Interplanetary filesystem
reddit / selfhosted

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DarkKnyt · 2023-10-29 04:39

So I got ipfs running tonight. For those unfamiliar, it's a
distributed file system but isn't really searchable. The point is that
your website, service, or content is spread out so it "can't"
disappear. If you want to self hosted this, details are at
https://docs.ipfs.tech/ . I installed kubo from the *.deb file and
went straight to the webgui.

I originally wanted to help serve some government sites that are known
to be ddos but couldn't find the CID.

So I archives and posted the next best thing: phrack.org

So if you want to try it out and help save a site, you should be able
to use this CID (I think)

QmZ7SWRk21N5hTNaEDxFFHG5MujpeynqiDPqREkHHB8aMV

For those that know more than me:
1. Is there any risk to posting the CID like I did? Like can someone
change my add to include malware?
2. How does publishing to ipns make it easier for people to find?
3. Is the only real option posting the CID or making dnslink
connections to http?

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ReinoutWolter · 2023-10-29 09:55

No one can change the contents of a CID, it's based on a hash.

IPNS associates a static address to changing content CIDs, easier to
remember, write down etc. I've never had much luck persisting a IPNS
association over time.

You could post the CID to an ethereum contract, or pubsub or some
other decentralized platform.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-29 11:00

1. No

2.  Because you can change the CID behind an IPNS

3. IPNS or txt DNS ot both

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L1nuxBear · 2023-10-29 15:09

> I originally wanted to help serve some government sites that are
known to be ddos but couldn't find the CID.

Bruh, They already take money from you through your taxes and you're
trying to give them even more of your time and energy?

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DarkKnyt · 2023-10-29 15:57

This was supposedly for the Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs so they
don't take my money... But I can't find the CID on their website (just
news releases saying they do use ipfs).

The current minister is something of a hacker child prodigy and last
year they were DDOS from China with a simultaneous attack on 7-11 TVs
with propaganda.

So to me, it's an easy way to help information stay up that serves a
generally good purpose and not just in my home country (U.S.).

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blurpesec · 2023-10-29 18:45

>You could post the CID to an ethereum contract, or pubsub or some
other decentralized platform.

In addition to this, there's an Ethereum-based name-resolution service
(Ethereum Name Service) that can be queried from Ethereum nodes to
resolve an ENS name like \`vitalik.eth\` to a content ID. Brave
Browser allows you to just use ENS names for routing in your URL bar
similar to how other websites function - just without the DNS. Brave
Browser also lets you run an IPFS node "in" the browser so you can do
IPFS CID resolution without a public IPFS gateway.