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We're lead of the @NGIZero coalition which runs several programmes to fund those who are building free and open source technologies for the Next Generation Internet.
After an historical contribution to the early internet in Europe in the 1980's, we've been financially supporting the open internet since 1997.
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Last Notes

2024-11-14 04:40:51

Centralization of infrastructure, control, and power makes it difficult to run a website independent of the few gigantic internet companies, says Michał @nprofile…ucuv Woźniak in an interview.
His project LibResilient is a tool that allows a website to stay up and accessible to returning visitors even if the original site is down for whatever reason, without relying on centralized internet gatekeepers.
https://nlnet.nl/project/libresilient/interview.html
#NGI #NGIZero #FOSS

2024-11-11 23:22:47

"One of the main problems of today's internet is users & their data being treated as raw material to be exploited, rather than as people with sensitive information to be served & protected", says Morgan from Blueprint for Free Speech.
"Ricochet-Refresh is an anonymous, end-to-end encrypted, peer-to-peer & metadata-resistant instant messaging client. There are no servers to seize and no organizations to subpoena. Users control their data entirely."
Interview: https://nlnet.nl/project/Gosling/interview.html
#NGI0 #NGI

2024-11-11 23:22:47

We are happy to hear that the @npub1sh8…u72a is continuing! At least until 2029 but hopefully much longer. Congratulations!
That's good news for all of #FOSS :).
They have an open call right now for innovative open source software with a focus on data security and software infrastructure. Deadline is January 2, 2025. Read all about it here: new.prototypefund.de/en

2024-11-04 15:26:14

Call for Participation!
We're happy to announce the first "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" #devroom at #FOSDEM 2025.
The goal of this devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies and to engage more #FOSS users like companies & governments in FOSS funding.
Submission deadline for the #CfP: December 1.
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003579.html
Devroom's handle: @npub1zcj…tm8j
Organized by @npub1kuj…ul7l @npub10ad…tvms @npub1thy…uwec Probabl @npub1awv…akca @npub1sh8…u72a & yours truly.

2024-10-31 15:54:25

"The 3 fundamental issues of the internet are: privacy, data security, and environmental impact", say Pedro Miranda, Artur Nóbrega & José T. de Sousa from the company IObundle.
To address these issues they propose a reconfigurable hardware approach to encrypt messages encoded in the post-quantum cryptosystems.
This approach aims to increase the difficulty of cracking the keys, boost performance, while lowering power consumption.
Read the interview: https://nlnet.nl//project/OpenCryptoTester/interview.html
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI

2024-10-30 11:45:32

"Protecting private information is of utmost importance", say Kristina Sojakova & Mihai Codescu of the IPDL project. But "most cryptographic algorithms we use to secure sensitive data are too complex for humans to verify."
IPDL aims to give cryptographic researchers the tools for constructing formal security proofs for large message-passing cryptographic protocols.
Such proofs increase the trustworthiness of cryptographic designs and the internet as a whole.
https://nlnet.nl/project/IPDL/interview.html
#NGI0 #NGI

2024-10-28 07:42:32

With the project: 'Improving OpenSSH's Authentication and PKI', @npub1stn…3829 Kwapisiewicz, David Runge & Doron Behar address the issue of initial trust in SSH.
Most SSH users default to the “Trust On First Use” model, which leaves the 1st connection vulnerable to Man in the Middle attacks.
Solving this problem securely but frictionlessly requires a Public Key Infrastructure. The project uses the OpenPGP PKI to authenticate the remote host.
Interview: https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenPGP-OpenSSH/interview.html
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI

2024-10-24 11:07:28

And more on bootstrapping from source in S01E02 of the NGI0 podcast: Let's get rid of all the binary blobs.
Guest is @npub1vd9…yk94, founder of GNU Mes. The project helped to significantly reduce the number & size of binary seeds used in the bootstrap of GNU Guix 1.0.
He talks about working on GNU Mes, its community, NGI0 funding and calls for a 5th freedom: freedom 4. The freedom to build a program from source.
https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/janneke-gnu-mes
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI #podcast

2024-10-24 09:29:40

"Trust is one of the biggest problems on the internet. We focus on trust in the software supply chain, an overlooked issue", says Ekaitz Zarraga who is working on bootstrapping Guix on RISC-V via GNU Mes.
"Often we cannot make sure that the artifacts (pre-built programs) we find on the internet exactly match the source code they are supposed to come from. Our focus is to provide a system to ensure the source code matches the artifact.
Interview: https://nlnet.nl/project/GNUMes-RISCV-bootstrap/interview.html
#FOSS #NGI0 # NGI

2024-10-22 04:55:54

"When we use cloud-based apps, they’re not running on our computer or phone, right? It's just a client application that uses some kind of API to communicate with a platform", says Santiago Bazerque of Hyper Hyper Space.
The project works on a local-first model where everyone has a copy of an app's workspace on their device.
"Instead of trusting a cloud platform, you need to trust your software, which, in our case, is open source & auditable by anyone."
https://nlnet.nl/project/HyperHyperSpace/interview.html
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI

2024-10-15 10:36:51

Congratulations to the Monitoring Plugins team for winning the 4th BlueHats prize!
@npub1r7s…vsja is a long lived project for keeping IT infrastructure running correctly.
BlueHats is a €10.000 prize to honor maintainers & aims to shine a light on their importance for #FOSS.
The jury praised Monitoring Plugins for its important (but often unnoticed) contribution to monitoring IT infra: "This project is typical of a niche Free Software initiative that helps other tools to remain accurate".
https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/4.html

2024-09-12 07:30:02

Signroom is a platform allowing users to sign documents and objects. In this interview Andrea D'Intino, CEO and Co-Founder of Forkbomb B.V., talks about the project. Part 4 in the interview series with project teams working on the building blocks of the Next Generation Internet.
https://nlnet.nl/project/Signroom/interview.html
#NGI #FOSS

2024-09-12 07:30:02

2024-09-04 09:30:02

The present-day internet has a LOT of issues. NLnet supports free & open source projects which aim to fix these issues.
In a new interview series developers will tell you the problems they see and how their project addresses them.
In the 1th instalment Szilárd Pfeiffer explains how his project CryptoLyzer addresses the problem he sees: internet protocols designed to be secure -such as TLS and SSH - suffer from implementation and configuration issues.
https://nlnet.nl/project/CryptoLyzer/interview.html
#NGI0 #NGI #FOSS

2024-07-02 14:30:03

We have a job opening for a Technology Assessor.
A core part of the work is to review incoming applications to our grant programs & to support the teams throughout the project lifecycle.
The role is either for an all-rounder (a tech savvy generalist), or a domain expert on one of our key areas (such as open hardware, cryptography or networking protocols).
If you're into free/libre/open technologies we hope to hear from you!
https://nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/assessor.html
#fedihire #getfedihired #FOSS

2024-06-13 10:26:27

NGI0 is looking for a Regional Representative in Southern or Eastern Europe.
It is a dual role: promoting the free and open source technologies from the NGI Zero portfolio, and invite & engage local talent to participate in NGI0.
As the NGI0 contact point, you help us better understand and address the needs of your region/country. (Eligible countries are listed in the job description).
https://nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/regionalrepresentative.html
#fedihire #getfedihired #FOSS #NGIZero