What we're going to do

We're going to run our own hosting service, plus a couple of other services: telnet and SAS.

If we run a hosting service it means we're running a platform onto which others can launch and run their own applications. This is totally secure. For one thing, they can't do this unless you have created a warrant and given it to them. Also, you can chose what resources they can access, if any.

But more to the point this allows us to run our own applications from remote locations on our own network, and it gives us exactly the same set-up that Jtrix.org is running publicly. So you have a choice of hosting services: Jtrix.org, ourselves, and anyone else who gives us a warrant for their own service.

Before long Jtrix.org will be running an indexing service which allows people to select and use others' hosting services, so they can find the best places to run their applications. All this is fully accountable.

The telnet application we're also launching simply gives us telnet access into our hosting service, so we can manage it relatively easily. We could use the launcher, too.

The SAS application means we have our own storage system for JAR files and netlet descriptors, which generally makes things run smoother. Again, Jtrix.org runs a public SAS if we want to use that.