Recent content by bsdguy

I don't think that bitcoin is a pyramid scheme because that implies evil intent, which can't be proven. I do, however, consider all of the well known crypto currencies as a) technically unsound, and b) as not long-lived. From what I see only very few crypto currencies, typically with at least...

FreeBSD is indeed following its community - within a reasonable and generally agreed upon frame of reason - and we have quite good, experienced, reasonable, and proven leaders steering the ship. As for linux distros, I think that gentoo, Arch and the like have the problem that they are *far*...

Hehe. Well, for the few cases where I use linux I use a systemd free "debian", currently antix 16 (which I kind of like). After what I read from you I'm even more glad to have left debian. If I ever switched to linux (except for antix toyboxes) I'd definitely go slackware. Most others either...

"my router doesn't do that" is somewhat of a poor basis to come up with suggestions. It might be helpful to tell us somewhat more about that box. Another helpful hint would be whether you are thinking about putting another cheap box in front of your router. Two somewhat crude suggestions I...

The information given in the OP are widely useless and utterly lacking. Also "database crashes" should be explained (i.e. the symptoms that lead to that impression). What I find even more grave, however, are the suggestions to use host xyz. That's, Pardon me, simply stupid. As for the matter...

Based on what I see, my observation is quite true at least at the low end market. And understandably so; colocation is a major cost factor after all. But I'd be interested in why you (strongly) disagree.

It is my understanding that the most popular locations for VPS are typically not tier 1 locations. It seems to be somewhat like cheap airlines; while lufthansa or air france have destinations like Paris or London, the cheap carriers go to less attractive - and hence cheaper - locations. In cases...

Oh, I mistook you and you are actually just looking for confirmation to stick with php? I'm not into language evangelizing and I will certainly not try to convince you to change away from php. You like php? Great, have fun with it.

My languages are light years away from php (which I wouldn't touch with a pole). But, that's at least my impression, your thread isn't really about our languages anyway but rather about which language you should turn to (if changing at all). The best answer I have to offer is this: What do you...

I'm not a hoster or vps provider but an IT security engineer. When I'm not being abused as a sex slave by my wife I love to go to or watch math lectures by really intelligent profs, to tell dirty jokes to flowers (they can't run away), to admire WSS's beautiful hair, and to surprise attack...

Backgrounds/themes, etc. ... This is the "new posts" list as of right now: Home Automation Latest: ChrisM, 11 minutes ago SBC, ARM, Home Automation The pets thread Latest: ChrisM, 15 minutes ago The Pub (Off topic discussion) The gun thread Latest: ChrisM, 27 minutes ago The Pub (Off...

Then do not even muck around with any raid card. Just use a reasonable SAS/Sata card (no raid) in case you haven't got enough ports on the mainboard. Just be sure that current versions are supported to not artificially slow down your SSDs. Reason: R 0,1,10 are just striping/mirroring which any...

It might be useful to mention which Raid level you need. 0,1,10 are a completely different story from 5,6,50, etc.

@Jonathan Don't take this personal. You just happen to be the one who wrote what frighteningly many believe. "Code quality"? To a high degree, indeed. But then, what is code quality? IT Sec, and especially the design and implementation of safe and secure software happens to be my field. For a...

Safety and security. Safety and security again. Safety and security once more. And I don't mean the "best company for security audit?" kind ... Which i.a. means: No apache/nginx, mysql, php, javascript.