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2084: Rise of the Botnet Description

Consciences
Link to proposals:http://relearn.be/ether/p/proposals-2014
** CTCP Client-to-Client Protocol (1990),https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client-to-client_protocol** 
DCC (Direct Client-to-client) (1991),https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Client-to-Client

Documentation on IRC
http://irchelp.org/irchelp/changuide.htmlprelude
for beginners:http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html
http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/IRC
Funny commands:Rights & privileges
Different types of channels
Words of warning on IRC-bots & DCC

IRC scripts are sets of commands that your clientwill  run. Many otherwise good scripts have been hacked so that if you load  them, you can seriously compromise your security (someone can get into  your account, delete all of your files, read your mail, etc.). There are  also evildoers who try to send people viruses and other bad things.  Just like in real life, don’t accept anything from a stranger. There  have been many incidents of this type, not just a few.

Do not ever
Automatic DCC get
http://www.raspberrypihelp.net/tutorials/17-raspberry-pi-irc-server
http://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/pipermail/hybrid/2011-April/001354.html
http://ewh.ieee.org/econf/usage.html

Tactical Chat
https://publicintelligence.net/tactical-chat/

* Imagine an alternate reality retelling of "the web" to Tim Berners Lee
http://info.cern.ch/Proposal.html
* Shades of Saskia Aldinger's Daughter of all demos

http://saskia-aldinger.com/daughter.html

A first attempt of text following Tim Berners Lee's noteRelearn 2084: Rise of the Botnet
[logo needs adaptation to logo of Summerschool 2084: Rise of the Botnet]

A  hand conversion to Etherpad of the original IRC (or dIRC?) log written  collectively for the Relearn in Variable/Brussels in March 2014 and  later redistributed unchanged apart from the date added in July 2014.  Provided here for pragmatical interest only. The diagrams are a bit  dotty, but available in versions linked below. The text has not been  changed, even to correct 
errors such as misnumbered figures or unfinished references.
Other versions which are available are:

• The  original document file (I think - I can't test it) 
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• The  RTF file generated from the above, with scalable drawings 
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• A Microsoft style HTML file generated from the RTF file by MSword in         1998, with pixely versions of the drawings 

The Botnet: A Proposal
Overview
Collective workflows at VARIABLE

• constant questioning (instead of automatic updates)                 
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• negociation (instead of having the option to agree by drinking from a dirty cup of water)                 
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• being invited into the evolving flexible design of the network, the spaces, the Bots                  
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• using one or more nicknames                     
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• changing roles between users, operators and administrators                          
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• receiving people in the network by sending them warm welcoming messages                 
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Mesh chat systems & bot population

• Gitorious:https://gitorious.org/activearchives/botbotbot
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• Etherpad:http://note.pad.constantvzw.org:8000/1108
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• Google search machine                 
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• Wordpress blogs                 
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• reports to B when there is an update on one of the storage spaces                 
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• publishes on B                           
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• looks for useful links on B                           
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• rephrases information                 
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• communicates directly to C without passing through a server                 
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• sends a package directly to C                           
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• receives a package directly from C                 
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• changes the permissions for C                 
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The playfullness of working with Bots
[add:  our short experiences with these active digital agents known as ªBotsº,  describes the playfullness of their presence in VARIABLE, and what  other functions they may provide.]
VARIABLE 
Requirements
Conclusion
A Practical Project

• IRC, portable, supported on many platforms, still heavily used after 28 years                 
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References
http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html

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Saturday 31st May
todo
* set-up server & router (MM)
* name spaces: wifi (piratebox/laptop/router), server (Variable)
-> hierarchical structure & modularity: private space, shared fileserver/room, shared house space, public internet
* write friendly welcoming instructions to users
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