Size: 7,11 Mb
Location: launchpad.net
Description: Package: kiosknet-proxy
Version: 0.2.8-0~ppa3
Architecture: all
Description:
Rural Internet kiosks provide a variety of services to the poorest
sections of society. However, due to limited electrical power,
pervasive dust, mechanical wear-and-tear, and computer viruses,
kiosk computers often fail, requiring frequent, expensive repairs.
Similarly, network connectivity is often lost due to failures in the
telephone system, inability to power the VSAT station, or loss of
alignment of long-range wireless links. Faced with high costs and
unreliable service delivery, customers quickly lose interest, and
kiosk deployments are often found to be unsustainable in the long
term.
KioskNet makes a kiosk more robust while simultaneously reducing its
capital and operating cost. It provides a low-cost and low-power
single-board-computer called a ‘kiosk controller’ at each kiosk. The
controller provides a network file-system for recycled PCs that act as
'thin clients.' The controller communicates wirelessly with another
single-board computer mounted on a vehicle (as was pioneered by Daknet
(http://www.unitedvillages.com/)) that can then carry data to and from
a gateway, where data is exchanged with the Internet. This approach
avoids the cost of trenches, towers, and satellite dishes, allowing
Internet access even in remote areas, although at the cost of increased
end-to-end delay. In areas where dial-up, long-range wireless or
cellular phone service is available, the kiosk controller can be
configured to also use these communication links. Kiosk controllers are
reasonably tamper-proof so they offer reliable virus-free boot images
and binaries. We do not use the PC's hard disk, thus avoiding hard disk
failures and disk-resident viruses. Moreover, recycled PCs are cheap
and spare parts are widely available. They can run either the (Linux)
binaries that are packaged with the kiosk controller, which are
guaranteed to be virus free, or can boot into an existing operating
system (typically Windows) from their hard drive for stand-alone
computing.
We first released the KioskNet system in July 2007. Since then, we have
made the deployment process simpler, re-written big portions of the
underlying system to make it more robust, and added comprehensive
support for end-to-end security using public-key encryption. We are now
releasing the second version of our system. For more information please
see
http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/tetherless/index.php/Deployment_guide
You can install this packages from repository: ppa:kiosknet/ppa
Location: launchpad.net
Description: Package: kiosknet-proxy
Version: 0.2.8-0~ppa3
Architecture: all
Description:
Rural Internet kiosks provide a variety of services to the poorest
sections of society. However, due to limited electrical power,
pervasive dust, mechanical wear-and-tear, and computer viruses,
kiosk computers often fail, requiring frequent, expensive repairs.
Similarly, network connectivity is often lost due to failures in the
telephone system, inability to power the VSAT station, or loss of
alignment of long-range wireless links. Faced with high costs and
unreliable service delivery, customers quickly lose interest, and
kiosk deployments are often found to be unsustainable in the long
term.
KioskNet makes a kiosk more robust while simultaneously reducing its
capital and operating cost. It provides a low-cost and low-power
single-board-computer called a ‘kiosk controller’ at each kiosk. The
controller provides a network file-system for recycled PCs that act as
'thin clients.' The controller communicates wirelessly with another
single-board computer mounted on a vehicle (as was pioneered by Daknet
(http://www.unitedvillages.com/)) that can then carry data to and from
a gateway, where data is exchanged with the Internet. This approach
avoids the cost of trenches, towers, and satellite dishes, allowing
Internet access even in remote areas, although at the cost of increased
end-to-end delay. In areas where dial-up, long-range wireless or
cellular phone service is available, the kiosk controller can be
configured to also use these communication links. Kiosk controllers are
reasonably tamper-proof so they offer reliable virus-free boot images
and binaries. We do not use the PC's hard disk, thus avoiding hard disk
failures and disk-resident viruses. Moreover, recycled PCs are cheap
and spare parts are widely available. They can run either the (Linux)
binaries that are packaged with the kiosk controller, which are
guaranteed to be virus free, or can boot into an existing operating
system (typically Windows) from their hard drive for stand-alone
computing.
We first released the KioskNet system in July 2007. Since then, we have
made the deployment process simpler, re-written big portions of the
underlying system to make it more robust, and added comprehensive
support for end-to-end security using public-key encryption. We are now
releasing the second version of our system. For more information please
see
http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/tetherless/index.php/Deployment_guide
You can install this packages from repository: ppa:kiosknet/ppa