{"id":107,"date":"2021-01-19T22:45:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T22:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technicaladept.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2025-04-26T17:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T17:48:44","slug":"using-interplanetary-file-system-in-the-brave-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technicaladept.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/19\/using-interplanetary-file-system-in-the-brave-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Using InterPlanetary file system in the Brave Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not too long ago I listened to a podcast<\/a> that mentioned the \u201cInterplanetary file system\u201d in the context of the self sovereign internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was the first time I’d heard of IPFS but I didn\u2019t really learn anything much about it. It was an aside in a fascinating and wide ranging discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However it did mean that it rang a bell with me when I read about an announcement<\/a> today. This was regarding Brave launching support for IPFS in the new version 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I already use the Brave browser so why not see how easy or difficult\nit is to get going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First thing to do was check my version and update. A simple matter of clicking on the menu button and choosing About Brave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brave updating to version 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A minute or two later and I click relaunch to ger the new\nversion. Now to see what I can access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article links to a mention of an unblockable copy of wikipedia<\/a> which in turn links to https:\/\/ipfs.io\/ipfs\/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco\/wiki\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However that\u2019s an https link. I tried it on another PC where I hadn\u2019t updated and confirmed I could access that without a problem. But with the article\u2019s mention of an ipfs:\/\/ prefix the obvious thing to try is editing the url to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ipfs:\/\/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco\/wiki\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bingo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brave opening an IPFS url for the first time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A quick look at those settings before I click enable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brave settings before enabling IPFS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And then after enabling I get the following message from Windows Defender Firewall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Windows Defender Firewall wants to allow outbound access for IPFS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I allow access and away we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I checked back on those settings. Clicking enable had simply changed the “Method to resolve IPFS resources from “ask” to “Local Node”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no search feature but by using the regular wikipedia site for reference I was able to figure out the url to a page that wouldn\u2019t usually be allowed on the other side of the great firewall of china.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Certainly, this is easy enough. Of course what’s a boon for liberty is a curse for the network security administrator. Time to figure out this new magic and check with our vendors how much this might bypass our regular monitoring and filtering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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