I've joined the swarm

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Posted on Rocksolid Light.

first torrent downloads seem about complete. nice. thanks for joining, and
please keep the torrent online for a while.

meanwhile, if anyone uses the link to download,

http://acmsrfsbsogtuhvk.onion/ffvm_beta.ova

use wget, for gods sake. firefox (tbb) does not cut it, and needs to be
restarted manually, which is annoying.--
Posted on def2

To: anonymous
I now have a copy, and it passes sha3sum.

It's not local to me, but it's good. Seeding...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A41 2018/12/27 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NovaBBS - novabbs.org (88:1/101)

>I now have a copy, and it passes sha3sum.

the bit torrent protocol has verification included, so actually no need to
check manually....--
Posted on def2

and uploaded the torrent again after the crash of tracker2.

Posted on def4

torrent is dead of course
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Posted on Rocksolid Light
rslight.novabbs.com

well, yes, that is correct.the software shared in this torrent is outdated and should not be used anymore.
any new node admin is advised to use rslight (*) or fudforum (in case you like adventures and enjoy hacking around in php code).
a vm with a preinstalled debian and inn2 could be shared as well on request. let us know.

cheers

trw

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http://dkzerogt6z6ybhcj.onion/getrslight
http://rslight.i2p/getrslight
http://news.novabbs.com/getrslight

Posted on def4

On 2020-01-31 20:45, anon wrote:
>
> well, yes, that is correct.the software shared in this torrent is outdated and should not be used anymore.
> any new node admin is advised to use rslight (*) or fudforum (in case you like adventures and enjoy hacking around in php code).
> a vm with a preinstalled debian and inn2 could be shared as well on request. let us know.
>
> cheers
>
> trw
>
>
> *
> http://dkzerogt6z6ybhcj.onion/getrslight
> http://rslight.i2p/getrslight
> http://news.novabbs.com/getrslight
> Posted on def4

well, php is not my favourite but if that is what it takes...

I would prefer bash, actually... it is simple and clear. never mind performance, in this case.

i2p torrent:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a122a8551927e2c99fed1078cecd149900c71d6b&dn=ffvm+beta+release&tr=http://tracker2.postman.i2p/announce.php

torrents provide an easy way to download a file this size, so it is the prefered solution to get the file.

if you have no i2p than you have to download directly:

http://acmsrfsbsogtuhvk.onion/ffvm_beta.ova
http://acmsrfsbsogtuhvk.onion/ffvm_beta.ova.checksum

Presenting ffvm (release notes)
-------------------------------
This is the first beta release of the federated forums virtual machine (ffvm). This vm provides a quick and easy
way to set up federated forums in the darknets (tor and/or i2p).

Software used
-------------
-Debian stretch as a base system.
-inn2 to do the message exchange with other nodes. Can also be used for direct user access with newsreaders.
-lighttpd as a webserver
-rslight to provide a web based user frontend which lets you read and post messages (see http://rslight.i2p or
http://dkzerogt6z6ybhcj.onion as an example).
-bbs as an alternative frontend for the same purpose (see http://def4.i2p or http://acmsrfsbsogtuhvk.onion as an example).

Prerequisites and needed skills to use ffvm
-------------------------------------------
-permanent internet access
-tor and/or i2p router
-4,5 Gb of hd space to start with
-a machine with enough capacity (minimum recommended for the use of the vm: 512 mb ram, one 2 Mhz cpu core), installed software:
qemu or virtualbox (others might work as well, like vmware or xen)
-basic understanding of networks
-ability to configure linux programms on the cli, editing config files and running scripts

Limits
------
This is a beta release, meaning that the setup has been tested and proven to work by a limited number of people.
Use ffvm carefully, and at your own risk.

What to do with the vm once you downloaded it
----------------------------------------------

-import the ova file with virtualbox (if you want to use virtualbox), or untar the ova file and convert the image to use qemu.
untar with:
tar xvf ./ffvm_beta.ova
convert for the use with qemu with:
qemu-img convert -c -O qcow2 -f vdi ./ffvm_beta/ffvm_beta-disk1.vdi ./ffvm_beta.qcow2
-Start up the vm with your program of choice.
-cli example for qemu: qemu-system-x86_64 /path/to/image/ffvm_beta.qcow2 -netdev user,id=ethernet.0,hostfwd=tcp::60119-:119,hostfwd=tcp::60080-:80,hostfwd=tcp::60022-:22 -device rtl8139,netdev=ethernet.0 -nographic
-this command will make the vm start up with a nat that allows all outgoing connections from guest. The ports 22,80 and 119 on the guest machine are made available on your host system on the ports 60022, 60080 and 60119.
The -nographic at the end makes it start without a graphic interface.
-append --enable-kvm to the command above to boost the performance of the vm (only possible if host is a x86_64 machine).
-with virtualbox, start up the machine, the network setup is included.
Just make sure later that ingoing and outgoing connections work like expected (from guest to host and from host to guest).
-Login into your vm directly (if you started it with an interface), with user/filter24.
-You can do the same remotely (if you started without an interface), using
ssh user@192.168.1.15 -p 60022
The example above assumes that the host system has the ip 192.168.1.15 and that the port 22 on the guest system is forwarded to port 60022 on the host system like described above.
Adapt the ip and port to your setup if neccessary.
-Become root with
su
The password is filter24 as well. Read the file /home/user/readme for further information and instructions.

ffvm is brought to you by Retroguy and trw. Any feedback is appreciated (use the example nodes above). Enjoy.

Posted on def4