. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1842. gpg --output ~/public_key.txt --armor --export KEY_ID
  1843. gpg --output ~/private_key.txt --armor --export-secret-key KEY_ID
  1844. #+END_SRC
  1845. Select "*I have existing public and private keys*".
  1846. Select your public and private GPG exported key files.
  1847. Select the account which you want to use and click *Next*, *Next* and *Finish*.
  1848. Remove your exported key files.
  1849. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1850. shred -zu ~/public_key.txt
  1851. shred -zu ~/private_key.txt
  1852. #+END_SRC
  1853. **** If you don't have any existing GPG or PGP key
  1854. Select "*I want to create a new key pair*"
  1855. Enter a passphrase and click *Next* a couple of times.
  1856. Click *Generate Certificate* to generate a revocation certificate.
  1857. Enter the passphrase which you gave previously.
  1858. Click *Finish*
  1859. From the menu select *OpenPGP* and then *Key Management*. Make sure that *Display all keys* is selected and then select your key. Select *Keyserver* on the menu and then *Upload Public Keys*. This will upload your public key to a key server so that others can find it.
  1860. Select *File* from the menu then *Export keys to file*. Click on *Export Secret keys* and select a location to save them to. It's a good idea to save them to a USB stick which can then be removed from the computer and carried around on a keyring together with your physical keys. If you need to set up GPG or Thunderbird/Enigmail on others then this file will be used to import your keys.
  1861. **** Using for the first time
  1862. Click on the Thunderbird menu, which looks like three horizontal bars on the right hand side.
  1863. Hover over *preferences* and then *Account settings*.
  1864. Select *Synchronization & Storage*.
  1865. Make sure that *Keep messages for this account on this computer* is unticked, then click *Ok*.
  1866. Click on *Inbox*. Depending upon how much email you have it may take a while to import the subject lines.
  1867. Note that when sending an email for the first time you will also need to accept the SSL certificate.
  1868. Get into the habit of using email encryption and encourage others to do so. Remember that you may not think that your emails are very interesting but the Surveillance State is highly interested in them and will be actively trying to data mine your private life looking for "suspicious" patterns, regardless of whether you are guilty of any crime or not.
  1869. **** Making folders visible
  1870. By default you won't be able to see any folders which you may have created earlier using the /mailinglistrule/ script. To make folders visible select:
  1871. *Menu*, hover over *Preferences*, select *Account Settings*, select *Server Settings* then click on the *Advanced* button.
  1872. Make sure that "*show only subscribed folders*" is not checked. Then click the *ok* buttons. Folders will be re-scanned, which may take some time depending upon how much email you have, but your folders will then appear.
  1873. ** Create Email folders and rules
  1874. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1875. /Yes, the NSA set fire to the Internet but it’s the business models of Google, Facebook, etc, that provide the firewood. Trusting the companies supplying the firewood to be your fire fighters is naïve at best./
  1876. -- Aral Balkan
  1877. #+END_VERSE
  1878. *** Rules for mailing lists
  1879. A common situation with email is that you may be subscribed to various mailing lists and want incoming email from those to be automatically grouped into a separate folder for each list.
  1880. We can make a script to make adding mailing list rules easy:
  1881. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1882. emacs /usr/bin/mailinglistrule
  1883. #+END_SRC
  1884. Add the following:
  1885. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1886. #!/bin/bash
  1887. MYUSERNAME=$1
  1888. MAILINGLIST=$2
  1889. SUBJECTTAG=$3
  1890. MUTTRC=/home/$MYUSERNAME/.muttrc
  1891. PM=/home/$MYUSERNAME/.procmailrc
  1892. LISTDIR=/home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/$MAILINGLIST
  1893. if [ ! -d "$LISTDIR" ]; then
  1894. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR
  1895. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR/tmp
  1896. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR/new
  1897. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR/cur
  1898. fi
  1899. chown -R $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $LISTDIR
  1900. echo "" >> $PM
  1901. echo ":0" >> $PM
  1902. echo " * ^Subject:.*()\[$SUBJECTTAG\]" >> $PM
  1903. echo "$LISTDIR/new" >> $PM
  1904. chown $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $PM
  1905. if [ ! -f "$MUTTRC" ]; then
  1906. cp /etc/Muttrc $MUTTRC
  1907. chown $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $MUTTRC
  1908. fi
  1909. PROCMAILLOG=/home/$MYUSERNAME/log
  1910. if [ ! -d $PROCMAILLOG ]; then
  1911. mkdir $PROCMAILLOG
  1912. chown -R $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $PROCMAILLOG
  1913. fi
  1914. #+END_SRC
  1915. Save and exit, then make the script executable.
  1916. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1917. chmod +x /usr/bin/mailinglistrule
  1918. #+END_SRC
  1919. Now we can add a new mailing list rule with the following, where /myusername/ is your username, /mailinglistname/ is the name of the mailing list (with no spaces) and /subjecttag/ is the tag which usually appears within square brackets in the subject line of emails from the list.
  1920. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1921. mailinglistrule [myusername] [mailinglistname] [subjecttag]
  1922. #+END_SRC
  1923. Repeat this command for as many mailing lists as you need. Then edit your local Mutt configuration.
  1924. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1925. emacs /home/myusername/.muttrc
  1926. #+END_SRC
  1927. Search for the *mailboxes* variable and add entries for the mailing lists you just created. For example:
  1928. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1929. mailboxes = =Sent =mailinglistname
  1930. #+END_SRC
  1931. Then save and exit.
  1932. *** Rules for specific email addresses
  1933. You can also make a script which will allow you to move mail from specific email addresses to a folder.
  1934. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1935. emacs /usr/bin/emailrule
  1936. #+END_SRC
  1937. Add the following:
  1938. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1939. #!/bin/bash
  1940. MYUSERNAME=$1
  1941. EMAILADDRESS=$2
  1942. MAILINGLIST=$3
  1943. MUTTRC=/home/$MYUSERNAME/.muttrc
  1944. PM=/home/$MYUSERNAME/.procmailrc
  1945. LISTDIR=/home/$MYUSERNAME/Maildir/$MAILINGLIST
  1946. if [ ! -d "$LISTDIR" ]; then
  1947. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR
  1948. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR/tmp
  1949. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR/new
  1950. mkdir -m 700 $LISTDIR/cur
  1951. fi
  1952. chown -R $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $LISTDIR
  1953. echo "" >> $PM
  1954. echo ":0" >> $PM
  1955. echo " * ^From: $EMAILADDRESS" >> $PM
  1956. echo "$LISTDIR/new" >> $PM
  1957. chown $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $PM
  1958. if [ ! -f "$MUTTRC" ]; then
  1959. cp /etc/Muttrc $MUTTRC
  1960. chown $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $MUTTRC
  1961. fi
  1962. PROCMAILLOG=/home/$MYUSERNAME/log
  1963. if [ ! -d $PROCMAILLOG ]; then
  1964. mkdir $PROCMAILLOG
  1965. chown -R $MYUSERNAME:$MYUSERNAME $PROCMAILLOG
  1966. fi
  1967. #+END_SRC
  1968. Save and exit, then make the script executable.
  1969. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1970. chmod +x /usr/bin/emailrule
  1971. #+END_SRC
  1972. Then to add a particular email address to a folder run the command:
  1973. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1974. emailrule [myusername] [emailaddress] [foldername]
  1975. #+END_SRC
  1976. If you want any mail from the given email address to be deleted then set the /foldername/ to /Trash/.
  1977. To ensure that the folder appears within Mutt.
  1978. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1979. emacs /home/myusername/.muttrc
  1980. #+END_SRC
  1981. Search for the *mailboxes* variable and add entries for the mailing lists you just created. For example:
  1982. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1983. mailboxes = =Sent =foldername
  1984. #+END_SRC
  1985. Then save and exit.
  1986. ** Install a Blog
  1987. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  1988. /When society gives censors wide and vague powers they never confine themselves to deserving targets. They are not snipers, but machine-gunners. Allow them to fire at will, and they will hit anything that moves./
  1989. -- Nick Cohen
  1990. #+END_VERSE
  1991. Wordpress is the most popular blogging platform, but in practice I found it to be high maintenance with frequent security updates and breakages. More practical for a home server is Flatpress. Flatpress doesn't use a MySql database, just text files, and so is easy to relocate or reinstall.
  1992. See the [[Setting up a web site]] section of this document for details of how to configure the web server for your blog's domain.
  1993. Download flatpress.
  1994. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  1995. cd /tmp
  1996. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/flatpress.tar.gz
  1997. #+END_SRC
  1998. Verify the download:
  1999. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2000. sha256sum flatpress.tar.gz
  2001. 6312a49aab5aabd6371518dcaf081f489dff04d001bc34b4fe3f2a81170bbd4e flatpress.tar.gz
  2002. #+END_SRC
  2003. Extract and install it.
  2004. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2005. tar -xzvf flatpress.tar.gz
  2006. cd flatpress-*
  2007. cp -r * /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  2008. cd ..
  2009. rm -rf flatpress-*
  2010. rm -f flatpress.tar.gz
  2011. #+END_SRC
  2012. Now visit your blog and follow the setup instructions, which are quite minimal. Various themes and addons are available from the Flatpress web site, http://www.flatpress.org
  2013. ** Install an IRC server
  2014. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  2015. /Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties./
  2016. -- John Milton
  2017. #+END_VERSE
  2018. *** Base install
  2019. IRC is not an especially secure system. For instance, even with the best encryption it's easily possible to imagine IRC-specific cribs which could be used by cryptanalytic systems. However, we'll try to implement it in a manner which will at least give the surveillance aparatus something to ponder over.
  2020. First install some dependencies.
  2021. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2022. apt-get update
  2023. apt-get install build-essential openssl libssl-dev debhelper dpatch docbook-to-man flex bison libpcre3-dev
  2024. #+END_SRC
  2025. Then get the source code for ircd-hybrid.
  2026. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2027. cd /tmp
  2028. mkdir hybrid
  2029. cd hybrid
  2030. apt-get source ircd-hybrid
  2031. #+END_SRC
  2032. Modify the source code to include SSL security.
  2033. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2034. emacs ircd-hybrid-*/debian/rules
  2035. #+END_SRC
  2036. Beneath MAXCLIENTS add the line:
  2037. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2038. USE_OPENSSL = 1
  2039. #+END_SRC
  2040. Then save and exit. Now we can build the debian package for ircd-hybrid and install it.
  2041. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2042. cd ircd-hybrid-*
  2043. dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
  2044. cd ..
  2045. dpkg -i ircd-hybrid_*.deb
  2046. #+END_SRC
  2047. Customise the configuration to your system, giving it a name and description. In this example 192.168.1.60 is the static IP address on the BBB on the local network, so change that if necessary.
  2048. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2049. emacs /etc/ircd-hybrid/ircd.conf
  2050. #+END_SRC
  2051. Set *name* to the name of your server, and set a description.
  2052. Set a *network_name* and *network_desc*. The network name should not contain any spaces.
  2053. Set max_clients to 20, or however many you expect that you'll typically need.
  2054. Within the admin section set your *name* and *email*.
  2055. Within the *listen* section set host to your fixed IP address (in the earlier
  2056. sections it was 192.168.1.60).
  2057. Within the *auth* section set user = "*@192.168.1.60" - or whatever the fixed IP address of the BBB is on your network.
  2058. Uncomment the first *connect* section and set the *name* to your domain name, the *host* to 192.168.1.60 and the send/accept passwords to a password which you use to log into the IRC server. Also set the *port* to 6670.
  2059. Save and exit, then restart the IRC server. Open port 6670 on your internet router and forward it to the BBB.
  2060. Ensure that the configuration is only readable by the root user.
  2061. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2062. chmod 600 /etc/ircd-hybrid/ircd.conf
  2063. #+END_SRC
  2064. *** Channel management
  2065. To to install channel management tools.
  2066. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2067. cd /tmp
  2068. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/hybserv_1.9.4-1_armhf.deb
  2069. #+END_SRC
  2070. Verify it.
  2071. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2072. sha256sum hybserv_1.9.4-1_armhf.deb
  2073. 41bf4eb6e24c87610a80bc14db1103a57484835510eea7e4ba9709c523318615 hybserv_1.9.4-1_armhf.deb
  2074. #+END_SRC
  2075. Install it.
  2076. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2077. dpkg -i hybserv_1.9.4-1_armhf.deb
  2078. #+END_SRC
  2079. Make a md5 version of the password for the IRC server operator.
  2080. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2081. /usr/bin/mkpasswd <myoperatorpassword>
  2082. #+END_SRC
  2083. Edit the ircd-hybrid configuration.
  2084. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2085. emacs /etc/ircd-hybrid/ircd.conf
  2086. #+END_SRC
  2087. Enter the md5 password which you previously created within the /operator/ section. Also change /user/ to:
  2088. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2089. user = "*@*";
  2090. #+END_SRC
  2091. Then save and exit.
  2092. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2093. emacs /etc/hybserv/hybserv.conf
  2094. #+END_SRC
  2095. Change #MD5 PASSWORD HERE# to the md5 operator password created earlier, mydomainname.com to your domain name and mysendacceptpassword to the send/accept password specified within /ircd.conf/.
  2096. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2097. A:mynickname <myemailaddress>
  2098. N:irc.mydomainname.com:Hybrid services
  2099. O:*@*:#MD5 PASSWORD HERE#:root:segj (comment out other Q: lines)
  2100. S:mysendacceptpassword:192.168.1.60:6670 (remove the other two services)
  2101. #+END_SRC
  2102. Also remove the line *#NOT-EDITED#*, then save and exit.
  2103. Now we need to restart the ircd and hybrid server to make things work:
  2104. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2105. service ircd-hybrid restart
  2106. service hybserv start
  2107. #+END_SRC
  2108. *** Usage with Irssi
  2109. On another computer (not the BBB).
  2110. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2111. sudo apt-get install irssi irssi-plugin-otr irssi-plugin-xmpp
  2112. irssi
  2113. #+END_SRC
  2114. Connect to the IRC and identify yourself as an operator. Here /mynetwork/ should be the same as *network_name* specified earlier within /ircd.conf/. The network name is something equivalent to "freenode".
  2115. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2116. /network add -nick mynick mynetwork
  2117. /channel add -auto #mychannel mynetwork channelpassword
  2118. /server add -auto -network mynetwork -ssl mydonainname.com 6670 mysendacceptpassword
  2119. /connect mydomainname.com
  2120. /join #mychannel
  2121. /msg -servername chanserv REGISTER #mychannel channelpassword
  2122. /msg -servername chanserv set #mychannel mlock +k channelpassword
  2123. #+END_SRC
  2124. If you edit the irssi config file:
  2125. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2126. emacs ~/.irssi/config
  2127. #+END_SRC
  2128. It should look something like this:
  2129. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2130. {
  2131. address = "mydomainname.com";
  2132. chatnet = "mynetwork";
  2133. port = "6670";
  2134. password = "mysendacceptpassword";
  2135. use_ssl = "yes";
  2136. ssl_verify = "no";
  2137. autoconnect = "yes";
  2138. },
  2139. #+END_SRC
  2140. If you're not using a self-signed certificate (self-signed is the default) then you can set *ssl_verify* to "yes".
  2141. By default irssi will use UTC time. An example of setting to some other time zone is as follows:
  2142. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2143. echo "load perl" >> ~/.irssi/startup
  2144. echo "script exec $ENV{'TZ'}='Europe/London';" >> ~/.irssi/startup
  2145. #+END_SRC
  2146. Also enable /Off The Record/ (OTR) messaging.
  2147. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2148. echo "load otr" >> ~/.irssi/startup
  2149. #+END_SRC
  2150. By default Irssi does not look especially attractive. To improve it's looks:
  2151. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2152. cd ~/.irssi
  2153. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/irssi/xchat.theme
  2154. mkdir ~/.irssi/scripts
  2155. mkdir ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun
  2156. cd ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun
  2157. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/irssi/xchatnickcolor.pl
  2158. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/irssi/adv_windowlist.pl
  2159. #+END_SRC
  2160. Verify the files:
  2161. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2162. sha256sum ~/.irssi/xchat.theme
  2163. 7a84130ad55aabd0b043a03b013628438e6c7f82a58e15267633bc7eb443e60b
  2164. sha256sum ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/xchatnickcolor.pl
  2165. 8293e867a22d42ce5a28cd755237509b6f3587fd2b21d7d20af4a832081610ca
  2166. sha256sum ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/adv_windowlist.pl
  2167. e4dd8f6d384bf4f2d0ab5ccf06df06e4a69d2647b08d37c8fc6cfd9326688395
  2168. #+END_SRC
  2169. Then run Irssi and enter the commands:
  2170. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2171. /set theme xchat
  2172. /statusbar window remove act
  2173. /set awl
  2174. /set awl_block -14
  2175. /set awl_display_key $Q%K|$N%n $H$C$S
  2176. /set awl_display_key_active $Q%K|$N%n $H%U$C%n$S
  2177. /set awl_display_nokey [$N]$H$C$S
  2178. /run autorun/adv_windowlist.pl
  2179. /set awl_viewer off
  2180. /save
  2181. #+END_SRC
  2182. *** Using irssi with Off The Record messaging (OTR)
  2183. Once you're running irssi then you can enable OTR with:
  2184. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2185. /statusbar window add otr
  2186. /otr genkey mynick@network (for example mynick@irc.freenode.net)
  2187. #+END_SRC
  2188. Then to see your OTR fingerprint:
  2189. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2190. /otr info
  2191. #+END_SRC
  2192. And to trust or distrust someone else's fingerprint.
  2193. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2194. /otr trust [fingerprint]
  2195. /otr distrust [fingerprint]
  2196. #+END_SRC
  2197. *** Usage with XChat
  2198. Within the network list click, *Add* and enter your domain name then click *Edit*.
  2199. Select the entry within the servers box, then enter *mydomainname.com/6670* and press *Enter*.
  2200. Uncheck *use global user information*.
  2201. Enter first and second nicknames and check *auto connect to this network on startup*.
  2202. Check *use SSL* and *accept invalid SSL certificate*.
  2203. Enter some favourite channels and within *server password* enter /mysendacceptpassword/ which you defined earlier when setting up the server.
  2204. Click *close* and then *connect*.
  2205. *** Install Irssi as a daemon
  2206. It may be useful to run a persistent Irssi session on the BBB. This will enable you to log in and see any entries which occurred previously so that you don't find yourself in an argument without knowledge of what was said in the last few minutes or hours. This feature only works for a single user on the BBB - typically the administrator.
  2207. First install some prerequisites.
  2208. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2209. apt-get install irssi irssi-plugin-otr irssi-plugin-xmpp screen
  2210. #+END_SRC
  2211. Create an initialisation script.
  2212. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2213. emacs /etc/init.d/irssid
  2214. #+END_SRC
  2215. Add the following:
  2216. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2217. #!/bin/bash
  2218. ### BEGIN INIT INFO
  2219. # Provides: irssid
  2220. # Required-Start: $network
  2221. # Required-Stop: $network
  2222. # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
  2223. # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
  2224. # Short-Description: Start irssi daemon within screen session at boot time
  2225. # Description: This init script will start an irssi session under screen using the settings provided in /etc/irssid.conf
  2226. ### END INIT INFO
  2227. # Include the LSB library functions
  2228. . /lib/lsb/init-functions
  2229. # Setup static variables
  2230. configFile='/etc/irssid.conf'
  2231. daemonExec='/usr/bin/screen'
  2232. daemonArgs='-D -m'
  2233. daemonName="$(basename "$daemonExec")"
  2234. pidFile='/var/run/irssid.pid'
  2235. #
  2236. # Checks if the environment is capable of running the script (such as
  2237. # availability of programs etc).
  2238. #
  2239. # Return: 0 if the environmnt is properly setup for execution of init script, 1
  2240. # if not all conditions have been met.
  2241. #
  2242. function checkEnvironment() {
  2243. # Verify that the necessary binaries are available for execution.
  2244. local binaries=(irssi screen)
  2245. for bin in "${binaries[@]}"; do
  2246. if ! which "$bin" > /dev/null; then
  2247. log_failure_msg "Binary '$bin' is not available. Please install \
  2248. package containing it."
  2249. exit 5
  2250. fi
  2251. done
  2252. }
  2253. #
  2254. # Checks if the configuration files are available and properly setup.
  2255. #
  2256. # Return: 0 if irssid if properly configured, 1 otherwise.
  2257. #
  2258. function checkConfig() {
  2259. # Make sure the configuration file has been created
  2260. if ! [[ -f $configFile ]]; then
  2261. log_failure_msg "Please populate the configuration file '$configFile' \
  2262. before running."
  2263. exit 6
  2264. fi
  2265. # Make sure the required options have been set
  2266. local reqOptions=(user group session)
  2267. for option in "${reqOptions[@]}"; do
  2268. if ! grep -q -e "^[[:blank:]]*$option=" "$configFile"; then
  2269. log_failure_msg "Mandatory option '$option' was not specified in \
  2270. '$configFile'"
  2271. exit 6
  2272. fi
  2273. done
  2274. }
  2275. #
  2276. # Loads the configuration file and performs any additional configuration steps.
  2277. #
  2278. function configure() {
  2279. . "$configFile"
  2280. daemonArgs="$daemonArgs -S $session irssi"
  2281. [[ -n $args ]] && daemonArgs="$daemonArgs $args"
  2282. daemonCommand="$daemonExec $daemonArgs"
  2283. }
  2284. #
  2285. # Starts the daemon.
  2286. #
  2287. # Return: LSB-compliant code.
  2288. #
  2289. function start() {
  2290. start-stop-daemon --start -v -b -x /bin/su -p /tmp/irssi.screen.session -m --chdir /home/$user -- - $user -c "screen -D -m -S irssi -- irssi" 1>>/log.irssi
  2291. }
  2292. #
  2293. # Stops the daemon.
  2294. #
  2295. # Return: LSB-compliant code.
  2296. #
  2297. function stop() {
  2298. start-stop-daemon --stop -x /bin/su -p /tmp/irssi.screen.session -q
  2299. }
  2300. checkEnvironment
  2301. checkConfig
  2302. configure
  2303. case "$1" in
  2304. start)
  2305. log_daemon_msg "Starting daemon" "irssid"
  2306. start && log_end_msg 0 || log_end_msg $?
  2307. ;;
  2308. stop)
  2309. log_daemon_msg "Stopping daemon" "irssid"
  2310. stop && log_end_msg 0 || log_end_msg $?
  2311. ;;
  2312. restart)
  2313. log_daemon_msg "Restarting daemon" "irssid"
  2314. stop
  2315. start && log_end_msg 0 || log_end_msg $?
  2316. ;;
  2317. force-reload)
  2318. log_daemon_msg "Restarting daemon" "irssid"
  2319. stop
  2320. start && log_end_msg 0 || log_end_msg $?
  2321. ;;
  2322. status)
  2323. status_of_proc -p "$pidFile" "$daemonExec" screen && exit 0 || exit $?
  2324. ;;
  2325. *)
  2326. echo "irssid (start|stop|restart|force-reload|status|help)"
  2327. ;;
  2328. esac
  2329. #+END_SRC
  2330. Save and exit.
  2331. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2332. chmod +x /etc/init.d/irssid
  2333. #+END_SRC
  2334. Create a configuration file, replacing /myusername/ with your username.
  2335. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2336. emacs /etc/irssid.conf
  2337. #+END_SRC
  2338. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2339. #
  2340. # Configuration file for irssid init script
  2341. #
  2342. # Mandatory options:
  2343. #
  2344. # user - Specify user for running irssi.
  2345. # group - Specify group for running irssi.
  2346. # session - Specify screen session name to be used for irssi.
  2347. #
  2348. # Non-mandatory options:
  2349. #
  2350. # args - Pass additional arguments to irssi.
  2351. #
  2352. user='myusername'
  2353. group='irssi'
  2354. session='irssi'
  2355. args='--config /home/myusername/.irssi/config'
  2356. #+END_SRC
  2357. Save and exit. Then add your user to the irssi group and start the daemon.
  2358. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2359. groupadd irssi
  2360. usermod -aG irssi myusername
  2361. update-rc.d irssid defaults
  2362. chown -R myusername:irssi /home/myusername/.irssi
  2363. service irssid start
  2364. #+END_SRC
  2365. Create a script to make running IRC on the server easier.
  2366. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2367. emacs /usr/bin/irc
  2368. #+END_SRC
  2369. Add the following:
  2370. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2371. #!/bin/bash
  2372. screen -r irssi
  2373. #+END_SRC
  2374. Save and exit.
  2375. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2376. chmod +x /usr/bin/irc
  2377. chown myusername:myusername /usr/bin/irc
  2378. #+END_SRC
  2379. Then to subsequently access irssi log into the BBB using ssh and type:
  2380. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2381. irc
  2382. #+END_SRC
  2383. ** Install a Jabber/XMPP server
  2384. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  2385. /Well heck, it isn’t that hard to write an instant messaging system./
  2386. --Jeremie Miller
  2387. #+END_VERSE
  2388. *** The Server
  2389. Generate a SSL certificate.
  2390. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2391. openssl ecparam -out /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.pem -name prime256v1
  2392. openssl genpkey -paramfile /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.pem -out /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.key
  2393. openssl req -new -x509 -key /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/xmpp.crt -days 3650
  2394. #+END_SRC
  2395. The above uses a Diffie-Hellman elliptic curve (ECDH P-256) algorithm. It is apparent that amongst crypographers there are differences of opinion about the security of elliptic curves, so if you prefer there is also a more traditional RSA way to generate an SSL certificate:
  2396. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2397. openssl genrsa -out /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.key 4096
  2398. openssl req -new -x509 -key /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/xmpp.crt -days 3650
  2399. #+END_SRC
  2400. Change permissions.
  2401. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2402. chmod 600 /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.key
  2403. chmod 600 /etc/ssl/certs/xmpp.crt
  2404. chown prosody:prosody /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.key
  2405. chown prosody:prosody /etc/ssl/certs/xmpp.crt
  2406. #+END_SRC
  2407. Install Prosody.
  2408. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2409. apt-get install prosody
  2410. cp -a /etc/prosody/conf.avail/example.com.cfg.lua /etc/prosody/conf.avail/xmpp.cfg.lua
  2411. emacs /etc/prosody/conf.avail/xmpp.cfg.lua
  2412. #+END_SRC
  2413. Change the *VirtualHost* name to your domain name and remove the line below it.
  2414. Set the ssl section to:
  2415. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2416. ssl = {
  2417. key = "/etc/ssl/private/xmpp.key";
  2418. certificate = "/etc/ssl/certs/xmpp.crt";
  2419. }
  2420. #+END_SRC
  2421. And also append the following:
  2422. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2423. modules_enabled = {
  2424. "bosh"; -- Enable mod_bosh
  2425. "tls"; -- Enable mod_tls
  2426. }
  2427. c2s_require_encryption = true
  2428. s2s_require_encryption = true
  2429. #+END_SRC
  2430. Save and exit. Create a symbolic link.
  2431. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2432. ln -sf /etc/prosody/conf.avail/xmpp.cfg.lua /etc/prosody/conf.d/xmpp.cfg.lua
  2433. #+END_SRC
  2434. Add a user. You will be prompted to specify a password. You can repeat the process for as many users as needed. This will also be your Jabber ID (JID).
  2435. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2436. prosodyctl adduser myusername@mydomainname.com
  2437. #+END_SRC
  2438. Restart the server
  2439. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2440. service prosody restart
  2441. #+END_SRC
  2442. On your internet router/firewall open ports 5222, 5223, 5269, 5280 and 5281 and forward them to the BBB.
  2443. It's possible to test that your XMPP server is working at https://xmpp.net. It may take several minutes and you'll get a low score because of the self-signed certificate, but it will at least verify that your server is capable of communicating.
  2444. *** Managing users
  2445. To add a user:
  2446. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2447. prosodyctl adduser myusername@mydomainname.com
  2448. #+END_SRC
  2449. To change a user password:
  2450. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2451. prosodyctl passwd myusername@mydomainname.com
  2452. #+END_SRC
  2453. To remove a user:
  2454. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2455. prosodyctl deluser myusername@mydomainname.com
  2456. #+END_SRC
  2457. Report the status of the XMPP server:
  2458. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2459. prosodyctl status
  2460. #+END_SRC
  2461. *** Using with Jitsi
  2462. Jitsi is the recommended communications client for desktop or laptop systems, since it includes the /off the record/ (OTR) feature which provides some additional security beyond the usual SSL certificates.
  2463. Jitsi can be downloaded from https://jitsi.org/
  2464. On your desktop/laptop open Jitsi and select *Options* from the *Tools* menu.
  2465. Click *Add* to add a new user, then enter the Jabber ID which you previously specified with /prosodyctl/ when setting up the XMPP server. Close and then you should notice that your status is "Online" (or if not then you should be able to set it to online).
  2466. From the *File* menu you can add contacts, then select the chat icon to begin a chat. Click on the lock icon on the right hand side and this will initiate an authentication procedure in which you can specify a question and answer to verify the identity of the person you're communicating with. Once authentication is complete then you'll be chating using OTR, which provides an additional layer of security.
  2467. When opening Jitsi initially you will get a certificate warning for your domain name (assuming that you're using a self-signed certificate). If this happens then select *View Certificate* and enable the checkbox to trust the certificate, then select *Continue Anyway*. Once you've done this then the certificate warning will not appear again unless you reinstall Jitsi or use a different computer.
  2468. You can also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgx7VSrDGjk][see this video]] as an example of using OTR.
  2469. *** Using with Ubuntu
  2470. The default XMPP client in Ubuntu is Empathy. Using Empathy isn't as secure as using Jitsi, since it doesn't include the /off the record/ feature, but since it's the default it's what many users will have easy access to.
  2471. Open *System Settings* and select *Online Accounts*, *Add account* and then *Jabber*.
  2472. Enter your username (myusername@mydomainname.com) and password.
  2473. Click on *Advanced* and make sure that *Encryption required* and *Ignore SSL certificate errors* are checked. Ignoring the certificate errors will allow you to use the self-signed certificate created earlier. Then click *Done* and set your Jabber account and Empathy to *On*.
  2474. *** Using with Android
  2475. There are a few XMPP clients available on Android. Ideally choose ones which support off-the-record messaging. Here are some examples.
  2476. **** Xabber
  2477. Install [[https://f-droid.org/][F-Droid]]
  2478. Search for and install Xabber.
  2479. Add an account and enter your Jabber/XMPP ID and password.
  2480. From the menu select *Settings* then *Security* then *OTR mode*. Set the mode to *Required*.
  2481. Make sure that *Check server certificate* is not checked.
  2482. Go back to the initial screen and then using the menu you can add contacts and begin chatting. Both parties will need to go through the off-the-record question and answer verification before the chat can begin, but that only needs to be done once for each person you're chatting with.
  2483. **** Gibberbot
  2484. Install [[https://f-droid.org/][F-Droid]]
  2485. Search for and install Gibberbot, otherwise known as ChatSecure.
  2486. From the menu open *Accounts*
  2487. Select *Add account*
  2488. Change the server port from 0 to 5222
  2489. Done
  2490. Accept unknown certificate? Select *Always*
  2491. Go back to the initial screen and then using the menu you can add contacts and begin chatting.
  2492. ** Social Networking
  2493. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  2494. /Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine./
  2495. -- Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
  2496. #+END_VERSE
  2497. *** Friendica
  2498. **** Installation
  2499. See [[Setting up a web site]] for details of how to update the Apache configuration for your Friendica site. You should have a separate domain name specifically to run Friendica on. It can't be installed in a subdirectory on a domain used for something else.
  2500. Edit your Apache configuration and disable the port 80 (HTTP) version of the site. We only want to log into Friendica via HTTPS, so to prevent anyone from accidentally logging in insecurely:
  2501. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2502. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/mydomainname.com
  2503. #+END_SRC
  2504. Within the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:80>* change the following:
  2505. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2506. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/>
  2507. deny from all
  2508. </Directory>
  2509. #+END_SRC
  2510. Save and exit, then restart the apache server.
  2511. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2512. service apache2 restart
  2513. #+END_SRC
  2514. Now install some dependencies.
  2515. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2516. apt-get install mysql-server php5-common php5-cli php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql php5-mcrypt
  2517. #+END_SRC
  2518. Enter an admin password for MySQL.
  2519. Create a mysql database.
  2520. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2521. mysql -u root -p
  2522. create database friendica;
  2523. CREATE USER 'friendicaadmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
  2524. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON friendica.* TO 'friendicaadmin'@'localhost';
  2525. quit
  2526. #+END_SRC
  2527. You may need to fix Git SSL problems.
  2528. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2529. git config --global http.sslVerify true
  2530. apt-get install ca-certificates
  2531. cd ~/
  2532. emacs .gitconfig
  2533. #+END_SRC
  2534. The .gitconfig file should look something like this:
  2535. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2536. [http]
  2537. sslVerify = true
  2538. sslCAinfo = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
  2539. [user]
  2540. email = myusername@mydomainname.com
  2541. name = yourname
  2542. #+END_SRC
  2543. Get the source code.
  2544. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2545. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  2546. cd /var/www/$HOSTNAME
  2547. mv htdocs htdocs_old
  2548. git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git htdocs
  2549. chmod -R 755 htdocs
  2550. chown -R www-data:www-data htdocs
  2551. chown -R www-data:www-data htdocs/view/smarty3
  2552. git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons.git htdocs/addon
  2553. #+END_SRC
  2554. Now visit the URL of your site and you should be taken through the rest of the installation procedure. If you have trouble with "allow override" ensure that "AllowOverride" is set to "all" in your Apache settings for the site (within /etc/apache2/sites-available) and then restart the apache2 service.
  2555. Install the poller.
  2556. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2557. emacs /etc/crontab
  2558. #+END_SRC
  2559. and append the following, changing mydomainname.com to whatever your domain is.
  2560. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2561. */10 * * * * root cd /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs; /usr/bin/timeout 120 /usr/bin/php include/poller.php
  2562. #+END_SRC
  2563. Save and exit, then restart cron.
  2564. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2565. service cron restart
  2566. #+END_SRC
  2567. You can improve the speed of Friendica database searches by adding the following indexes:
  2568. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2569. mysql -u root -p
  2570. use friendica;
  2571. CREATE INDEX `uri_received` ON item(`uri`, `received`);
  2572. CREATE INDEX `received_uri` ON item(`received`, `uri`);
  2573. CREATE INDEX `contact-id_created` ON item(`contact-id`, created);
  2574. CREATE INDEX `uid_network_received` ON item(`uid`, `network`, `received`);
  2575. CREATE INDEX `uid_parent` ON item(`uid`, `parent`);
  2576. CREATE INDEX `uid_received` ON item(`uid`, `received`);
  2577. CREATE INDEX `uid_network_commented` ON item(`uid`, `network`, `commented`);
  2578. CREATE INDEX `uid_title` ON item(uid, `title`);
  2579. CREATE INDEX `created_contact-id` ON item(`created`, `contact-id`);
  2580. quit
  2581. #+END_SRC
  2582. Make sure that Friendica doesn't use too much memory.
  2583. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2584. emacs /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/.htaccess
  2585. #+END_SRC
  2586. Append the following:
  2587. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2588. php_value memory_limit 32M
  2589. #+END_SRC
  2590. The save ane exit.
  2591. **** Backups
  2592. Make sure that the database gets backed up. By using cron if anything goes wrong then you should be able to recover the database either from the previous day or the previous week.
  2593. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2594. emacs /etc/cron.daily/friendicabackup
  2595. #+END_SRC
  2596. Enter the following
  2597. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2598. #!/bin/sh
  2599. MYSQL_PASSWORD=<mysql root password>
  2600. umask 0077
  2601. # Backup the database
  2602. mysqldump --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD friendica > /var/backups/friendica_daily.sql
  2603. # Make the backup readable only by root
  2604. chmod 600 /var/backups/friendica_daily.sql
  2605. #+END_SRC
  2606. Save and exit.
  2607. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2608. chmod 600 /etc/cron.daily/friendicabackup
  2609. chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/friendicabackup
  2610. emacs /etc/cron.weekly/friendicabackup
  2611. #+END_SRC
  2612. Enter the following
  2613. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2614. #!/bin/sh
  2615. MYSQL_PASSWORD=<mysql root password>
  2616. umask 0077
  2617. # Backup the database
  2618. mysqldump --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD friendica > /var/backups/friendica_weekly.sql
  2619. # Make the backup readable only by root
  2620. chmod 600 /var/backups/friendica_weekly.sql
  2621. #+END_SRC
  2622. Save and exit.
  2623. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2624. chmod 600 /etc/cron.weekly/friendicabackup
  2625. chmod +x /etc/cron.weekly/friendicabackup
  2626. #+END_SRC
  2627. **** Recommended configuration
  2628. ***** Admin
  2629. To get to the admin settings you will need to be logged in with the admin email address which you specified at the beginning of the installation procedure. Depending upon the theme which you're using "/admin/" will be available either as an icon or on a drop down menu.
  2630. Under the *plugins* section the main one which you may wish to enable is the NSFW plugin. With that enabled if a post contans the #NSFW tag then it will appear minimised by default and you will need to click a button to open it.
  2631. Under the *themes* section select a few themes, including mobile themes which are suitable for phones or tablets.
  2632. Under the *site* section give your Friendica node a name other than "/my friend network/", you can change the icon and banner text and set the default mobile theme typically to /frost-mobile/. If you don't want your node to host a lot of accounts for people you don't know then you may want to set the register policy to "/requires approval/". For security it's probably a good idea only to host accounts for people who you actually know, rather than random strangers. Also be aware that the Beaglebone does not have a great deal of computational power or bandwidth and will not function well if there are hundreds of users using your node. If you're not federating with Diaspora or other sites then you may wish to select "/only allow Friendica contacts/". That improves the security of the system, since communication between Friendica nodes is always encrypted separately and in addition to the usual SSL encryption layer - which makes life interesting for the Surveillance State and at least keeps those cryptanalysts employed.
  2633. It's probably a good idea to enable "/private posts by default for new users/" and also "/don't include post content in email notifications/". Since traditional email isn't a secure system and is easily vulnerable to attack by systems such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XKeyscore][Xkeyscore]].
  2634. ***** Settings
  2635. Each user has their own customisable settings, typically available either via an icon or by an entry on a drop down menu.
  2636. Under *additional features* enable "/richtext editor/", "/post preview/", "/group filter/", "/network filter/", "/edit sent posts/" and "/dislike posts/".
  2637. Under *display settings* select your desktop and mobile themes.
  2638. Once you have connected to enough friends it's also a good idea to use the "/export personal data/" option from here. This will save a file to your local system, which you can import into another friendica node if necessary.
  2639. **** To access from an Android device
  2640. ***** App
  2641. Open a browser on your device and go to https://f-droid.org/ then download and install the F-Droid apk. If you then open F-Droid you can search for and install the Friendica app.
  2642. If you are using a self-signed certificate then at the login screen scroll down to the bottom, select the SSL settings then scroll down and disable SSL certificate checks. You will then be able to log in using https, which at least gives you some protection via the encryption.
  2643. More information about the Friendica app can be found on http://friendica-for-android.wiki-lab.net/
  2644. ***** Mobile Theme
  2645. Another way to access Friendica from a mobile device is to just use the web browser. If you have selected a mobile theme within your settings then when viewing from an Android system the mobile theme will be displayed.
  2646. *** Movim
  2647. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  2648. /The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives/
  2649. -- Anthony Robbins
  2650. #+END_VERSE
  2651. Movim is another social networking system based around the XMPP protocol.
  2652. You will need to have previously [[Install a Jabber/XMPP server][installed the Jabber/XMPP server]].
  2653. Edit your Apache configuration and disable the port 80 (HTTP) version of the site. We only want to log into Movim via HTTPS, so to prevent anyone from accidentally logging in insecurely:
  2654. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2655. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/mydomainname.com
  2656. #+END_SRC
  2657. Within the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:80>* add the following:
  2658. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2659. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/movim>
  2660. deny from all
  2661. </Directory>
  2662. #+END_SRC
  2663. Within the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:443>* add the following:
  2664. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2665. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/movim>
  2666. Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  2667. AllowOverride All
  2668. Order allow,deny
  2669. allow from all
  2670. </Directory>
  2671. #+END_SRC
  2672. Save and exit, then restart the apache server.
  2673. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2674. service apache2 restart
  2675. #+END_SRC
  2676. Download the source.
  2677. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2678. cd /tmp
  2679. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/movim.tar.gz
  2680. #+END_SRC
  2681. Verify it.
  2682. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2683. sha256sum movim.tar.gz
  2684. 2740ddbedf6cefcc2934759374376643b6cdea4fb7f944ec25098a6868cb499e movim.tar.gz
  2685. #+END_SRC
  2686. Install it.
  2687. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2688. tar -xzvf movim.tar.gz
  2689. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  2690. cp -r movim-* /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/movim
  2691. chmod 755 /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/movim
  2692. chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/movim
  2693. #+END_SRC
  2694. Install some MySql prerequisites.
  2695. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2696. apt-get install mysql-server php5-common php5-cli php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql php5-mcrypt
  2697. #+END_SRC
  2698. If necessary, enter an admin password for MySQL.
  2699. Create a mysql database.
  2700. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2701. mysql -u root -p
  2702. create database movim;
  2703. CREATE USER 'movimadmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'movimadminpassword';
  2704. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON movim.* TO 'movimadmin'@'localhost';
  2705. quit
  2706. #+END_SRC
  2707. With a web browser navigate to:
  2708. https://mydomainname.com/movim/admin
  2709. Enter /admin/ as the username and /password/ as the password.
  2710. Click on /General Settings/ and alter the administrator username to /movimadmin/ and password to some long random string (using a password manager such as KeepassX).
  2711. Change the /Environment/ from /Development/ to /Production/.
  2712. The /BOSH URL/ should be http://localhost:5280/http-bind (TODO: should this be https://localhost:5281/http-bind and if so do certificate warnings need to be disabled?)
  2713. Click /Submit/ followed by /Resend/.
  2714. Click on /Database Settings/ and alter the MySql movim database username to /movimadmin/ and password to the password you specified in the previous step.
  2715. Click /Submit/ followed by /Resend/. If you get a lot of orange warnings about database fields being created then hit /Submit/ again until you see "Movim database is up to date".
  2716. If everything on all three tabs looks green then you are ready to go. Click on the Movim logo at the top left and then log in with your Jabber ID (JID).
  2717. *** Red Matrix
  2718. **** Introduction
  2719. Red Matrix is the current version of the Friendica social networking system. It's more general than Friendica in that it's designed as a generic communication system based around a protocol called "zot". At the time of writing in early 2014 Red Matrix remains at an alpha stage of development and so it's not advised that you install it unless you're willing to put up with bugs and frustrations. In the large majority of cases it's better to stick with Friendica for now.
  2720. **** Prerequisites
  2721. The main problem with Red Matrix is that in order to install it you will need to have purchased a domain name (i.e. not a FreeDNS subdomain) and a SSL certificate for it.
  2722. You could join some other Red Matrix server, but this suffers from "/The Levison Problem/" in which some goons show up with a gagging order demanding coppies of the SSL private key. In that scenario unless the owner of the server is exceptionally brave users may never be informed that the site has been compromised or that there is interception hardware attached to the server. Joining another server defeats the object of being digitally self-sufficient and raises legal question marks about the ownership of data which you might upload to a server which doesn't belong to you.
  2723. **** Installation
  2724. See [[Setting up a web site]] for details of how to update the Apache configuration for your Red Matrix site. You should have a separate domain name specifically to run Red Matrix on. It can't be installed in a subdirectory on a domain used for something else.
  2725. Edit your Apache configuration and disable the port 80 (HTTP) version of the site. We only want to log into Red Matrix via HTTPS, so to prevent anyone from accidentally logging in insecurely:
  2726. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2727. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/mydomainname.com
  2728. #+END_SRC
  2729. Within the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:80>* change the following:
  2730. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2731. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/>
  2732. deny from all
  2733. </Directory>
  2734. #+END_SRC
  2735. Save and exit, then restart the apache server.
  2736. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2737. service apache2 restart
  2738. #+END_SRC
  2739. Now install some dependencies.
  2740. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2741. apt-get install mysql-server php5-common php5-cli php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql php5-mcrypt
  2742. #+END_SRC
  2743. Enter an admin password for MySQL.
  2744. Create a mysql database.
  2745. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2746. mysql -u root -p
  2747. create database redmatrix;
  2748. CREATE USER 'redmatrixadmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
  2749. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON redmatrix.* TO 'redmatrixadmin'@'localhost';
  2750. quit
  2751. #+END_SRC
  2752. You may need to fix Git SSL problems.
  2753. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2754. git config --global http.sslVerify true
  2755. apt-get install ca-certificates
  2756. cd ~/
  2757. emacs .gitconfig
  2758. #+END_SRC
  2759. The .gitconfig file should look something like this:
  2760. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2761. [http]
  2762. sslVerify = true
  2763. sslCAinfo = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
  2764. [user]
  2765. email = myusername@mydomainname.com
  2766. name = yourname
  2767. #+END_SRC
  2768. Get the source code.
  2769. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2770. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  2771. cd /var/www/$HOSTNAME
  2772. mv htdocs htdocs_old
  2773. git clone https://github.com/friendica/red.git htdocs
  2774. chmod -R 755 htdocs
  2775. chown -R www-data:www-data htdocs
  2776. mkdir htdocs/view/tpl/smarty3
  2777. chmod 777 htdocs/view/tpl
  2778. chmod 777 htdocs/view/tpl/smarty3
  2779. git clone https://github.com/friendica/red-addons.git htdocs/addon
  2780. #+END_SRC
  2781. Now visit the URL of your site and you should be taken through the rest of the installation procedure. Note that this may take a few minutes so don't be concerned if it looks as if it has crashed - just leave it running. If you have trouble with "allow override" ensure that "AllowOverride" is set to "all" in your Apache settings for the site (within /etc/apache2/sites-available) and then restart the apache2 service.
  2782. Install the poller.
  2783. #+BEGIN_SRC
  2784. emacs /etc/crontab
  2785. #+END_SRC
  2786. and append the following, changing mydomainname.com to whatever your domain is.
  2787. #+BEGIN_SRC
  2788. */10 * * * * root cd /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs; /usr/bin/php include/poller.php
  2789. #+END_SRC
  2790. Save and exit, then restart cron.
  2791. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2792. service cron restart
  2793. #+END_SRC
  2794. **** Backups
  2795. Make sure that the database gets backed up. By using cron if anything goes wrong then you should be able to recover the database either from the previous day or the previous week.
  2796. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2797. emacs /etc/cron.daily/redmatrixbackup
  2798. #+END_SRC
  2799. Enter the following
  2800. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2801. #!/bin/sh
  2802. MYSQL_PASSWORD=<mysql root password>
  2803. umask 0077
  2804. # Backup the database
  2805. mysqldump --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD redmatrix > /var/backups/redmatrix_daily.sql
  2806. # Make the backup readable only by root
  2807. chmod 600 /var/backups/redmatrix_daily.sql
  2808. #+END_SRC
  2809. Save and exit.
  2810. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2811. chmod 600 /etc/cron.daily/redmatrixbackup
  2812. chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/redmatrixbackup
  2813. emacs /etc/cron.weekly/redmatrixbackup
  2814. #+END_SRC
  2815. Enter the following
  2816. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2817. #!/bin/sh
  2818. MYSQL_PASSWORD=<mysql root password>
  2819. umask 0077
  2820. # Backup the database
  2821. mysqldump --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD redmatrix > /var/backups/redmatrix_weekly.sql
  2822. # Make the backup readable only by root
  2823. chmod 600 /var/backups/redmatrix_weekly.sql
  2824. #+END_SRC
  2825. Save and exit.
  2826. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2827. chmod 600 /etc/cron.weekly/redmatrixbackup
  2828. chmod +x /etc/cron.weekly/redmatrixbackup
  2829. #+END_SRC
  2830. **** To access from an Android device
  2831. ***** App
  2832. Open a browser on your device and go to https://f-droid.org/ then download and install the F-Droid apk. If you then open F-Droid you can search for and install the Friendica app.
  2833. If you are using a self-signed certificate then at the login screen scroll down to the bottom, select the SSL settings then scroll down and disable SSL certificate checks. You will then be able to log in using https, which at least gives you some protection via the encryption.
  2834. More information about the Friendica app can be found on http://friendica-for-android.wiki-lab.net/
  2835. *** pump.io
  2836. pump.io is the successor to StatusNet (which later became [[GNU Social]]) and is a communications system which can do things other than just microblogging. It takes fewer system resources to run and so is better suited to low power servers such as the BBB, but is more complicated to install. Currently when using self-signed certificates it seems very hard to federate with other pump.io servers so it may be that although GNU Social is an older system it may still be more practical. For the instructions which follow it will be possible to run your own pump.io site for your family and friends, as a kind of /data silo/, but federating with anyone else could turn out to be difficult or impossible.
  2837. A list of pump.io sites can be found at http://pumpstatus.jpope.org
  2838. For a pump.io site you will need a separate domain/subdomain, so see [[Setting up a web site]] for details of how to create an Apache configuration for your site. If you're using freedns then you will need to create a new subdomain.
  2839. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2840. apt-get update && apt-get install redis-server nodejs-legacy imagemagick graphicsmagick git-core screen
  2841. cd /opt
  2842. git clone https://github.com/e14n/pump.io.git
  2843. cd /opt/pump.io
  2844. npm install
  2845. npm install databank-redis
  2846. #+END_SRC
  2847. Edit the configuration file.
  2848. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2849. emacs /etc/pump.io.json
  2850. #+END_SRC
  2851. Add the following, replacing /mypumpiodomainname.com/ with your domain name.
  2852. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2853. {
  2854. "driver": "redis",
  2855. "params": {"host":"localhost","port":6379},
  2856. "secret": "A long random string",
  2857. "noweb": false,
  2858. "site": "Name of my pump.io site",
  2859. "owner": "My name or organisation",
  2860. "ownerURL": "https://mypumpiodomainname.com/",
  2861. "port": 7270,
  2862. "urlPort": 443,
  2863. "hostname": "mypumpiodomainname.com",
  2864. "address": "localhost",
  2865. "nologger": false,
  2866. "serverUser": "pumpio",
  2867. "rejectUnauthorized": false,
  2868. "key": "/var/local/pump.io/keys/mypumpiodomainname.com.key",
  2869. "cert": "/var/local/pump.io/keys/mypumpiodomainname.com.crt",
  2870. "uploaddir": "/var/local/pump.io/uploads",
  2871. "debugClient": false,
  2872. "firehose": "ofirehose.example",
  2873. "logfile": "/var/local/pump.io/pump.io.log",
  2874. "disableRegistration": false
  2875. }
  2876. #+END_SRC
  2877. Save and exit.
  2878. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2879. export HOSTNAME=mypumpiodomainname.com
  2880. mkdir /var/local/pump.io
  2881. mkdir /var/local/pump.io/uploads
  2882. mkdir /var/local/pump.io/keys
  2883. cp /etc/ssl/private/$HOSTNAME.key /var/local/pump.io/keys
  2884. cp /etc/ssl/certs/$HOSTNAME.crt /var/local/pump.io/keys
  2885. useradd -s /bin/bash -d /var/local/pump.io pumpio
  2886. chown -R pumpio:pumpio /var/local/pump.io
  2887. chmod 400 /var/local/pump.io/keys/*
  2888. mkdir /tmp/apache2
  2889. cd /tmp/apache2
  2890. apt-get build-dep apache2
  2891. apt-get install autoconf
  2892. apt-get source apache2
  2893. cd apache2-*
  2894. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/apache-2.2-wstunnel.patch
  2895. sha256sum apache-2.2-wstunnel.patch
  2896. cfc4866da2688a8eb76e0300cf16b52539ef4e525053a3851d4b6bba9a77e439
  2897. patch -p1 -i apache-2.2-wstunnel.patch
  2898. autoconf
  2899. ./configure --enable-so --enable-proxy=shared --enable-proxy-wstunnel=shared
  2900. make
  2901. cp modules/proxy/.libs/mod_proxy_wstunnel.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules/
  2902. cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
  2903. ln -s /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_wstunnel.so ../mods-available/proxy_wstunnel.load
  2904. #+END_SRC
  2905. Within the section of your Apache site configuration:
  2906. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2907. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/mypumpiodomainname.com
  2908. #+END_SRC
  2909. The initial section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:80>* should be replaced by the following, replacing /mypumpiodomainname.com/ with your pump.io domain name and /myusername@mydomainname.com/ with your email address.
  2910. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2911. <VirtualHost *:80>
  2912. ServerAdmin myusername@mydomainname.com
  2913. ServerName mypumpiodomainname.com
  2914. RewriteEngine On
  2915. RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
  2916. RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
  2917. </VirtualHost>
  2918. #+END_SRC
  2919. Add the following in the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:443>*.
  2920. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2921. LoadModule proxy_wstunnel_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_wstunnel.so
  2922. <Location /main/realtime/sockjs>
  2923. ProxyPass wss://localhost/main/realtime/sockjs
  2924. ProxyPassReverse wss://localhost/main/realtime/sockjs
  2925. </Location>
  2926. # <LocationMatch ".*\.(jpg|png|gif)$">
  2927. # CacheEnable disk
  2928. # </LocationMatch>
  2929. ProxyVia On
  2930. ProxyPreserveHost On
  2931. SSLProxyEngine On
  2932. ProxyPass / https://localhost:7270/
  2933. ProxyPassReverse / https://localhost:7270/
  2934. #+END_SRC
  2935. Save and exit.
  2936. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2937. a2enmod cache
  2938. a2enmod disk_cache
  2939. apachectl configtest
  2940. service apache2 restart
  2941. npm install forever -g
  2942. #+END_SRC
  2943. Now create the daemon.
  2944. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2945. emacs /etc/init.d/pumpio
  2946. #+END_SRC
  2947. Add the following text:
  2948. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2949. #!/bin/bash
  2950. # /etc/init.d/pumpio
  2951. ### BEGIN INIT INFO
  2952. # Provides: pump.io
  2953. # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
  2954. # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
  2955. # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
  2956. # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
  2957. # Short-Description: starts pump.io as a background daemon
  2958. # Description: Starts pump.io on boot
  2959. ### END INIT INFO
  2960. # Author: Bob Mottram <bob@robotics.uk.to>
  2961. #Settings
  2962. SERVICE='pumpio'
  2963. COMMAND="forever /opt/pump.io/bin/pump > /var/local/pump.io/daemon.log"
  2964. USERNAME='pumpio'
  2965. NICELEVEL=19 # from 0-19 the bigger the number, the less the impact on system resources
  2966. HISTORY=1024
  2967. INVOCATION="nice -n ${NICELEVEL} ${COMMAND}"
  2968. PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/var/local/pump.io'
  2969. pumpio_start() {
  2970. echo "Starting $SERVICE..."
  2971. su --command "screen -h ${HISTORY} -dmS ${SERVICE} ${INVOCATION}" $USERNAME
  2972. }
  2973. pumpio_stop() {
  2974. echo "Stopping $SERVICE"
  2975. su --command "screen -p 0 -S ${SERVICE} -X stuff "'^C'"" $USERNAME
  2976. }
  2977. #Start-Stop here
  2978. case "$1" in
  2979. start)
  2980. pumpio_start
  2981. ;;
  2982. stop)
  2983. pumpio_stop
  2984. ;;
  2985. restart)
  2986. pumpio_stop
  2987. sleep 10s
  2988. pumpio_start
  2989. ;;
  2990. *)
  2991. echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
  2992. exit 1
  2993. ;;
  2994. esac
  2995. exit 0
  2996. #+END_SRC
  2997. Save and exit. Then enable the daemon and run it.
  2998. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  2999. chmod +x /etc/init.d/pumpio
  3000. update-rc.d pumpio defaults
  3001. service pumpio start
  3002. #+END_SRC
  3003. Now visit your pump.io site by navigating to:
  3004. https://mypumpiodomainname.com
  3005. and add a new user. If you wish this to be a single user node not open to the general public (including spammers and sockpuppets) then edit */etc/pump.io.json* and set *disableRegistration* to *true*. After making that change restart with the command *service pumpio restart*.
  3006. ** Install Gopher
  3007. *** Server setup
  3008. Gopher is an old internet protocol which originated a few years before the web and is purely text based. It can be quite fun to build a gopher site and browse the gopherverse. One thing to keep in mind is that there is no security with gopher, so any text transmitted is trivially interceptable by systems such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XKeyscore][Xkeyscore]] or deep packet inspection.
  3009. To set up a gopher server:
  3010. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3011. apt-get install build-essential
  3012. cd /tmp
  3013. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/geomyidae-current.tgz
  3014. #+END_SRC
  3015. Verify the download:
  3016. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3017. sha256sum geomyidae-current.tgz
  3018. 162f55ab059ab0a9be8e840497795293bbd51c34b1f4564dcdf3f0ddd5c0db31 geomyidae-current.tgz
  3019. #+END_SRC
  3020. Then extract and install it.
  3021. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3022. tar -xzvf geomyidae-current.tgz
  3023. cd geomyidae-*
  3024. make
  3025. make install
  3026. mkdir -p /var/gopher
  3027. #+END_SRC
  3028. Your content should be placed within /var/gopher with the index page being named index.gph. The Gopher format is very simple - simpler than HTML - so creating pages is not much more difficult than editing a text file.
  3029. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3030. emacs /etc/init.d/gopher
  3031. #+END_SRC
  3032. Enter the following:
  3033. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3034. #! /bin/sh
  3035. ### BEGIN INIT INFO
  3036. # Provides: gopher
  3037. # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
  3038. # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
  3039. # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
  3040. # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
  3041. # Short-Description: Gopher daemon
  3042. # Description: Gopher daemon
  3043. ### END INIT INFO
  3044. # Do NOT "set -e"
  3045. # PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
  3046. PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
  3047. DESC="Gopher daemon"
  3048. NAME=geomyidae
  3049. DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
  3050. DAEMON_ARGS="-l /var/log/geomyidae.log -b /var/gopher -p 70"
  3051. PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
  3052. SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
  3053. # Exit if the package is not installed
  3054. [ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
  3055. # Read configuration variable file if it is present
  3056. [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
  3057. # Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
  3058. . /lib/init/vars.sh
  3059. # Define LSB log_* functions.
  3060. # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
  3061. # and status_of_proc is working.
  3062. . /lib/lsb/init-functions
  3063. #
  3064. # Function that starts the daemon/service
  3065. #
  3066. do_start()
  3067. {
  3068. # Return
  3069. # 0 if daemon has been started
  3070. # 1 if daemon was already running
  3071. # 2 if daemon could not be started
  3072. start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
  3073. || return 1
  3074. start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
  3075. $DAEMON_ARGS \
  3076. || return 2
  3077. # Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
  3078. # to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
  3079. # on this one. As a last resort, sleep for some time.
  3080. }
  3081. #
  3082. # Function that stops the daemon/service
  3083. #
  3084. do_stop()
  3085. {
  3086. # Return
  3087. # 0 if daemon has been stopped
  3088. # 1 if daemon was already stopped
  3089. # 2 if daemon could not be stopped
  3090. # other if a failure occurred
  3091. start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
  3092. RETVAL="$?"
  3093. [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
  3094. # Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
  3095. # and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.
  3096. # If the above conditions are not satisfied then add some other code
  3097. # that waits for the process to drop all resources that could be
  3098. # needed by services started subsequently. A last resort is to
  3099. # sleep for some time.
  3100. start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
  3101. [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
  3102. # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
  3103. rm -f $PIDFILE
  3104. return "$RETVAL"
  3105. }
  3106. #
  3107. # Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
  3108. #
  3109. do_reload() {
  3110. #
  3111. # If the daemon can reload its configuration without
  3112. # restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
  3113. # then implement that here.
  3114. #
  3115. start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
  3116. return 0
  3117. }
  3118. case "$1" in
  3119. start)
  3120. [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
  3121. do_start
  3122. case "$?" in
  3123. 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
  3124. 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
  3125. esac
  3126. ;;
  3127. stop)
  3128. [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
  3129. do_stop
  3130. case "$?" in
  3131. 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
  3132. 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
  3133. esac
  3134. ;;
  3135. status)
  3136. status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
  3137. ;;
  3138. #reload|force-reload)
  3139. #
  3140. # If do_reload() is not implemented then leave this commented out
  3141. # and leave 'force-reload' as an alias for 'restart'.
  3142. #
  3143. #log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
  3144. #do_reload
  3145. #log_end_msg $?
  3146. #;;
  3147. restart|force-reload)
  3148. #
  3149. # If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
  3150. # 'force-reload' alias
  3151. #
  3152. log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
  3153. do_stop
  3154. case "$?" in
  3155. 0|1)
  3156. do_start
  3157. case "$?" in
  3158. 0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
  3159. 1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
  3160. *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
  3161. esac
  3162. ;;
  3163. *)
  3164. # Failed to stop
  3165. log_end_msg 1
  3166. ;;
  3167. esac
  3168. ;;
  3169. *)
  3170. #echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
  3171. echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
  3172. exit 3
  3173. ;;
  3174. esac
  3175. :
  3176. #+END_SRC
  3177. Save and exit. Then start the gopher service.
  3178. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3179. chmod +x /etc/init.d/gopher
  3180. update-rc.d gopher defaults
  3181. service gopher start
  3182. #+END_SRC
  3183. On your internet router change the firewall settings to route port 70 to the BBB, then provided that you have a gopher plugin installed within your browser then you should be able to navigate to your gopher site with:
  3184. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3185. gopher://mydomainname.com
  3186. #+END_SRC
  3187. There is a browser addon for Gopher called "overbite". Installing that should enable you to view your site.
  3188. *** A phlogging script
  3189. A phlog is the gopher equivalent of a blog on the web. You can create a script which makes phlogging easy.
  3190. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3191. emacs /usr/bin/mkphlog
  3192. #+END_SRC
  3193. Add the following:
  3194. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3195. #!/bin/sh
  3196. # mkphlog - a utility to ease the creation of phlogs.
  3197. # Organizes phlog posts in separate directories.
  3198. # Created by octotep; anyone can distribute, modify, and
  3199. # share this file however they please.
  3200. #
  3201. # Version 0.3
  3202. #
  3203. # Modified by Bob Mottram
  3204. #
  3205. # Please note, all date strings are in the form of mm/dd/yy(yy)
  3206. # The base of the entire gopher site.
  3207. gopherRoot="/var/gopher"
  3208. # The name of the phlog directory (contained in $gopherHome)
  3209. phlogDirName="phlog"
  3210. # Default editor, unless the user has one specified in env
  3211. editor=${EDITOR:-emacs}
  3212. # Default timezone, unless the user has one specified in env
  3213. TZ=${TZ:-UTC}
  3214. # Tells the script how many lines the title of the main page spans.
  3215. # Used to insert the newest post at the top.
  3216. # Titles created by mkphlog are 3 lines.
  3217. # Isn't used if $addTitleToMain is false
  3218. titleLineCount=3
  3219. entryDate=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
  3220. # Creates the phlog directory if it dosen't already exist.
  3221. CreatePhlogDir() {
  3222. mkdir $phlogDirName
  3223. chmod 755 $phlogDirName
  3224. cd $phlogDirName
  3225. echo "Phlog directory created."
  3226. }
  3227. # Updates the main phlog listing
  3228. UpdatePhlogListing() {
  3229. # Just in case the user didn't specify a title
  3230. if [ "$postTitleAns" = "" ] ; then
  3231. echo -n "Do you want to create a blank post? (y/n) "
  3232. read blankPostAns
  3233. case $blankPostAns in
  3234. y* | Y* ) $postTitleAns="New Post" ;;
  3235. n* | N* ) echo "Goodbye, then." ; exit 1 ;;
  3236. * ) exit 1 ;;
  3237. esac
  3238. fi
  3239. cd $gopherRoot/$phlogDirName/
  3240. title2=$(echo "${postTitleAns}" | tr " " _)
  3241. postfilename="${entryDate}_${title2}.txt"
  3242. touch ${postfilename}
  3243. echo $postTitleAns >> ${postfilename}
  3244. date "+%A %b %e %l:%M:%S %Y" >> ${postfilename}
  3245. echo "------------------------------" >> ${postfilename}
  3246. echo >> ${postfilename}
  3247. }
  3248. if [ -d $gopherRoot ] ; then
  3249. cd $gopherRoot
  3250. else
  3251. echo "You don't have a gopherspace set-up. Please run the gopher server setup instructions."
  3252. exit 1
  3253. fi
  3254. if [ -d $phlogDirName ] ; then
  3255. cd $phlogDirName
  3256. else
  3257. echo -n "Do you want to create a phlog directory? (y/n) "
  3258. read phlogDirAns
  3259. case $phlogDirAns in
  3260. y* | Y* ) CreatePhlogDir ;;
  3261. n* | N* ) exit 1 ;;
  3262. * ) exit 1 ;;
  3263. esac
  3264. fi
  3265. echo -n "Would you like to create a phlog entry for today? (y/n) "
  3266. read phlogAns
  3267. case $phlogAns in
  3268. y* | Y* ) echo "Creating today's phlog entry..." ;;
  3269. n* | N* ) exit 0 ;;
  3270. * ) exit 1 ;;
  3271. esac
  3272. # Make sure there isn't a post for that day, lest we overwrite it.
  3273. if [ ! -d $entryDate ]; then
  3274. echo -n "Title: "
  3275. read postTitleAns
  3276. title2=$(echo "${postTitleAns}" | tr " " _)
  3277. postfilename="${entryDate}_${title2}.txt"
  3278. touch ${postfilename}
  3279. chmod 644 ${postfilename}
  3280. UpdatePhlogListing
  3281. echo -n "Would you like to edit the post with $editor? (y/n) "
  3282. read editorAns
  3283. case $editorAns in
  3284. y* | Y* ) $editor $gopherRoot/$phlogDirName/${postfilename} ;;
  3285. n* | N* ) exit 0 ;;
  3286. * ) exit 0 ;;
  3287. esac
  3288. rm $gopherRoot/$phlogDirName/${postfilename}~
  3289. else
  3290. echo "There is already a post for today."
  3291. echo -n "Would you like to edit the post with $editor? (y/n) "
  3292. read editorAns
  3293. case $editorAns in
  3294. y* | Y* ) $editor $gopherRoot/$phlogDirName/$entryDate*.txt ;;
  3295. n* | N* ) exit 0 ;;
  3296. * ) exit 1 ;;
  3297. esac
  3298. rm $gopherRoot/$phlogDirName/${postfilename}.txt~
  3299. fi
  3300. exit 0
  3301. #+END_SRC
  3302. Save and exit.
  3303. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3304. chmod +x /usr/bin/mkphlog
  3305. #+END_SRC
  3306. Now entering the command /mkphlog/ will allow you to create a phlog entry.
  3307. ** Install Owncloud
  3308. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  3309. /It's not water vapour/
  3310. -- Larry Ellison
  3311. #+END_VERSE
  3312. Owncloud will allow you to upload and download files, share photos, collaboratively edit documents, have a calendar and more. You should be warned that Owncloud runs quite slowly via an ordinary web browser, but it can be a convenient way to access and share your data from any location in a reasonably secure manner.
  3313. *** Server Installation
  3314. Install some dependencies:
  3315. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3316. apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-gd php-xml-parser php5-intl
  3317. apt-get install php5-sqlite php5-mysql smbclient curl libcurl3 php5-curl
  3318. #+END_SRC
  3319. It's very important that /mod_php5/ and not /mod_php5filter/ be installed. If you have /mod_php5filter/ installed then Owncloud will always fail to install.
  3320. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3321. a2dismod php5filter
  3322. apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5
  3323. #+END_SRC
  3324. Ensure that the size of files which may be uploaded or downloaded is large enough.
  3325. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3326. emacs /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
  3327. #+END_SRC
  3328. Set the following:
  3329. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3330. upload_max_filesize = 512M
  3331. post_max_size = 512M
  3332. #+END_SRC
  3333. Save and exit, then edit your Apache configuration.
  3334. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3335. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  3336. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  3337. #+END_SRC
  3338. And add the following, to the 443 VirtualHost section. Really we only will want to be using Owncloud with HTTPS to ensure some level of security and avoidance of dragnet surveillance.
  3339. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3340. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/owncloud>
  3341. Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  3342. AllowOverride All
  3343. Order allow,deny
  3344. allow from all
  3345. </Directory>
  3346. #+END_SRC
  3347. To ensure that nobody logs in insecurely add the following to the 80 VirtualHost section.
  3348. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3349. <Directory /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/owncloud>
  3350. deny from all
  3351. </Directory>
  3352. #+END_SRC
  3353. Save and exit, then restart apache.
  3354. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3355. service apache2 restart
  3356. #+END_SRC
  3357. Download owncloud.
  3358. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3359. cd /tmp
  3360. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/owncloud.tar.bz2
  3361. #+END_SRC
  3362. Verify the download:
  3363. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3364. sha256sum owncloud.tar.bz2
  3365. 92b53fdfa7c4165b83dd2f8447f63928454a5815d08ff2d6165dd1a8969ecbe1 owncloud.tar.bz2
  3366. #+END_SRC
  3367. Extract the archive. This may take a couple of minutes, so don't be alarmed that the system has crashed.
  3368. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3369. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  3370. tar -xjf owncloud.tar.bz2
  3371. #+END_SRC
  3372. Move the extracted files to your site and set file permissions.
  3373. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3374. cp -r owncloud /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  3375. chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/owncloud/apps
  3376. chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/owncloud/config
  3377. chown www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/owncloud
  3378. #+END_SRC
  3379. Edit the htaccess file for Owncloud.
  3380. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3381. emacs /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/owncloud/.htaccess
  3382. #+END_SRC
  3383. Set the following.
  3384. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3385. php_value upload_max_filesize 512M
  3386. php_value post_max_size 512M
  3387. php_value memory_limit 32M
  3388. #+END_SRC
  3389. Save and exit.
  3390. With a web browser visit your domain (mydomainname.com/owncloud) and enter an administrator username and password.
  3391. *** Owncloud on Android
  3392. First install [[https://f-droid.org/][F-Droid]] and then search for the current Owncloud app. Once it's installed you'll then be able to log into the BBB with the URL https://mydomainname.com/opencloud, supplying your username and password.
  3393. ** Install a Wiki
  3394. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  3395. /I believe that technology can liberate, but you need to be a master rather than a user. You need to pull technology apart and master it rather than letting it control you./
  3396. -- Tom Barbalet
  3397. #+END_VERSE
  3398. Dokuwiki is based upon flat files, and so is easy to move from one server to another without a lot of database complications.
  3399. Download the wiki.
  3400. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3401. cd /tmp
  3402. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/dokuwiki.tgz
  3403. #+END_SRC
  3404. Verify it.
  3405. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3406. sha256sum dokuwiki.tgz
  3407. 6b126f90979463d9ddaa74acc6f96aa230cfdc789946f241c3646086d9574be8 dokuwiki.tgz
  3408. #+END_SRC
  3409. Then extract and install it.
  3410. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3411. export HOSTNAME=mywikidomainname.com
  3412. tar -xzvf dokuwiki.tgz
  3413. mv /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs_old
  3414. mv dokuwiki /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  3415. #+END_SRC
  3416. Edit the Apache configuration for your wiki site.
  3417. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3418. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  3419. #+END_SRC
  3420. The settings should look something like the following. Replace /mywikidomainname.com/ with your wiki domain name.
  3421. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3422. <VirtualHost *:80>
  3423. ServerAdmin myusername@mywikidomainname.com
  3424. ServerName mydomainname.com
  3425. DocumentRoot /var/www/mywikidomainname.com/htdocs
  3426. <Directory /var/www/mywikidomainname.com/htdocs>
  3427. order deny,allow
  3428. allow from all
  3429. </Directory>
  3430. <LocationMatch "/(data|conf|bin|inc)/">
  3431. order allow,deny
  3432. deny from all
  3433. satisfy all
  3434. </LocationMatch>
  3435. <Directory />
  3436. Options FollowSymLinks
  3437. AllowOverride All
  3438. </Directory>
  3439. ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
  3440. <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
  3441. AllowOverride All
  3442. Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
  3443. Order allow,deny
  3444. Allow from all
  3445. </Directory>
  3446. ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  3447. # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
  3448. # alert, emerg.
  3449. LogLevel error
  3450. CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
  3451. </VirtualHost>
  3452. <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
  3453. <VirtualHost *:443>
  3454. ServerAdmin myusername@mywikidomainname.com
  3455. ServerName mywikidomainname.com
  3456. DocumentRoot /var/www/mywikidomainname.com/htdocs
  3457. <Directory /var/www/mywikidomainname.com/htdocs>
  3458. order deny,allow
  3459. allow from all
  3460. </Directory>
  3461. <LocationMatch "/(data|conf|bin|inc)/">
  3462. order allow,deny
  3463. deny from all
  3464. satisfy all
  3465. </LocationMatch>
  3466. <Directory />
  3467. Options FollowSymLinks
  3468. AllowOverride All
  3469. </Directory>
  3470. ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
  3471. <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
  3472. AllowOverride All
  3473. Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
  3474. Order allow,deny
  3475. Allow from all
  3476. </Directory>
  3477. ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  3478. # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
  3479. # alert, emerg.
  3480. LogLevel error
  3481. CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ssl_access.log combined
  3482. # SSL Engine Switch:
  3483. # Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
  3484. SSLEngine on
  3485. # A self-signed certificate
  3486. SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/mydomainname.com.crt
  3487. SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/mydomainname.com.key
  3488. # Options based on bettercrypto.org
  3489. SSLProtocol All -SSLv2 -SSLv3
  3490. SSLHonorCipherOrder On
  3491. SSLCompression off
  3492. SSLCipherSuite EDH+CAMELLIA:EDH+aRSA:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH:+CAMELLIA256:+AES256:+CAMELLIA128:+AES128:+SSLv3:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS:!RC4:!SEED:!ECDSA:CAMELLIA256-SHA:AES256-SHA:CAMELLIA128-SHA:AES128-SHA
  3493. # SSL Engine Options:
  3494. # Set various options for the SSL engine.
  3495. # o FakeBasicAuth:
  3496. # Translate the client X.509 into a Basic Authorisation. This means that
  3497. # the standard Auth/DBMAuth methods can be used for access control. The
  3498. # user name is the `one line' version of the client's X.509 certificate.
  3499. # Note that no password is obtained from the user. Every entry in the user
  3500. # file needs this password: `xxj31ZMTZzkVA'.
  3501. # o ExportCertData:
  3502. # This exports two additional environment variables: SSL_CLIENT_CERT and
  3503. # SSL_SERVER_CERT. These contain the PEM-encoded certificates of the
  3504. # server (always existing) and the client (only existing when client
  3505. # authentication is used). This can be used to import the certificates
  3506. # into CGI scripts.
  3507. # o StdEnvVars:
  3508. # This exports the standard SSL/TLS related `SSL_*' environment variables.
  3509. # Per default this exportation is switched off for performance reasons,
  3510. # because the extraction step is an expensive operation and is usually
  3511. # useless for serving static content. So one usually enables the
  3512. # exportation for CGI and SSI requests only.
  3513. # o StrictRequire:
  3514. # This denies access when "SSLRequireSSL" or "SSLRequire" applied even
  3515. # under a "Satisfy any" situation, i.e. when it applies access is denied
  3516. # and no other module can change it.
  3517. # o OptRenegotiate:
  3518. # This enables optimized SSL connection renegotiation handling when SSL
  3519. # directives are used in per-directory context.
  3520. #SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +ExportCertData +StrictRequire
  3521. <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
  3522. SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
  3523. </FilesMatch>
  3524. <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
  3525. SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
  3526. </Directory>
  3527. # SSL Protocol Adjustments:
  3528. # The safe and default but still SSL/TLS standard compliant shutdown
  3529. # approach is that mod_ssl sends the close notify alert but doesn't wait for
  3530. # the close notify alert from client. When you need a different shutdown
  3531. # approach you can use one of the following variables:
  3532. # o ssl-unclean-shutdown:
  3533. # This forces an unclean shutdown when the connection is closed, i.e. no
  3534. # SSL close notify alert is send or allowed to received. This violates
  3535. # the SSL/TLS standard but is needed for some brain-dead browsers. Use
  3536. # this when you receive I/O errors because of the standard approach where
  3537. # mod_ssl sends the close notify alert.
  3538. # o ssl-accurate-shutdown:
  3539. # This forces an accurate shutdown when the connection is closed, i.e. a
  3540. # SSL close notify alert is send and mod_ssl waits for the close notify
  3541. # alert of the client. This is 100% SSL/TLS standard compliant, but in
  3542. # practice often causes hanging connections with brain-dead browsers. Use
  3543. # this only for browsers where you know that their SSL implementation
  3544. # works correctly.
  3545. # Notice: Most problems of broken clients are also related to the HTTP
  3546. # keep-alive facility, so you usually additionally want to disable
  3547. # keep-alive for those clients, too. Use variable "nokeepalive" for this.
  3548. # Similarly, one has to force some clients to use HTTP/1.0 to workaround
  3549. # their broken HTTP/1.1 implementation. Use variables "downgrade-1.0" and
  3550. # "force-response-1.0" for this.
  3551. BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" \
  3552. nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
  3553. downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
  3554. # MSIE 7 and newer should be able to use keepalive
  3555. BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown
  3556. </VirtualHost>
  3557. </IfModule>
  3558. #+END_SRC
  3559. Enable your site with:
  3560. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3561. a2ensite
  3562. #+END_SRC
  3563. then select the domain name and reload.
  3564. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3565. service apache2 reload
  3566. #+END_SRC
  3567. and alter permissions:
  3568. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3569. chmod -R 755 /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  3570. chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  3571. #+END_SRC
  3572. Open a browser and visit http://$HOSTNAME/install.php, then fill out the details. Once everything has been accepted without errors:
  3573. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3574. rm /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/install.php
  3575. #+END_SRC
  3576. Add a few extra mime types:
  3577. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3578. emacs /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/conf/mime.conf
  3579. #+END_SRC
  3580. Append the following:
  3581. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3582. ogv video/ogg
  3583. mp4 video/mp4
  3584. webm video/webm
  3585. #+END_SRC
  3586. Save and exit.
  3587. If you need to be able to upload large files to the wiki then edit */etc/php5/apache2/php.ini* and set *upload_max_filesize* accordingly. If the directory */etc/php5/apache2* doesn't exist then you will need to install the package *libapache2-mod-php5*.
  3588. Now you can visit your wiki and begin editing.
  3589. ** Install Bitmessage
  3590. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  3591. /The weakness of mass surveillance is that it can very easily be made much more expensive through changes in technical standards: pervasive, end-to-end encryption can quickly make indiscriminate surveillance impossible on a cost-effective basis/
  3592. -- Edward J. Snowden, testimony to the EU parliament
  3593. #+END_VERSE
  3594. *** A new kind of Email
  3595. [[https://bitmessage.org][Bitmessage]] is a new type of messaging system intended to fulfill the same role as email, but without the security problems. In particular, Bitmessage attempts to not just encrypt the content but also the metadata. It's message broadcasting system makes it exceedingly difficult for an attacker to know which computer a message is destined for. The only way you know whether a message has been sent to you is whether you are able to decrypt it from the passing stream of messages.
  3596. Although similar to Bitcoin in some regards, such as "/proof of work/", Bitmessage has no block chain and messages are only buffered for approximately three days after which they are deleted from any given node.
  3597. Installing Bitmessage as a daemon will increase the size of the network, and therefore the level of security for all users.
  3598. *** The Daemon
  3599. Install from the current source code.
  3600. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3601. apt-get install python screen
  3602. cd /tmp
  3603. git clone https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
  3604. cd PyBitmessage
  3605. make install
  3606. #+END_SRC
  3607. Now create the daemon.
  3608. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3609. emacs /etc/init.d/pybitmessage
  3610. #+END_SRC
  3611. Add the following text:
  3612. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3613. #!/bin/bash
  3614. # /etc/init.d/bitmessage
  3615. ### BEGIN INIT INFO
  3616. # Provides: pybitmessage
  3617. # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
  3618. # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
  3619. # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
  3620. # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
  3621. # Short-Description: starts bitmessage as a background daemon, suitable for servers
  3622. # Description: This file should be used to construct scripts to be
  3623. # placed in /etc/init.d.
  3624. ### END INIT INFO
  3625. # Author: Super-Nathan <BM-Gu2k3Wy2hpTMYBxSoM2937SPcuU6xzEj>
  3626. #Settings
  3627. SERVICE='pybitmessage'
  3628. LOGFILE='/dev/null' # this disables logging
  3629. # LOGFILE='/var/log/bitmessage.log' # comment out the above line and un-comment this line to save a log
  3630. COMMAND="python bitmessagemain.py > $LOGFILE"
  3631. USERNAME='bitmsg'
  3632. NICELEVEL=19 # from 0-19 the bigger the number, the less the impact on system resources
  3633. HISTORY=1024
  3634. PBM_LOCATION="/usr/local/share/pybitmessage"
  3635. INVOCATION="nice -n ${NICELEVEL} ${COMMAND}"
  3636. PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/core_perl:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/share/pybitmessage'
  3637. bm_start() {
  3638. echo "Starting $SERVICE..."
  3639. cd ${PBM_LOCATION}
  3640. su --command "screen -h ${HISTORY} -dmS ${SERVICE} ${INVOCATION}" $USERNAME
  3641. }
  3642. bm_stop() {
  3643. echo "Stopping $SERVICE"
  3644. su --command "screen -p 0 -S ${SERVICE} -X stuff "'^C'"" $USERNAME
  3645. }
  3646. #Start-Stop here
  3647. case "$1" in
  3648. start)
  3649. bm_start
  3650. ;;
  3651. stop)
  3652. bm_stop
  3653. ;;
  3654. restart)
  3655. bm_stop
  3656. sleep 60s
  3657. bm_start
  3658. ;;
  3659. *)
  3660. echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
  3661. exit 1
  3662. ;;
  3663. esac
  3664. exit 0
  3665. #+END_SRC
  3666. Save and exit.
  3667. Add a user which will be specifically for Bitmessage. Since bitmessage is still a relatively young and experimental project, this adds further compartmentalisation such that if there are any bugs within PyBitmessage then an attacker can't neccessarily gain control of root or any other user account. Here we create a user called /bitmsg/ and give it a long random password.
  3668. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3669. adduser bitmsg
  3670. #+END_SRC
  3671. Create a /keys.dat/ file which is used to configure Bitmessage.
  3672. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3673. mkdir /home/bitmsg/.config
  3674. mkdir /home/bitmsg/.config/PyBitmessage
  3675. emacs /home/bitmsg/.config/PyBitmessage/keys.dat
  3676. #+END_SRC
  3677. Add the following:
  3678. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3679. [bitmessagesettings]
  3680. settingsversion = 7
  3681. port = 8444
  3682. timeformat = %%a, %%d %%b %%Y %%I:%%M %%p
  3683. blackwhitelist = black
  3684. startonlogon = false
  3685. minimizetotray = false
  3686. showtraynotifications = false
  3687. startintray = false
  3688. socksproxytype = none
  3689. sockshostname = localhost
  3690. socksport = 9050
  3691. socksauthentication = false
  3692. sockslisten = false
  3693. socksusername =
  3694. sockspassword =
  3695. keysencrypted = false
  3696. messagesencrypted = false
  3697. defaultnoncetrialsperbyte = 640
  3698. defaultpayloadlengthextrabytes = 14000
  3699. minimizeonclose = false
  3700. maxacceptablenoncetrialsperbyte = 0
  3701. maxacceptablepayloadlengthextrabytes = 0
  3702. userlocale = system
  3703. namecoinrpctype = namecoind
  3704. namecoinrpchost = localhost
  3705. namecoinrpcuser =
  3706. namecoinrpcpassword =
  3707. namecoinrpcport = 8336
  3708. sendoutgoingconnections = True
  3709. daemon = true
  3710. #+END_SRC
  3711. Save and exit. Then enable the daemon and run it.
  3712. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3713. rm -f /tmp/-usr-local-share-pybitmessage-*.lock
  3714. chown -R bitmsg:bitmsg /home/bitmsg
  3715. chmod +x /etc/init.d/pybitmessage
  3716. update-rc.d pybitmessage defaults
  3717. service pybitmessage start
  3718. #+END_SRC
  3719. Now open port 8444 on your internet router or firewall and direct it to the BBB.
  3720. *** Using Bitmessage
  3721. Although in principle it would be possible to send Bitmessages directly from the BBB, in practice the /proof of work/ requirement would mean that it would take an infeasibly long time to send messages, and the computational workload would likely greatly impair the performance of other services also running on the system. So to send and receive Bitmessages it's better to just install the client on a laptop or desktop machine.
  3722. The easiest way to install the client is either to download it from [[https://bitmessage.org][bitmessage.org]] or to get the latest build from Github as follows:
  3723. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3724. cd /tmp
  3725. git clone https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
  3726. cd PyBitmessage
  3727. make install
  3728. pybitmessage
  3729. #+END_SRC
  3730. *** Connect to Email
  3731. TODO: how to connect Bitmessage to an email client.
  3732. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3733. cd /tmp
  3734. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/notbit.tar.gz
  3735. #+END_SRC
  3736. Verify it.
  3737. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3738. sha256sum notbit.tar.gz
  3739. 972fdc9cbb8034141282337dcd5e557bce57969ff6bd1d607da89bd93cc7bb68
  3740. #+END_SRC
  3741. Extract and install it.
  3742. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3743. tar -xzvf notbit.tar.gz
  3744. cd notbit
  3745. apt-get install dh-autoreconf
  3746. ./autogen.sh --prefix=/home/myusername
  3747. make
  3748. make install
  3749. #+END_SRC
  3750. ** Overcome restrictive environments
  3751. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  3752. /Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime./
  3753. -- Potter Stewart
  3754. #+END_VERSE
  3755. In some environments, such as behind corporate firewalls or under regimes hostile towards the idea of open access to knowledge and information you may find that you're not able to use tools such as /ssh/ to get access to the BBB. In the worst case all ports other than 80 and 443 may be blocked.
  3756. In that scenario you can use a tool called [[http://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/][shellinabox]] to log into your BBB via your web site rather than via a terminal. This means that you can administrate your system from any device which has a web browser and keyboard.
  3757. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3758. apt-get install shellinabox libapache2-mod-proxy-html
  3759. #+END_SRC
  3760. Update your Apache configuration.
  3761. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3762. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  3763. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  3764. #+END_SRC
  3765. Within the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:443>* add the following, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name and /myusername/ with your username.
  3766. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3767. <Location /shell>
  3768. ProxyPass http://localhost:4200/
  3769. Order allow,deny
  3770. Allow from all
  3771. AuthName "Authentication for shellinabox"
  3772. AuthUserFile /home/mydomainname.com/public_html/.htpasswd
  3773. AuthGroupFile /home/mydomainname.com/public_html/.htgroup
  3774. AuthType Basic
  3775. Require group shellinabox
  3776. Require user myusername
  3777. </Location>
  3778. #+END_SRC
  3779. Save and exit, then create a login password. It's recommended that the password be a long random string and that you then access it using a password manager such as KeepassX.
  3780. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3781. mkdir /home/$HOSTNAME
  3782. mkdir /home/$HOSTNAME/public_html
  3783. htpasswd -c /home/$HOSTNAME/public_html/.htpasswd myusername
  3784. #+END_SRC
  3785. Create a user group.
  3786. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3787. emacs /home/$HOSTNAME/public_html/.htgroup
  3788. #+END_SRC
  3789. Add the following:
  3790. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3791. shellinabox: myusername
  3792. #+END_SRC
  3793. Save and exit, then restart Apache.
  3794. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3795. a2enmod proxy_http
  3796. service apache2 restart
  3797. #+END_SRC
  3798. Now with a web browser navigate to https://mydomainname.com/shell and log in.
  3799. If you're in a very locked down environment where access to web sites is severely restricted then as a last resort you may be able to use a command line browser, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29][lynx]] from within /shellinabox/.
  3800. ** Set up a mailing list
  3801. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  3802. /All over the world there are many people who are united in creating software, content, and culture that is freely available for others to share, enjoy and enrich their lives. Together we believe that freedom is good. We believe it helps people do good things, make better choices, and lead safer and more secure lives. Together we are a community united by this belief./
  3803. -- Jono Bacon
  3804. #+END_VERSE
  3805. *** Public mailing list
  3806. Email mailing lists are old skool but still remain as a common and easy way of communicating on the internet. If you're running a public organisation such as an open source project or community group then you may want to set one up.
  3807. **** Installation
  3808. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3809. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  3810. apt-get install mailman
  3811. newlist mailman
  3812. #+END_SRC
  3813. Enter an email address for the list administrator and a password.
  3814. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3815. emacs /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py
  3816. #+END_SRC
  3817. Set *MTA=None* and change *http:* to *https:*, then save and exit.
  3818. Add some settings.
  3819. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3820. emacs /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/04_mailman_options
  3821. #+END_SRC
  3822. Add the following, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name.
  3823. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3824. # Mailman macro definitions
  3825. # Home dir for the Mailman installation
  3826. MM_HOME=/var/lib/mailman
  3827. # User and group for Mailman
  3828. MM_UID=list
  3829. MM_GID=list
  3830. #
  3831. # Domains that your lists are in - colon separated list
  3832. # you may wish to add these into local_domains as well
  3833. domainlist mm_domains=mydomainname.com
  3834. # The path of the Mailman mail wrapper script
  3835. MM_WRAP=MM_HOME/mail/mailman
  3836. #
  3837. # The path of the list config file (used as a required file when
  3838. # verifying list addresses)
  3839. MM_LISTCHK=MM_HOME/lists/${lc::$local_part}/config.pck
  3840. #+END_SRC
  3841. Save and exit.
  3842. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3843. emacs /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/000_localmacros
  3844. #+END_SRC
  3845. Append the following:
  3846. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3847. SYSTEM_ALIASES_PIPE_TRANSPORT = address_pipe
  3848. SYSTEM_ALIASES_USER = list
  3849. SYSTEM_ALIASES_GROUP = list
  3850. #+END_SRC
  3851. Save and exit.
  3852. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3853. emacs /etc/exim4/conf.d/acl/30_exim4-config_check_rcpt
  3854. #+END_SRC
  3855. Append the following, before the final /accept/:
  3856. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3857. # Do callback verification unless Mailman incoming bounce
  3858. deny !local_parts = *-bounces : *-bounces+*
  3859. !verify = sender/callout=30s,defer_ok
  3860. #+END_SRC
  3861. Save and exit.
  3862. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3863. emacs
  3864. /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/450_exim4-config_mailman_aliases
  3865. #+END_SRC
  3866. Add the following:
  3867. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3868. mailman:
  3869. driver = accept
  3870. domains = +mm_domains
  3871. require_files = MM_LISTCHK
  3872. local_part_suffix_optional
  3873. local_part_suffix = -admin : \
  3874. -bounces : -bounces+* : \
  3875. -confirm : -confirm+* : \
  3876. -join : -leave : \
  3877. -owner : -request : \
  3878. -subscribe : -unsubscribe
  3879. transport = mailman_transport
  3880. #+END_SRC
  3881. Save and exit.
  3882. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3883. emacs /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/40_exim4-config_mailman_pipe
  3884. #+END_SRC
  3885. Add the following:
  3886. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3887. mailman_transport:
  3888. driver = pipe
  3889. command = MM_WRAP \
  3890. '${if def:local_part_suffix \
  3891. {${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \
  3892. {post}}' \
  3893. $local_part
  3894. current_directory = MM_HOME
  3895. home_directory = MM_HOME
  3896. user = MM_UID
  3897. group = MM_GID
  3898. #+END_SRC
  3899. Save and exit.
  3900. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3901. chown root:list /var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman
  3902. update-exim4.conf.template -r
  3903. update-exim4.conf
  3904. service exim4 restart
  3905. emacs /etc/apache2/conf.d/mailman
  3906. #+END_SRC
  3907. Add the following:
  3908. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3909. Alias /pipermail /var/lib/mailman/archives/public
  3910. Alias /images/mailman /usr/share/images/mailman
  3911. <directory /var/lib/mailman/archives/public>
  3912. DirectoryIndex index.html
  3913. </directory>
  3914. #+END_SRC
  3915. Save and exit.
  3916. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3917. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  3918. #+END_SRC
  3919. Add the following to the 443 section.
  3920. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3921. <Location /mailman>
  3922. Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  3923. Order allow,deny
  3924. Allow from all
  3925. RedirectMatch ^/$ /cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo
  3926. </Location>
  3927. #+END_SRC
  3928. Save and exit.
  3929. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3930. service apache2 restart
  3931. #+END_SRC
  3932. Now add your mailing list. The list name should not include any spaces.
  3933. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3934. newlist mymailinglistname
  3935. #+END_SRC
  3936. With a browser visit https://$HOSTNAME/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/mymailinglistname to configure the mailing list.
  3937. Under *General Options* add an email address for a moderator (could be the same as the administrator) and click *Submit your changes*.
  3938. Under *Privacy Options* set steps required for subscription to *Confirm and approve* and click *Submit your changes*.
  3939. Also change these settings for the account within https://$HOSTNAME/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/mailman
  3940. Then to test that the mailing list works:
  3941. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3942. exim -d+route -bt mymailinglistname@$HOSTNAME
  3943. #+END_SRC
  3944. If everything is working then this shouldn't show any problems.
  3945. **** Using the mailing list
  3946. Direct subscribers towards:
  3947. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3948. https://mydomainname.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mymailinglistname
  3949. #+END_SRC
  3950. To administrate the list visit:
  3951. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3952. https://mydomainname.com/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/mymailinglistname
  3953. #+END_SRC
  3954. To add another mailing list:
  3955. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3956. newlist mymailinglistname
  3957. #+END_SRC
  3958. To delete a mailing list:
  3959. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3960. rmlist -a mymailinglistname
  3961. #+END_SRC
  3962. *** Private (encrypted) mailing list
  3963. In addition to conventional public email lists it's also possible to set up a private mailing list which is only readable by members. A private email list uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Privacy_Guard][GPG]] and a public/private key pair for the server which can then be used to send emails to the list in an encrypted form. The email addresses and public GPG keys of members may be added to the list so that any new messages can be distributed to them in a secure manner.
  3964. Private mailing lists are likely to be able to keep the contents of the discussion out of the clutches of warrantless mass surveillance but, as with all conventional email, it won't prevent such systems from generating social graphs of who is communicating with the list since the /from/ and /to/ attributes are always transmitted in the clear.
  3965. **** Installation
  3966. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3967. apt-get install schleuder
  3968. #+END_SRC
  3969. Edit the configuration:
  3970. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3971. emacs /etc/schleuder/schleuder.conf
  3972. #+END_SRC
  3973. Set the following parameters, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name:
  3974. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3975. smtp_port: 465
  3976. superadminaddr: root@mydomainname.com
  3977. #+END_SRC
  3978. Save and exit.
  3979. Get your GPG public key, replacing /myGPGkeyID/ with your GPG key ID:
  3980. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3981. export MYKEYID=myGPGkeyID
  3982. gpg --search-keys $MYKEYID
  3983. gpg --output /tmp/mypublickey.txt --armor --export $MYKEYID
  3984. #+END_SRC
  3985. Then to create a mailing list, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name, /myusername/ with your username and /mailinglistname/ with the name of the mailing list. /mailinglistname/ should be all one word, with no spaces.
  3986. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3987. export MAILINGLISTNAME=mailinglistname
  3988. export MYUSERNAME=myusername
  3989. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  3990. export EMAILADDRESS=$MYUSERNAME@$HOSTNAME
  3991. schleuder-newlist $MAILINGLISTNAME@$HOSTNAME -realname "mailing list name" -adminaddress $EMAILADDRESS -initmember $EMAILADDRESS -initmemberkey /tmp/mypublickey.txt -nointeractive
  3992. #+END_SRC
  3993. Now add a mailing list rule:
  3994. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3995. emailrule $MYUSERNAME $MAILINGLISTNAME@$HOSTNAME $MAILINGLISTNAME
  3996. #+END_SRC
  3997. Edit your Mutt configuration.
  3998. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  3999. emacs /home/$MYUSERNAME/.muttrc
  4000. #+END_SRC
  4001. Search for the /mailboxes/ parameter and add "=mailinglistname". For example:
  4002. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4003. mailboxes = =Sent =Drafts =mailinglistname
  4004. #+END_SRC
  4005. Save and exit.
  4006. Update Exim routing.
  4007. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4008. emacs /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/550_exim4-config_schleuder
  4009. #+END_SRC
  4010. Add the following:
  4011. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4012. schleuder:
  4013. debug_print = "R: schleuder for $local_part@$domain"
  4014. driver = accept
  4015. local_part_suffix_optional
  4016. local_part_suffix = +* : -bounce : -sendkey
  4017. domains = +local_domains
  4018. user = schleuder
  4019. group = schleuder
  4020. require_files = schleuder:+/var/lib/schleuder/$domain/${local_part}
  4021. transport = schleuder_transport
  4022. #+END_SRC
  4023. Save and exit.
  4024. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4025. emacs /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_schleuder
  4026. #+END_SRC
  4027. Add the following.
  4028. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4029. schleuder_transport:
  4030. debug_print = "T: schleuder_transport for $local_part@$domain"
  4031. driver = pipe
  4032. home_directory = "/var/lib/schleuder/$domain/$local_part"
  4033. command = "/usr/bin/schleuder $local_part@$domain"
  4034. #+END_SRC
  4035. Save and exit.
  4036. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4037. chown -R schleuder:schleuder /var/lib/schleuder
  4038. update-exim4.conf.template -r
  4039. update-exim4.conf
  4040. service exim4 restart
  4041. useradd -d /var/schleuderlists -s /bin/false schleuder
  4042. adduser Debian-exim schleuder
  4043. usermod -a -G mail schleuder
  4044. #+END_SRC
  4045. Test the routing.
  4046. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4047. exim -d -bt mailinglistname@mydomainname.com
  4048. #+END_SRC
  4049. **** Importing the public key of the mailing list
  4050. Before you can use the mailing list you will first need to import its public key. How you do this depends upon which email client you're using.
  4051. ***** Using Mutt
  4052. Send an email to /mailinglistname-sendkey@mydomainname.com/ to have the list public key emailed to you.
  4053. When you receive the email open it and press *CTRL-k* to import it.
  4054. ***** Using Thunderbird
  4055. Send an email to /mailinglistname-sendkey@mydomainname.com/ to have the list public key emailed to you.
  4056. When you receive the email open it, select all the text with *CTRL-a* then *CTRL-c*.
  4057. On the menu select *OpenPGP* followed by *Key Management*.
  4058. You will now see a new menu bar. Select *Edit* followed by *Import keys from clipboard*.
  4059. Click on *Import* followed by *Ok*.
  4060. **** Using the list
  4061. To obtain the public keys of list members send an email to /mailinglistname-request@mydomainname.com/ containing *X-LIST-KEYS* in the message body.
  4062. To add a member: *X-ADD-MEMBER: othermember@otherdomain.net*
  4063. An example of adding a public key to the list:
  4064. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4065. X-ADD-KEY:
  4066. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
  4067. Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
  4068. mQGiBEjVO7oRBADQvT6wtD2IzzIiK0NbrcilCKCp4MWb8cYXTXguwPQI6y0Nerz4
  4069. dsK6J0X1Vgeo02tqA4xd3EDK8rdqL2yZfl/2egH8+85R3gDk+kqkfEp4pwCgp6VO
  4070. [...]
  4071. pNlF/qkaWwRb048h+iMrW21EkouLKTDPFkdFbapV2X5KJZIcfhO1zEbwc1ZKF3Ju
  4072. Q9X5GRmY62hz9SCZnsC0jeYAni8OUQV9NXfXlS/vePBUnOL08NQB
  4073. =xTv3
  4074. -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
  4075. #+END_SRC
  4076. To get details for a member: *X-GET-MEMBER: othermember@otherdomain.net*
  4077. To delete a member: *X-DELETE-MEMBER: othermember@otherdomain.net*
  4078. To delete a public key: *X-DELETE-KEY: keyID*
  4079. You can unsubscribe from the list with *X-UNSUBSCRIBE* in the message body.
  4080. *** Decentralised mailing list
  4081. A disadvantage with encrypted mailing lists which use the conventional email system is that there is a single server on which the list resides, and this creates a single point of failure and a bandwidth bottleneck for more heavily subscribed lists. If the mailing list server goes down for whatever reason then that may cause a lot of disruption to its users.
  4082. An alternative is to use a decentralised mailing list, implemented using Bitmessage. On your local machine (not the BBB) you can make a private mailing list which is difficult to censor and where there is no single point of failure. This type of mailing list is known as a "/chan/".
  4083. With Bitmessage if any one computer goes offline then the conversation can still keep going since there is no central mailing list server. Bitmessages are also encrypted with public/private key pairs and the manner in which the system operates makes it very difficult for the surveillance apparatus to exfiltrate the social graph of list users.
  4084. On a Debian based system:
  4085. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4086. sudo apt-get install makepasswd
  4087. #+END_SRC
  4088. or on an RPM based system:
  4089. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4090. sudo yum install makepasswd
  4091. #+END_SRC
  4092. Create a name for your mailing list. This will be a random string.
  4093. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4094. makepasswd -c 40
  4095. #+END_SRC
  4096. Keep a note of this.
  4097. Run the Bitmessage client and on the menu select *File/Join-Create Chan/Create new chan*
  4098. Enter the random string which you created as the name of the mailing list. Also take a note of the BM address which is created.
  4099. You can hand out the random string used to generate the mailing list and its corresponding BM address to fellow members, either within a bitmessage or on paper or via [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet][sneakernet]] or in a GPG/PGP encrypted email or via an XMPP+OTR or Friendica private message. Once others have those two pieces of data then they will be able to join.
  4100. To make the list easier to identify, rather than just appearing as a random string, then under the *Your Identities* tab right click on it and select *Set Avatar* and assign a suitable icon.
  4101. The disadvantage of this type of mailing list is that it's not possible for any one participant to act as a list moderator, or in other words each participant must do their own moderation. That's ok if the size of the group is small, but if it's larger then anyone spamming or trolling the list can make things miserable for the others.
  4102. ** Add a Convergenge notary
  4103. Convergence is a secure replacement for the Certificate Authority System. Rather than employing a traditionally hard-coded list of immutable and largely untrusted CAs, Convergence allows you to configure a dynamic set of Notaries which use network perspective to validate your communication. For more details see [[http://convergence.io][convergence.io]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Wl2FW2TcA][this talk which explains the concepts]].
  4104. *** Installation
  4105. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4106. apt-get install python python-twisted-web python-twisted-names python-m2crypto python-openssl
  4107. cd /tmp
  4108. git clone https://github.com/fuzzgun/convergence
  4109. cd convergence/server
  4110. python ./setup.py install
  4111. #+END_SRC
  4112. Generate a key pair:
  4113. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4114. convergence gencert
  4115. #+END_SRC
  4116. When asked for a challenge password just hit *Enter* a couple of times. Then move the key pair to the appropriate directories as follows.
  4117. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4118. mv mynotary.key /etc/ssl/private
  4119. chmod 400 /etc/ssl/private/mynotary.key
  4120. mv mynotary.pem /etc/ssl/certs
  4121. #+END_SRC
  4122. Now create the database:
  4123. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4124. rm /var/lib/convergence/convergence.db
  4125. convergence createdb
  4126. #+END_SRC
  4127. Create an initialisation script:
  4128. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4129. emacs /etc/init.d/convergence
  4130. #+END_SRC
  4131. Add the following:
  4132. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4133. #+END_SRC
  4134. Save and exit.
  4135. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4136. adduser converg
  4137. #+END_SRC
  4138. The details for the user don't especially matter, but give them a long random password.
  4139. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4140. chown -R converg:converg /home/converg
  4141. chmod +x /etc/init.d/convergence
  4142. update-rc.d convergence defaults
  4143. service convergence start
  4144. #+END_SRC
  4145. Generate a notary bundle:
  4146. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4147. convergence bundle
  4148. #+END_SRC
  4149. Enter your name, nickname, handle or whatever.
  4150. For the bundle location enter https://mydomainname.com/convergence.notary
  4151. For the Hostname enter your domain name
  4152. For SSL port enter *8433* and for HTTP port nter *8432*
  4153. For the pem file enter */etc/ssl/certs/mynotary.pem*
  4154. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4155. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  4156. mv mynotarybundle.notary /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/convergence.notary
  4157. chown www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/convergence.notary
  4158. #+END_SRC
  4159. Now open ports 8432 and 8433 on your internet router or firewall and direct it to the BBB.
  4160. *** Using Convergence
  4161. On a computer which is not the BBB (your laptop, etc):
  4162. Install the browser plugin by navigating to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/convergence-extra/
  4163. After installation restart your browser.
  4164. You will notice that an icon appears in the top right corner of the browser, which resembles a lock and two plus signs. Click on the down arrow to the right of it and select *options*.
  4165. ** Install a microblog
  4166. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  4167. /If you want to have more control over how you interact on the web, and regain your freedom, privacy and autonomy from outside interference, you need to start moving towards using programs like GNU Social/
  4168. -- Jason Self
  4169. #+END_VERSE
  4170. For a microblog you will need a separate domain/subdomain, so see [[Setting up a web site]] for details of how to create an Apache configuration for your microblog. If you're using freedns then you will need to create a new subdomain.
  4171. Install some dependencies:
  4172. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4173. apt-get install php5-xcache php-gettext php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql
  4174. #+END_SRC
  4175. Download GNU Social
  4176. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4177. cd /tmp
  4178. wget http://freedombone.uk.to/gnu-social.tar.gz
  4179. #+END_SRC
  4180. Verify it.
  4181. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4182. sha256sum gnu-social.tar.gz
  4183. 1f886241c7f1a175e7be3cccbcb944ab6c03617fb75aefa4d62d37abed87d2b4
  4184. #+END_SRC
  4185. Extract the files and set permissions on them, where /mydomainname.com/ is your domain name.
  4186. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4187. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  4188. tar zxf gnu-social.tar.gz
  4189. rm -rf /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  4190. mv statusnet-gnu-social /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  4191. chmod a+w /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  4192. chown www-data:www-data /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  4193. chmod a+w /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/avatar
  4194. chmod a+w /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/background
  4195. chmod a+w /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/file
  4196. chmod +x /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/scripts/maildaemon.php
  4197. #+END_SRC
  4198. Edit the Apache access settings.
  4199. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4200. emacs /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/.htaccess
  4201. #+END_SRC
  4202. Add the following:
  4203. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4204. <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  4205. RewriteEngine On
  4206. RewriteBase /
  4207. ## Uncomment these if having trouble with API authentication
  4208. ## when PHP is running in CGI or FastCGI mode.
  4209. #
  4210. #RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
  4211. #RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]
  4212. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  4213. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  4214. RewriteRule (.*) index.php?p=$1 [L,QSA]
  4215. </IfModule>
  4216. <FilesMatch "\.(ini)">
  4217. Order allow,deny
  4218. </FilesMatch>
  4219. #+END_SRC
  4220. Save and exit, then create a database.
  4221. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4222. mysql -u root -p
  4223. create database gnusocial;
  4224. CREATE USER 'gnusocialadmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'gnusocialpassword';
  4225. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gnusocial.* TO 'gnusocialadmin'@'localhost';
  4226. quit
  4227. #+END_SRC
  4228. Add the mailer script to the aliases file:
  4229. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4230. emacs /etc/aliases
  4231. #+END_SRC
  4232. Add the following, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name.
  4233. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4234. www-data: root
  4235. *: /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/scripts/maildaemon.php
  4236. #+END_SRC
  4237. Save and exit. Update the aliases by typing:
  4238. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4239. newaliases
  4240. #+END_SRC
  4241. Then with a web browser navigate to:
  4242. https://$HOSTNAME/install.php
  4243. Set a name for the site.
  4244. Server SSL: enable
  4245. Hostname: localhost
  4246. Type: MySql
  4247. Name: gnusocial
  4248. DB username: gnusocialadmin
  4249. DB Password; your gnu social admin password goes here
  4250. Administrator nickname: myusername
  4251. Administrator password: mylongrandompassword
  4252. Subscribe to announcements: ticked
  4253. Site profile: Community
  4254. Press the *Submit* button. It may take a few minutes, so don't be concerned that it has crashed. When the process completes you will see a lot of "Strict standards" warnings which you can ignore.
  4255. Navigate to http://$HOSTNAME/gnusocial and you can then complete the configuration via the *Admin* section on the header bar. Some recommended admin settings are:
  4256. Under the *Site* settings:
  4257. Text limit: 140
  4258. Dupe Limit: 60000
  4259. Under the *User* settings:
  4260. Bio limit: 1000
  4261. Under the *Access* settings:
  4262. /Invite only/ ticked
  4263. Under the License section select a license if you wish. Details for Creative Commons licenses [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/][can be found here]]. If you only intend to do private microblogging then just leave these settings as they are.
  4264. If you want to invite more users then click on the big button *Invite more colleagues*, then enter their email addresses and hit the *send* button. The invite only configuration which you've just installed is useful because it prevents spammers, or other [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Threat_Research_Intelligence_Group]["bad actors"]], from clogging your system with nonsense.
  4265. Edit the config file.
  4266. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4267. emacs /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/config.php
  4268. #+END_SRC
  4269. Change the ssl setting from *always* to *sometimes*, hten save and exit.
  4270. So, you're now microblogging on the open web, with no companies in the middle. Congratulations! To find some other people to connect to you can try searching other nodes listed at http://gnu.io/try/
  4271. When following other GNU Social users enter the URL of your profile. For example, https://mygnusocialdomain/myusername
  4272. ** Install Mediagoblin
  4273. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  4274. /The silos that are the main current points of media sharing are not only vulnerable to attacks on free speech, but also hamper important grassroots economic activity by privileging the interests of a tiny minority over those of most of the world./
  4275. #+END_VERSE
  4276. Mediagoblin allows you to have a YouTube/Soundcloud/Flickr/Picasa type of site to share your pictures, videos or audio files. An advantage of not having any company in the middle is that you can't be arbitrarily censored without any explanation, as seems to frequently occur on YouTube. It is recommended that you use media formats which are not encumbered by patents, such as /ogg/ or /ogv/.
  4277. For a mediagoblin site it is recommended to use a separate domain/subdomain, so see [[Setting up a web site]] for details of how to create an Apache configuration for your microblog. If you're using freedns then you will need to create a new subdomain.
  4278. Install some dependencies.
  4279. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4280. apt-get install git-core python python-dev python-lxml python-imaging python-virtualenv python-gst0.10 libjpeg8-dev sqlite3 libapache2-mod-fcgid gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg python-numpy python-scipy libsndfile1-dev
  4281. #+END_SRC
  4282. Create a user, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with the domain name for your mediagoblin site.
  4283. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4284. export HOSTNAME=mymediagoblindomain
  4285. adduser mediagoblin
  4286. #+END_SRC
  4287. Give the user a long random password.
  4288. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4289. mkdir -p /srv/$HOSTNAME
  4290. chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /srv/$HOSTNAME
  4291. su - mediagoblin
  4292. export HOSTNAME=mymediagoblindomain
  4293. cd /srv/$HOSTNAME
  4294. git clone git://gitorious.org/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.git
  4295. cd mediagoblin
  4296. git submodule init
  4297. git submodule update
  4298. virtualenv --system-site-packages .
  4299. ./bin/python setup.py develop
  4300. ./bin/easy_install flup
  4301. cp mediagoblin.ini mediagoblin_local.ini
  4302. cp paste.ini paste_local.ini
  4303. emacs mediagoblin_local.ini
  4304. #+END_SRC
  4305. Change *email_sender_address* to your email address and set *email_debug_mode* to false. Also append the following to the bottom of the file, under the *plugins* section.
  4306. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4307. [[mediagoblin.media_types.audio]]
  4308. [[mediagoblin.media_types.video]]
  4309. [[mediagoblin.media_types.stl]]
  4310. #+END_SRC
  4311. Then save and exit.
  4312. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4313. ./bin/pip install scikits.audiolab
  4314. ./bin/gmg dbupdate
  4315. exit # to go back to the root user
  4316. emacs /etc/init.d/mediagoblin
  4317. #+END_SRC
  4318. Add the following, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with the domain name for your mediagoblin site.
  4319. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4320. #!/bin/bash
  4321. # /etc/init.d/mediagoblin
  4322. ### BEGIN INIT INFO
  4323. # Provides: mediagoblin
  4324. # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
  4325. # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
  4326. # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
  4327. # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
  4328. # Short-Description: starts mediagoblin
  4329. # Description: Other methods may work, but I found this the easiest
  4330. ### END INIT INFO
  4331. # Author: Bob Mottram <bob@robotics.uk.to>
  4332. #Settings
  4333. SERVICE='mediagoblin'
  4334. LOGFILE='/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin.log'
  4335. COMMAND="./lazyserver.sh > $LOGFILE"
  4336. USERNAME='mediagoblin'
  4337. NICELEVEL=15 # from 0-19 the bigger the number, the less the impact on system resources
  4338. HISTORY=1024
  4339. MG_LOCATION="/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin"
  4340. INVOCATION="nice -n ${NICELEVEL} ${COMMAND}"
  4341. PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/core_perl:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin'
  4342. mg_start() {
  4343. echo "Starting $SERVICE..."
  4344. cd ${MG_LOCATION}
  4345. su --command "screen -h ${HISTORY} -dmS ${SERVICE} ${INVOCATION}" $USERNAME
  4346. }
  4347. mg_stop() {
  4348. echo "Stopping $SERVICE"
  4349. su --command "screen -p 0 -S ${SERVICE} -X stuff "'^C'"" $USERNAME
  4350. }
  4351. #Start-Stop here
  4352. case "$1" in
  4353. start)
  4354. mg_start
  4355. ;;
  4356. stop)
  4357. mg_stop
  4358. ;;
  4359. restart)
  4360. mg_stop
  4361. sleep 10s
  4362. mg_start
  4363. ;;
  4364. *)
  4365. echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
  4366. exit 1
  4367. ;;
  4368. esac
  4369. exit 0
  4370. #+END_SRC
  4371. Save and exit.
  4372. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4373. chmod +x /etc/init.d/mediagoblin
  4374. update-rc.d mediagoblin defaults
  4375. service mediagoblin start
  4376. #+END_SRC
  4377. Edit the Apache configuration for your mediagoblin site.
  4378. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4379. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/mymediagoblindomain
  4380. #+END_SRC
  4381. Delete the existing configuration (in Emacs it's CTRL-x h then CTRL-w) and paste the following, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with your mediagoblin domain name and /myusername@mydomainname.com/ with your email address.
  4382. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4383. <VirtualHost *:80>
  4384. ServerAdmin myusername@mydomainname.com
  4385. DocumentRoot /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin
  4386. ServerName mymediagoblindomain
  4387. <Directory />
  4388. Options FollowSymLinks
  4389. AllowOverride None
  4390. </Directory>
  4391. <Directory /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/>
  4392. Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  4393. AllowOverride All
  4394. Order allow,deny
  4395. allow from all
  4396. </Directory>
  4397. LogLevel warn
  4398. ProxyVia On
  4399. ProxyRequests off
  4400. ProxyPreserveHost on
  4401. ProxyPass / http://localhost:6543/
  4402. ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/error_log"
  4403. CustomLog "/var/log/apache2/access_log" combined
  4404. RewriteEngine On
  4405. RewriteOptions Inherit
  4406. </VirtualHost>
  4407. #+END_SRC
  4408. Save and exit.
  4409. Now in a browser visit http://mymediagoblindomain and create a user. If you wish this to be a single user installation to prevent a lot of spammers signing up.
  4410. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4411. emacs /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/mediagoblin_local.ini
  4412. #+END_SRC
  4413. Then set:
  4414. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4415. allow_registration = false
  4416. #+END_SRC
  4417. Save and exit.
  4418. ** Install Tripwire
  4419. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  4420. /...by the time you get done with all of that, we have a freedom box/
  4421. -- Eben Moglen
  4422. #+END_VERSE
  4423. Tripwire will try to detect any intrusions into your system. It's a good idea to install it after you have installed all of the other programs which you intend to use.
  4424. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4425. apt-get install tripwire
  4426. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  4427. cd /etc/tripwire
  4428. cp arm-local.key $HOSTNAME-local.key
  4429. cp site.key $HOSTNAME-site.key
  4430. tripwire --init
  4431. tripwire --update-policy --secure-mode low /etc/tripwire/twpol.txt
  4432. tripwire --check --interactive
  4433. #+END_SRC
  4434. you will be asked for two passphrases ("site" and "local"). Make a note of these.
  4435. Turn off reporting of changes to system logs.
  4436. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4437. emacs /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt
  4438. #+END_SRC
  4439. Set *SYSLOGREPORTING* to false and comment out the line, then save and exit.
  4440. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4441. emacs /etc/tripwire/twpol.txt
  4442. #+END_SRC
  4443. Comment out the line:
  4444. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4445. /var/log -> $(SEC_CONFIG) ;
  4446. #+END_SRC
  4447. Then save and exit.
  4448. If you subsequently install any more packages or make configuration changes then update the policy again with:
  4449. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4450. tripwire --update-policy --secure-mode low /etc/tripwire/twpol.txt
  4451. #+END_SRC
  4452. Also, to look for any rootkits.
  4453. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4454. apt-get install rkhunter
  4455. #+END_SRC
  4456. * Router/Firewall ports
  4457. The following ports on your internet router/firewall should be forwarded to the BBB.
  4458. | Protocol | Port/s |
  4459. |---------------+------------|
  4460. | Gopher | 70 |
  4461. | HTTP | 80 |
  4462. | HTTPS | 443 |
  4463. | IMAP | 143 |
  4464. | IRC SSL | 6670 |
  4465. | SIP | 5060..5061 |
  4466. | SMTP | 25 |
  4467. | SMTPS | 465 |
  4468. | SSH | 22 |
  4469. | XMPP | 5222..5223 |
  4470. | XMPP (server) | 5269 |
  4471. | XMPP (BOSH) | 5280..5281 |
  4472. | Bitmessage | 8444 |
  4473. | Convergence | 8432..8433 |
  4474. * Hints and Tips
  4475. ** Messaging security
  4476. If you're connected to other friends via Friendica then the preferred way to send private messages is via Friendica's built-in messaging system. This is a lot more convenient than using GPG with ordinary email and yet still provides a similar level of protection from unwarranted interception.
  4477. ** Moving Domains
  4478. If you're moving servers and using a different domain name or path then you can search and replace URLs within files in the following way:
  4479. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4480. find /var/www/mynewdomain/htdocs -type f -exec sed -i 's@myolddomain@mynewdomain@g' {} \;
  4481. #+END_SRC
  4482. If you're moving the blog to a new domain then you will need to delete the lock file:
  4483. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4484. rm /var/www/myblogdomainname.com/htdocs/fp-content/%%setup.lock
  4485. #+END_SRC
  4486. Then visit your blog and reinstall it. Your existing content will be unaffected but you will need to delete the welcome post which gets added and also re-select your chosen theme.
  4487. ** MySql foo
  4488. *** Backup all databases
  4489. To back up all mysql databases:
  4490. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4491. mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases --events > /var/backups/databasebackup.sql
  4492. #+END_SRC
  4493. *** Restoring a particular mysql database
  4494. To restore yesterday's friendica backup:
  4495. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4496. mysql -D friendica -o < /var/backups/friendica_daily.sql
  4497. #+END_SRC
  4498. To restore yesterday's mediawiki backup:
  4499. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4500. mysql -D wikidb -o < /var/backups/wikidb_daily.sql
  4501. #+END_SRC
  4502. *** Removing mysql server
  4503. If you manage to screw up sql server completely then it can be fully deleted with:
  4504. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4505. ps aux | grep mysql
  4506. #+END_SRC
  4507. and use /kill -9 <pid>/ to kill all mysql processes.
  4508. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4509. apt-get remove --purge mysql\*
  4510. apt-get clean
  4511. updatedb
  4512. #+END_SRC
  4513. * Deprecated
  4514. The following items have been deprecated until such time as a successful installation is achieved.
  4515. ** Collaborative Document Editing
  4516. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  4517. /Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control./
  4518. -- Howard Rheingold
  4519. #+END_VERSE
  4520. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4521. apt-get install nodejs-legacy
  4522. curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
  4523. #+END_SRC
  4524. Create an etherpad database.
  4525. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4526. mysql -p
  4527. CREATE DATABASE etherpad CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
  4528. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON etherpad.* TO etherpad@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '__yourPasswd__';
  4529. FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
  4530. exit
  4531. #+END_SRC
  4532. Download etherpad.
  4533. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4534. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  4535. cd /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs
  4536. git clone git://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git etherpad
  4537. #+END_SRC
  4538. Edit the configuration file
  4539. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4540. cd /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/etherpad
  4541. cp settings.json.template settings.json
  4542. emacs /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/etherpad/settings.json
  4543. #+END_SRC
  4544. Change the following settings. /rAnD0m5tRIng/ should be altered to a random string 10 characters in length.
  4545. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4546. //IP and port which etherpad should bind at
  4547. "ip": "127.0.0.1",
  4548. // set a session key
  4549. "sessionKey" : "rAnD0m5tRIng",
  4550. //configure the connection settings
  4551. "dbType" : "mysql",
  4552. "dbSettings" : {
  4553. "user" : "etherpad",
  4554. "host" : "localhost",
  4555. "password": "__yourPassword__",
  4556. "database": "etherpad"
  4557. },
  4558. // add admin user
  4559. "users": {
  4560. "admin": {
  4561. "password": "__yourAdminPassword__",
  4562. "is_admin": true
  4563. }
  4564. },
  4565. #+END_SRC
  4566. Save and exit, then create a system user.
  4567. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4568. adduser --system --home=/var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/etherpad/ --group etherpad
  4569. chown -R etherpad: /var/www/$HOSTNAME/htdocs/etherpad/
  4570. #+END_SRC
  4571. Create an init script using your favorite editor.
  4572. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4573. emacs /etc/init.d/etherpad
  4574. #+END_SRC
  4575. Add the following, replacing /mydomainname.com/ with your domain name:
  4576. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4577. #!/bin/sh
  4578. ### BEGIN INIT INFO
  4579. # Provides: etherpad-lite
  4580. # Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
  4581. # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
  4582. # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
  4583. # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
  4584. # Short-Description: starts etherpad lite
  4585. # Description: starts etherpad lite using start-stop-daemon
  4586. ### END INIT INFO
  4587. PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/node/bin"
  4588. LOGFILE="/var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/etherpad/etherpad-lite.log"
  4589. EPLITE_DIR="/var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/etherpad"
  4590. EPLITE_BIN="bin/safeRun.sh"
  4591. USER="etherpad"
  4592. GROUP="etherpad"
  4593. DESC="Etherpad Lite"
  4594. NAME="etherpad-lite"
  4595. set -e
  4596. . /lib/lsb/init-functions
  4597. start() {
  4598. echo "Starting $DESC... "
  4599. start-stop-daemon --start --chuid "$USER:$GROUP" --background --make-pidfile --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $EPLITE_DIR/$EPLITE_BIN -- $LOGFILE || true
  4600. echo "done"
  4601. }
  4602. #We need this function to ensure the whole process tree will be killed
  4603. killtree() {
  4604. local _pid=$1
  4605. local _sig=${2-TERM}
  4606. for _child in $(ps -o pid --no-headers --ppid ${_pid}); do
  4607. killtree ${_child} ${_sig}
  4608. done
  4609. kill -${_sig} ${_pid}
  4610. }
  4611. stop() {
  4612. echo "Stopping $DESC... "
  4613. while test -d /proc/$(cat /var/run/$NAME.pid); do
  4614. killtree $(cat /var/run/$NAME.pid) 15
  4615. sleep 0.5
  4616. done
  4617. rm /var/run/$NAME.pid
  4618. echo "done"
  4619. }
  4620. status() {
  4621. status_of_proc -p /var/run/$NAME.pid "" "etherpad-lite" && exit 0 || exit $?
  4622. }
  4623. case "$1" in
  4624. start)
  4625. start
  4626. ;;
  4627. stop)
  4628. stop
  4629. ;;
  4630. restart)
  4631. stop
  4632. start
  4633. ;;
  4634. status)
  4635. status
  4636. ;;
  4637. *)
  4638. echo "Usage: $NAME {start|stop|restart|status}" >&2
  4639. exit 1
  4640. ;;
  4641. esac
  4642. exit 0
  4643. #+END_SRC
  4644. Save and exit, then enable the daemon.
  4645. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4646. chmod +x /etc/init.d/etherpad
  4647. update-rc.d etherpad defaults
  4648. service etherpad start
  4649. #+END_SRC
  4650. Update your Apache configuration.
  4651. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4652. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  4653. #+END_SRC
  4654. Within the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:443>* add the following:
  4655. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4656. <Location /etherpad>
  4657. ProxyPass http://localhost:9001/
  4658. ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:9001/
  4659. Order allow,deny
  4660. allow from all
  4661. AuthName "Welcome to Etherpad"
  4662. AuthUserFile /home/mydomainname.com/public_html/.htpasswd
  4663. AuthGroupFile /home/mydomainname.com/public_html/.htgroup
  4664. AuthType Basic
  4665. Require group etherpad
  4666. </Location>
  4667. #+END_SRC
  4668. Save and exit, then restart Apache.
  4669. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4670. apt-get install libapache2-mod-proxy-html
  4671. a2enmod proxy proxy_http headers deflate
  4672. service apache2 restart
  4673. #+END_SRC
  4674. Create some passwords for users.
  4675. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4676. mkdir /home/$HOSTNAME
  4677. mkdir /home/$HOSTNAME/public_html
  4678. htpasswd -c /home/$HOSTNAME/public_html/.htpasswd myusername
  4679. #+END_SRC
  4680. Create a user group.
  4681. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4682. emacs /home/$HOSTNAME/public_html/.htgroup
  4683. #+END_SRC
  4684. Add the following:
  4685. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4686. etherpad: myusername
  4687. #+END_SRC
  4688. Save and exit.
  4689. ** Install a VoIP server
  4690. #+BEGIN_VERSE
  4691. /Our core principles, whether in software or sovereignty, have always been about freedom and dignity, for all people, on an equal basis/
  4692. -- David Sugar, GNU Telephony
  4693. #+END_VERSE
  4694. *** The server
  4695. Sipwitch is like an introduction service or phone book for SIP VoIP clients. Once introduced the clients can then talk directly, and this means that sipwitch is very lightweight and can run on low power systems such as the BBB.
  4696. Edit your package sources:
  4697. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4698. emacs /etc/apt/sources.list
  4699. #+END_SRC
  4700. Append the following line:
  4701. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4702. deb http://dev.gnutelephony.org/archive/ wheezy/
  4703. #+END_SRC
  4704. Save and exit.
  4705. To load the repository the first time after adding it to the sources.list, since you do not have the verification keys already installed yet. Then do
  4706. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4707. apt-get install gnutelephony-keyring
  4708. #+END_SRC
  4709. After that it will be happy to accept it as a signed repository. The verification keys can also be directly fetched with
  4710. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4711. cd /tmp
  4712. wget http://dev.gnutelephony.org/archive/wheezy/public.key
  4713. #+END_SRC
  4714. and manually added instead with
  4715. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4716. apt-key add public.key
  4717. #+END_SRC
  4718. To make sure you have all dependencies, do
  4719. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4720. apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade
  4721. #+END_SRC
  4722. Before we install anything, let's inspect what is available to us by using
  4723. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4724. dpkg -l sipwitch
  4725. #+END_SRC
  4726. To see the main application. The columns will indicate if the package is installed, which version and a description of the package. Then do
  4727. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4728. dpkg -l sipwitch-*
  4729. #+END_SRC
  4730. to see available supporting applications and plugins. Again, the columns will indicate if the package is installed, which version and a description of each of these.
  4731. To install only the main application, do
  4732. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4733. apt-get install sipwitch
  4734. #+END_SRC
  4735. and to install all supporting plugins:
  4736. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4737. apt-get install sipwitch-plugin-scripting sipwitch-plugin-subscriber sipwitch-plugin-forward sipwitch-plugin-zeroconf
  4738. #+END_SRC
  4739. Add your user into the sipwitch group
  4740. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4741. groupadd sipwitch
  4742. groupadd sipusers
  4743. usermod -aG sipwitch myusername
  4744. usermod -aG sipusers myusername
  4745. #+END_SRC
  4746. Then edit the configuration
  4747. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4748. emacs /etc/sipwitch.conf
  4749. #+END_SRC
  4750. Change the *mapped* value from 200 to 20, since we don't want to be serving huge numbers of calls.
  4751. Alter the *range* value to 10, since we don't need a large number of extensions. This will mean that exension numbers 200 to 209 are available.
  4752. Do not set the *realm* value, as doing so seems to prevent the server from working.
  4753. Save and exit.
  4754. Create a digest string for your username:
  4755. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4756. sipwitch digest myusername
  4757. #+END_SRC
  4758. Make a note of the resulting string because you're going to use it in the users file you'll now create.
  4759. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4760. export HOSTNAME=mydomainname.com
  4761. touch /etc/sipwitch.d/$HOSTNAME.xml
  4762. chmod 600 /etc/sipwitch.d/$HOSTNAME.xml
  4763. emacs /etc/sipwitch.d/$HOSTNAME.xml
  4764. #+END_SRC
  4765. It should look something like the following:
  4766. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4767. <provision>
  4768. <user id="myusername">
  4769. <digest>yourdigeststring</digest>
  4770. <extension>201</extension>
  4771. <display>Your full name</display>
  4772. </user>
  4773. </provision>
  4774. #+END_SRC
  4775. Save and exit. Now edit the configuration.
  4776. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4777. emacs /etc/default/sipwitch
  4778. #+END_SRC
  4779. Change "desktop" to "server", then save and exit.
  4780. Update the IP settings:
  4781. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4782. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5060 -j ACCEPT
  4783. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 5060 -j ACCEPT
  4784. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5061 -j ACCEPT
  4785. iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 5061 -j ACCEPT
  4786. iptables-save
  4787. #+END_SRC
  4788. Test that it's working:
  4789. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4790. pkill -9 sipw
  4791. sipw -x9 -f
  4792. #+END_SRC
  4793. Then try to register with the server using a SIP client (such as Jitsi). If everything worked then use CTRL-C to exit. Then start the service.
  4794. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4795. service sipwitch start
  4796. #+END_SRC
  4797. *** Clients
  4798. **** Jitsi
  4799. Download the latst version from https://jitsi.org/index.php/Main/Download
  4800. TODO
  4801. **** Twinkle client
  4802. The client should have a user profile as following:
  4803. The "user name" is the xxx id used in the <user id="xxx"> entry of /etc/sipwitch.conf
  4804. The "domain" is the yyy domain in the main config <stack><domain>yyy entry of /etc/sipwitch.conf
  4805. The SIP Authentication should have:
  4806. realm = realm as set in <registry><realm> of /etc/sipwitch.conf
  4807. authentication name = <user id="xx"> entry, same as "User Name" field.
  4808. password = value of <secret>zzz in <user> entry of /etc/sipwitch.conf
  4809. Under security tab, set "Enable ZRTP/SRTP encryption"
  4810. **** Android
  4811. TODO
  4812. CSipSimple?
  4813. ** Kune
  4814. Kune is a collaboration tool aimed at not just socialising but also getting stuff done within a community. It's based upon Apache Wave (formerly Google Wave).
  4815. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4816. apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk openjdk-7-jre mysql-server adduser dbconfig-common libjmagick6-jni
  4817. #+END_SRC
  4818. Add the Kune repository:
  4819. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4820. emacs /etc/apt/sources.list
  4821. #+END_SRC
  4822. Append the following:
  4823. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4824. deb ftp://ftp.kune.ourproject.org/pub/kune/debian/ stable/
  4825. #+END_SRC
  4826. Save and exit, then install the Kune package.
  4827. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4828. gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 9E358A05
  4829. gpg --armor --export 9E358A05 | apt-key add -
  4830. apt-get update
  4831. apt-get install kune
  4832. #+END_SRC
  4833. You will be asked for the MySql root password and another password to be used with the Kune database.
  4834. Allow the system to start automatically at boot.
  4835. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4836. emacs /etc/default/kune
  4837. #+END_SRC
  4838. Set /START=yes/, then save and exit.
  4839. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4840. service kune start
  4841. #+END_SRC
  4842. Now configure Apache.
  4843. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4844. a2enmod expires
  4845. a2enmod proxy
  4846. a2enmod proxy_connect
  4847. a2enmod proxy_http
  4848. #+END_SRC
  4849. Upgrade the database.
  4850. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4851. mysql -p kune_prod < /usr/share/dbconfig-common/data/kune/upgrade/mysql/0.1.0+b5
  4852. mysql -p kune_prod < /usr/share/dbconfig-common/data/kune/upgrade/mysql/0.1.0+b6
  4853. mysql -p kune_prod < /usr/share/dbconfig-common/data/kune/upgrade/mysql/0.2.0+b12
  4854. mysql -p kune_prod < /usr/share/dbconfig-common/data/kune/upgrade/mysql/0.2.0+b23
  4855. mysql -p kune_prod < /usr/share/dbconfig-common/data/kune/upgrade/mysql/0.2.0+b25
  4856. #+END_SRC
  4857. Edit the Apache configuration.
  4858. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash
  4859. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/$HOSTNAME
  4860. #+END_SRC
  4861. <VirtualHost *:80>
  4862. ServerName YOURSERVERNAME
  4863. ProxyRequests Off
  4864. <Proxy *>
  4865. Order deny,allow
  4866. Allow from all
  4867. </Proxy>
  4868. <Files *.cache.*>
  4869. ExpiresActive On
  4870. ExpiresDefault "modification plus 2 years"
  4871. </Files>
  4872. <Files *.nocache.*>
  4873. ExpiresActive Off
  4874. </Files>
  4875. ProxyPass /kune/ http://localhost:8888/
  4876. ProxyPassReverse /kune/ http://localhost:8888/
  4877. <Location /var/www/mydomainname.com/htdocs/kune/>
  4878. Order allow,deny
  4879. Allow from all
  4880. </Location>
  4881. </VirtualHost>
  4882. Within a browser open https://mydomainname.com:8888
  4883. See documentation in /usr/share/doc/kune/INSTALL.gz
  4884. * Related projects
  4885. * [[https://freedomboxfoundation.org/][Freedombox]]
  4886. * [[https://arkos.io/][ArkOS]]