Dave Crocker via mailop wrote:
This thread has touched on several topic that seem unrelated.
Given your Subject line and reference to gateway, I had assumed you
were asking about translating mail between two different
syntactic/semantic environment. That has nothing to do with file
systems or shared access, which seems to be where the thread went.
And
Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote:
Dnia 25.11.2024 o godz. 04:04:13 Dave Crocker via mailop pisze:
This thread has touched on several topic that seem unrelated.
IMHO, the problem has not been clearly stated from the very beginning. In
the first email of previous related thread, the OP is saying that "I've been
thinking of migrating our mail infrastructure to a virtual server, running
in the Web3 IPFS cloud - without having a physical IP address attached to
it." This statement already brings up several issues.
To be clear (maybe):
I've been noodling with the notion of building a complete enterprise
environment in "virtual space" - i.e, the Web3 space defined by
protocols supported by LibP2P, naming & addressing by IPNS & CIDs, and a
computing environment of Files & Processes defined by IPFS & IPVMs.
Partially as a design experiment, but ultimately because I'm thinking of
doing that for a current project.
The core question is how integrate into the broader environment of DNS
naming, SMTP Mail, HTTP for pretty much everything else - via some kind
of gateways between an environment where things are ultimately addressed
by IP address. How do I present standard NS & MX records that have no
stable IP address to resolve to?
The underlying question becomes how to run virtual processes that
present a WebSocket or WebTransport interface to the world, addressed by
CID - and then to implement a collection of gateways that present IP
addresses to the net.
It's looking like the answer becomes a combination of utilizing a VPN
that supports anycast routing, and a distributed process manager like
BOINC or Bacalhu.
Anyway - I think I have the architectural approach I've been looking
for. Now it's a matter of assembling the pieces.
Thanks All,
Miles
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