https://sdf.org/?ssh
Article
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SDF.org is a public-access Unix system running since 1987, now on NetBSD.
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Offers free shell accounts, web hosting, Gopher, Plan 9, and a radio station.
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Named after the Super Dimension Fortress from the Macross anime.
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Runs on 8 enterprise-class 64-bit servers totaling ~21 GFLOPS.
Discussion
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Commenter runs their own OpenBSD public shell ‘social network’ — IPv6 only, closet hardware.
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Long-time members share nostalgia: DEC Alphas, VMS access, ksh/sed/awk-generated pages.
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Security researcher found a shell escape for unverified accounts, emailed SDF twice with no response.
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Community warmth for SDF as a ‘stronghold of the old-school web’.
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