In the training, participants deploy and secure a powerful and fast VPN, and replace proprietary BigTech platforms with high quality, privacy-respecting free and open source alternatives - from webmail, to cloud/drives, & collaborative document editing.

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(For those of you oceans away, the site may not load as fast as you would expect as it is hosted in a cupboard in the actual space the events occur.)

After the success of Tunnel, I'm pleased to present the course plans and information for the next edition, alongside the subsequent 2 week long Fortress intensive

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If you wish to participate please join the Signal group linked therein!

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Last chance to sign up for Tunnel & Fortress.

Signup closes Friday midnight UTC.

If you'd like to learn how to setup & secure sovereign and self-hosted server infrastructure for your community, the art of system administration alongside, this is your course!

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The training will begin with Tunnel, deploying a fast VPN in Iceland for which 100's of configs can be generated. Then, we'll deploy Fortress, a large dedicated server with cloud, collab docs, webmail, team chat - even a Zoom alternative - tuned & secured using time-tested best-practice strategies

Thanks friend! The optics / light path stuff was really tricky, especially with the gear I had. I enjoyed it so much. Learned a lot!

Thanks for your interest, will not be discussing strategies here.

The threat model is primarily for warrants for data and server seizures, not routes, for which robust transport layer encryption typically provides sufficient cover. Several jurisdictions have proved historically resistant to federal warrants from the US; both Iceland and Switzerland among them.