Open Source Integrators

Categories

• DNS
• Backup - Archiving
• Communication
• Web Colloboration
• Identity Management

DNS Integrators

OpenNIC stands for Open Network Information Center. The OpenNIC project is a major part of the global network of autonomous user controlled DNS servers working in a co-operative effort to provide a non-national, alternative Domain Name System that encompasses and expands upon the legacy Domain Name System.

• Alternative Top Level Domain (alt-TLD) Sponsorship;>
• Domain name resolution for OpenNIC sponsored alt-TLDs (i.e. .free, .geek, .oss, etc..);
• Domain name resolution for alt-TLDs sponsored by other alt-DNS networks with which the OpenNIC maintains Peering Relationships;
• A forum that serves as the de jure and de facto educational/hobbyist nexus for people interested in learning how to setup an alt-DNS server, provide resolution of alt-TLDs, and create, setup, and manage alt-TLDs.
• Development of open source software specific to the alt-DNS.
• An opportunity to be a part of the bleeding edge of the evolutionary step the Internet and the Domain Name System.
• And last but not least, reliable and secure domain name resolution of all legacy Top Level Domains (i.e. .com, .net, .org, .edu, etc..)

Granite Canyon The Public DNS Service is a public service provided by Granite Canyon Group, LLC. The Service offers both primary and secondary DNS free of charge to anyone who asks. The Service maintains UPS protected FreeBSD servers that satisfy DNS queries. The servers are geographically separated and all are connected to the Internet via 7x24 dedicated lines with disjoint routes to the Internet's North American backbones.

• Can't get free service from an ISP and don't want to do it yourself
• Need secondary DNS servers
• Need MX records for a virtual domain
• Want control over your DNS records: change DNS frequently, changing ISPs soon
• Are inside of a firewall and need publicly-accessible name servers outside of your firewall
• Need name servers that are closer to the North American Internet backbones

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Backup - Archiving - Disaster Recovery

Open Source Solution
• RSYNC.NET Business continuity and disaster recovery built on open source standards and common sense, simple backup /restore for Windows/Mac/Unix servers and clients. RSYNC.NET uses opens source tools
  • Rsync
  • duplicity
  • Gnupg
  • SSH
  coupled with a unix based filesystem that is accessible using open protocols rsycnc, webdav, scp, sftp, ftp, rdiff. The filesystem can also reside in geo- dundant sites offering even more reliability and redundancy. This company truly is an open source integrator - visit them today.
  
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Communication

Open Source Solution
• OpenMoko the worlds first integrated open source mobile communications platform. OpenMokoProjects is a free service to Open Source developers offering easy access to the best in CVS, mailing lists, bug tracking, message boards/forums, task management, site hosting, permanent file archival, full backups, and total web-based administration.


• FUNAMBOL provides open source push email, contacts & calendars for everyone. Funambol enables you to get mobile email on you phone, backup contacts and calendar over the air and use contacts and calendars from desktop mail clients with you iphone and ipod. Integration exist with Yahoo, Gmail and AOL using POP/IMAP. It eliminated manual configuration of mobile email and PIM sync for many mobile phones with over-the-air configuration. Configuring this services is done via an online portal which walks you through the process of creating a link between your devices, there is an extensive list of support devices. Portal. This application coupled with simplegroupware may finally be the microsoft exchange killer.

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Web Colloboration

Open Source Solution
• ShowMyPC

  ShowMyPC is a Community for Online Collaboration. Providing tools for Instant Collaboration to Service Providers and Users. Tools provided are meant fo r Desktop Sharing and Remote PC access, as free community alternatives to WebEx or Gotomypc. Featured Services:

  • Free!! Instant, No registration, No logins.
  • Desktop and single Application Sharing.
  • Scheduled Meetings.
  • File Sharing.
  • Built using standard SSH and VNC software.
  • Use your private middle SSH server.
  • Premium Hosting available.
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Identity Management

Open Source Solution
• OpenID OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience. You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the O penID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.

  For businesses, this means a lower cost of password and account management, while drawing new web traffic. OpenID lowers user frustration by letting users have control of their login. For geeks, OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. OpenID takes advantage of already existing internet technology (URI, HTTP, SSL, Diffie-Hellman) and realizes that people are already creating identities for themselves whether it be at their blog, photostream, profile page, etc. With OpenID you can easily transform one of these existing URIs into an account which can be used at sites which support OpenID logins.<\p>

  OpenID is still in the adoption phase and is becoming more and more popular, as large organizations like AOL, Microsoft, Sun, Novell, etc. begin to accept and provide OpenIDs. Today it is estimated that there are over 160-million OpenID enabled URIs with nearly ten-thousand sites supporting OpenID logins.

  Who Owns or Controls OpenID?

  OpenID has arisen from the open source community to solve the problems that could not be easily solved by other existing technologies. OpenID is a lightweight method of identifying individuals that uses the same technology framework that is used to identify websites. As such, OpenID is not owned by anyone, nor should it be. Today, anyone can choose to be an OpenID user or an OpenID Provider for free without having to register or be approved by any organization.

  The OpenID Foundation was formed to assist the open source model by providing a legal entity to be the steward for the community by providing needed infrastructure and generally helping to promote and support expanded adoption of OpenID.

  As Brad Fitzpatrick (the father of OpenID) said, .Nobody should own this. Nobody.s planning on making any money from this. The goal is to release every part of this under the most liberal licenses possible, so there.s no money or licensing or registering required to play. It benefits the community as a whole if something like this exists, and we.re all a part of the community.

  (Direct Link from openID website)
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