# Minutemin Bootcamp

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||# Lesson ||# Description ||# Topic ||# Unlocks ||# Bonus ||

|| [IRC101](/irc/irc101) || Connect to IRC || IRC || IRC || Free Tech Support and Services ||

|| [Liberty Shell](/shell/shell) || Sign up for a Liberty Shell || Unix || Eggdrop, ZNC, PsyBNC || ||

|| [Unix101](/unix101/unix101) || Learn the Command Line || Unix || || Patriot Lvl 1 ||

|| [Unix201](/unix201/unix201) || Understand Network Civics || Civics || || Patriot Lvl 2 ||

|| [Unix301](/unix301/unix301) || Learn the Unix Work Ethic || Unix || Minutemin || Custom vhost ||

|| [Unix401](/unix401/unix401) || Shell Script || Shell || || ||

|| [Unix501](/unix501/unix501) || Perl Script || Perl || || ||

|| [Unix601](/unix601/unix601) || Program in C || C || || ||

|| [IRCNow Goals](/Ircnow/Goals) || Learn IRCNow Project Goals || Civics || || VPN ||

|| [IRCNow Roadmap](/Ircnow/Roadmap) || Plan the IRCNow Roadmap || Civics || || ||

|| [User Freedom](/Freedom/Freedom) || Learn Network Principles || Civics || Ops of Liberty || ||

|| [IRCNow Constitution](/Ircnow/Constitution) || Understand the Constitution || Civics || Minutemin Application || Acquire Netizenship (+v voice) ||

|| [Code of Honor](/Minutemin/Code) || Recite the Minutemin Code || Unix || || || ||

|| Give yourself root powers using [doas](/openbsd/doas) || || || ||

|| Patch your system using [syspatch](/openbsd/syspatch) || 

|| Read about basic [TCP/IP networking](/tcpip/overview) ||

|| Read about [IPv4 networking](/IPv4/overview) || 

|| Read about [IPv6 networking](/IPv6/overview) ||

||# Character ||# Description ||# Skills ||# Bonus ||

|| Immigrant || Comes From the Old Network || None || None ||

|| Patriot || Declares Independence from Silicon Valley || None || IRCitizen ||

|| Minutemin || Server Heroes of Freedom || Sysadmin || Admin Powers ||

|| Pioneer || Network Pioneers || Explore || Explorer ||

|| Sheriff || Reports Network Outlaws || Security || Police Powers ||

|| Inventor || Unix Inventors || Coding || Repo Privs ||

|| Judge || Interpret Network Law || Law || Judge ||

|| Senator || Writes Network Law || Law || Voting ||

Bonuses

||# Bonus Type ||# Limit ||# Description ||

|| password reset || || ||

|| +1 bnc || max 2 || Free ZNC ||

|| +1 liberty shell || max 2 || Free Shell ||

|| custom vhost || || ||

|| custom domain || || ||

|| +1 SSL cert || || ||

|| +v voice (netizen) || || Netizen ||

|| +h halfop || || Patriot ||

|| +o op || || Op of Liberty ||

|| +a admin || || ||

|| +q founder || || ||

|| +oper || || ||

|| +znc admin || || ||

|| +1 email || || ||

|| +1 eggdrop || || ||

|| +1 support email || || ||

|| +1 VPN || || ||

|| +1 GB file storage || || ||

|| +1 nntp account || || ||

|| +1 minetest server || || ||

|| +1 Homestead VPS || || ||

|| +1 Public VPS || || ||

|| Resume Referral || || ||

|| Ally Network || || ||

|| Promote to Minutemin || || ||

|| Promote to Governor || || ||

|| +1 dedicated server || || ||

||# Founder ||# Description ||# Bonus ||

|| Gry Adams || Network Lawyer and Serverwoman, Champion of Due Process and the Presumption of Innocence || ||

|| Benjamin Social || Author of Poor Rtalk's Almanack, Defender of the Free Press, Network Diplomat || ||

|| Error Hamilton || Network News Publisher,  Established Central Cryptobank, Argued for Strong Federal Network || ||

|| John Jay || First Chief Justice, Advocated for Strong Centralized ID System || ||

|| Thomas Jefferson || Author of the Unix Declaration of Independence, Supporter of immigrants and republicanism || ||

|| James Madison || Drafted the IRCNow Constitution and Bill of Rights, co-wrote the Federation Papers || ||

|| Subline Henry || Bot Plantation Owner and Passionate Orator for Decentralization || ||

|| Samuel Adams || Leader of the Libre Tea Party Movement to Dump Non-free Software || ||

|| Miniontoby Hancock || Minetest Merchant and Discord Smuggler, First Signer of Network Independence || ||

|| Blackbeard || Torrenting Pirate on the Eye Are Seas || ||

|| Walter Raleigh || || ||

|| Captain John Smith || || ||

|| Roger Williams || Campaigned for fair dealings with Native IRCians and abolition of non-free software || ||

|| Quo-fan Penn || Early Network Pioneer who Argued for Freedom of Religion || ||

|| Daniel Boone || Folk hero for exploring and settling the IRC Frontier || ||

|| Eli Whitney || || ||

|| William Brewster || Mayflower User of Plymouth Server Searching for Religious Liberty || ||

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||# Factor ||# Description ||# -3 ||# -2 ||# -1 ||# 0 ||# +1 ||# +2 ||# +3 ||

|| Liberty || Freedom of Religion and the Press || Network Tyrant || Mass Surveillance || Dictator for Life || BDFL || Limited Freedom || Some Elections || Free Network ||

|| Ecosystem || The LAN of Opportunity || Arbitrary Seizure || || || Walled Garden || || || The Startup Dream ||

|| Unity || United We Serve, Divided we Fault || Network Civil War || User Riots || User Protests || User Gossip || Indifference || Server Harmony || Proud to be an IRCitizen ||

|| Virtue || One Network Under God || Criminal Investigation for Mass Shooting || Cesspool: Blocked by Major ISPs || Indecent: Negative Publicity || Unruly || Orderly || Safe for Work || Beacon of Liberty ||

|| New Users || Send these accountless, shadowbanned to me ||  Splinternet || n00b Exclusion Act || || Echo Chamber ||  || Melting Pot || LAN rush ||

|| Privacy || Users have a right to be secure in their personal data || Privacy Disaster: US Congress Subpoena || Privacy Danger: GDPR lawsuits || Privacy Warning: COPPA violation and fines || Limited Privacy: Some Harassment and Bullying || Partial Anonymity: Suitable for children || Strong anonymity: Resistant to cancel culture || Total Anonymity; Safe for political dissidents ||

|| Security || /home of the brave || Remote Backdoor || Unpatched system || 0day Vunerabilities || Insecure || Limited Security || Mostly Secure || Secure by Default ||

|| Independence || A Free and Independent Network || Deplatformed || Domain Seized || Accounts Banned || Posts Censored || 3rd Party Dependencies || Partial Independence || Independent ||

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||# Policy ||# Modifiers ||# Special Effects ||

||# Censorship Policy ||||||

|| Ban Politics/Religion || -2 Liberty || ||

|| Ban Discrimination || -1 Liberty, +1 Unity || ||

|| Freedom of Religion and the Press || +2 Liberty, +1 Virtue, +1 New Users, -1 Unity ||  ||

|| Encourage the Bible || +1 Virtue ||  ||

|| NSFW Filter || +1 Virtue, +1 Unity, -1 New Users || ||

||# Privacy Policy ||||||

|| Real Name Policy || -2 Privacy, +1 Security || Can Report Abusers ||

|| SMS Verification || -1 Privacy || Fewer Clones ||

|| Tor Support || +2 Privacy, -1 Security || Increase in Abuse ||

|| Anonymous Staff || +1 Privacy, -1 Security || ||

|| Ban Advertising || -2 Ecosystem, -1 Liberty, +2 Privacy || ||

||# Server Software ||||||

|| Cloud Hosting || -3 Independence, -2 Privacy, -1 Security || Improved Uptime ||

|| Linux with SystemD || -1 Independence, -1 Security || ||

|| OpenBSD || +1 Independence || All projects take 2x longer ||

|| OpenBSD Fork || +2 Independence || All projects take 3x longer ||

||# Web Software ||||||

|| Require Chrome/Firefox || -2 Independence, -1 New Users || 50%25 Faster Development ||

|| WebSockets || -1 Independence, -1 New Users || 25%25 Faster Development ||

|| Require Javascript || -1 Independence, +1 New Users ||

|| Telegram/Matrix/Fediverse/Discord Bridge || -1 Independence, -1 Liberty, +1 Ecosystem, +1 New Users || ||

||# Copyright Licenses ||||||

|| Ethical License || -2 Liberty, -2 Ecosystem || Authors can arbitrarily revoke licenses ||

|| AGPL || -1 Ecosystem || Always requires sharing ||

|| GPL || || Requires sharing when copying ||

|| IRCNow/BSD License || +1 Ecosystem || Free to reuse for any purpose ||

||# Service Providers ||||||

|| Cloudflare || -2 Independence || Risk of Deplatforming ||

|| New TLDs || -1 Independence || New TLDs Easily Seized ||

|| Youtube/Facebook Integration || -1 Independence, -1 Liberty, +1 New Users || Risk of Deplatforming ||

|| Accept Paypal || -1 Independence, -1 Privacy || Paypal can seize assets ||

||# Programming Software ||||||

|| Rust/Go/Python/NodeJS || -1 Independence, +1 New Users || Languages Controlled by Monopolies ||

|| Provide Matrix/Fediverse Server || -2 Independence, +1 New Users || ||

|| Provide XMPP Server || -1 Independence, +1 New Users || ||



Liberty, Ecosystem, Unity, Virtue, New Users, Privacy, Security, Independence 



### Setting up IRC

# Setup [ngircd](/openbsd/ngircd), your IRC server

# Configure [hopm](/openbsd/hopm), an open proxy monitor that detects and bans spammers

### Network Troubleshooting

# Troubleshoot networking applications with [netcat](/openbsd/netcat)

# Troubleshoot basic networking connectivity with [ping](/openbsd/ping)

# Troubleshoot DNS servers and records with [dig](/openbsd/dig)

### Setting up SSL

# Configure your webserver, [openhttpd](/openbsd/openhttpd)

# Get an SSL certificate to go with your web server with [acme-client](/openbsd/acme-client)

### Customizing your Web Server

# Set up and configure [PHP](/openbsd/php)

# Install [PMWiki](/openbsd/pmwiki), your own private wiki

### Installing a Bouncer

# Set up [znc](/openbsd/znc), a bouncer we will provide for users

# Configure [relayd](/openbsd/relayd) as a reverse proxy for your znc web panel

# Set up [[openbsd/oidentd]], which is needed to prevent abuse for the bouncer

### Configuring DNS

# Learn about [DNS fundamentals](/openbsd/Dns)

# Learn how to configure a [[openbsd/vhost]]

# Troubleshoot DNS issues with [[openbsd/host]] and [[openbsd/dig]]

# Configure your local caching nameserver using [[openbsd/unbound]]

# Configure your authoritative nameserver, [nsd](/openbsd/nsd).

## Configuring Networking

# Configure [new IPv6 addresses](/openbsd/staticnet)

# Test basic connectivity with [ping](/openbsd/ping)

### Setting up a Mail Server

# Configure [OpenSMTPd](/openbsd/opensmtpd), our mail server

# Configure [SPF](openbsd/spf), [DKIM](/openbsd/dkimproxy), and [[DMARC](/Openbsd/dmarc)
# Configure [SPF](openbsd/spf), [DKIM](/openbsd/dkimproxy), and [[DMARC](/Openbsd/dmarc)

# Send an email message to your personal email address such as Gmail or Outlook. Also practice sending a message from your personal email to your mail server.

# Double check to ensure you do not have an [open mail relay](/Openbsd/Mailopenproxy)

# Install and configure [Dovecot](/Openbsd/Dovecot), our IMAP server. Connect your email client to the server

## Congratulations# Join the Team!

# Read up on [team procedure](/Openbsd/Team).

  # and [[Openbsd/Stable]] server protocol.

  # and [[Openbsd/Testing]] server protocol.

Please continue with [ongoing training](/openbsd/ongoing).

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