pyvpx

pfSense is FreeBSD with a clunky web interface that does some "magic" with PHP using XML. now, that characterization won't be as accurate in the future (I'm genuinely curious to see what happens with python, dpdk, and other things they've mentioned/hinted at) but let's be entirely honest here: it's FreeBSD with a web interface and a support company behind it.

I particularly like the inclusion of DNSCrypt

I don't know -- I think we're all pretty lucky to have had the advances in optical technology and associated manufacturing of said technology that allowed 641A to exist.

I read from a reliable source I cannot immediately recall that she in fact did not post anything jihadist or even inflammatory on any social media account of hers.

are you repeating a convenient falsehood or am I? in other words -- do you have a source that verified she in fact posted jihadist anything, anywhere?

the community is not tough on newbies; it is _harsh_ on those that do not read the documentation before asking questions. if something is not documented or documented incorrectly, that is a bug. too many folks who are new to OpenBSD do not bother to read any of the man pages or even the FAQ (which points to man pages) and then immediately hit the list, as if other people are supposed to do the reading and research for them.

JODE is basically not maintained and quite ancient in its feature set. I don't understand why JODE is being used here. I thought perhaps because of licensing, but it is GPL/LGPL as are other, more maintained and modern java decompilers.

does anyone out there know why they're using JODE?

though in reality, today the difference is almost academic. One Wilshire is known as _the_ carrier hotel in Los Angeles, if not all of the US. The 4th floor meet-me room was widely known as the most expensive real estate on the west coast, at one time.

While many large, international networks still setup inside One Wilshire at a premium, if I just need cross connects, I can get them for exactly the same price inside Wilshire Annex -- a more "colocation for server farms" oriented building that is slightly cheaper and much larger (for individual spaces, not in total conditioned square footage, iirc).

Why do large international carriers pay the premium for being in the "carrier hotel" One Wilshire? Because they don't want to rely on CoreSite (the buildings and associated interconnection infrastructure management company) infrastructure. They want "home runs" to the other large international carriers they interconnect with and sell to.

If you aren't ATT or AWS, there is little need to be inside One Wilshire -- except perhaps for the "prestige" factor.

a bit easier with less scale; otherwise identically to today.

Facebook avoids taxation just like Google, Apple and countless other multi-national corporations. You don't even have to be in the Unicorn club to make entirely legal tax avoidance schemes a worth while endeavor. Call up EY, PCW, or really any law firm/accountant/tax advisor and you too can enjoy an effective tax rate in the low teens or even lower.

They do pay taxes. They play loopholes in numerous jurisdictions to avoid tax as much as possible.

Why do they do that? Because everyone else does. Also they have a fiduciary duty to do so. Yes, it's technically, actually, illegal for them _not_ to avoid taxation as much as possible because, well, then they wouldn't be doing everything they can to maximize shareholder value.

because there is only one and certain parts of it can be monetized to great affect? you can get licensed spectrum in a point to point fashion for the cost of a modest used car, in some places.

uhh, DHL was started by three folks in California.

it has been a reality for many folks for years. real-world anycast can be tricky, but it is certainly deployable and usable.

the author is Miod Vallat, an OpenBSD developer who has "nurtured" many "alternative" architectures' support.

dropping "obscure" platforms and git rounds it out.

pf itself, doesn't. depending on your CPU you can go far and above 1Gbps even with the tiniest of packets.

you can't ignore "legacy" applications if your new technology needs acceptance and deployment first and foremost to get out of the toy stage.

besides, think of all the future cool stuff you can more easily build on top of rump kernel (almost a year in the IRC channel and I still can't recall how I'm supposed to refer to...it) rather than being "stuck" with just Erlang on LINC or Haskell on HalVM etc.

I believe the reasoning is called fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

I can only speak for Berlin and will say punctuality is not the strong point of S or U-bahn here.

I'm trying really hard to think of internet articles in general that wouldn't be improved, especially with hedgehogs.

I had precisely the opposite experience. My father bought me RedHat 5.2 and no matter what I did, I could not get anything but a stuck X -- no mouse, no window manager, no login prompt. every time, just the immovable X.

Returned it for The Complete FreeBSD and never, ever looked back. FreeBSD got me jobs at interesting places, and a handful of life long, interesting friends.

I agree with some of the other replies here -- I'm perfectly happy and even glad the BSDs have exactly the size and composition of users they do.

well, NetBSD needs much more public love, in my opinion.

they did, if you were a FreeBSD user. it never got (many) more FreeBSD users on it's own, however.

Google Fiber != Google as far as networks/autonomous systems go.

if your attacker isn't apart of the Five Eyes, sure.

and the other problem is the BND has cooperated with the NSA; even German internet exchange points are tapped (see DE-CIX).

this is the first I've heard of being able to block traffic in excess of 10Gbps with "128MiB" and "very little CPU" in addition to Cloudflare-like services adding latency.

peak load pricing? in an age where physics and manufacturing processes have given us native 100GE signals at shockingly low cost per bit?

it used to be backhauling access traffic was expensive (think T1s to cell phone towers). well, those days are long behind us. a little less profit taking and a little more infrastructure investment would solve bandwidth problems in duopolist markets.

there are cheaper ways to go about it, but I used Foratis and cannot speak higher of their service and product. My partner also formed her own UG but used firma.de, hired a certified but inexpensive official translator, and it took nearly four months from start to finish.

Note that Foratis does not do the VAT registration for you, like some other shelf corporation providers. I didn't realize this and it became a minor pain. Whatever you do, budget for a competent Steuerberater. DIY is nearly impossible unless you have strong German skills, and even my native business owner friends don't DIY when it comes to Finanzamt dealings :)

I incorporated in Berlin with 1500EUR. I got a shelf corporation, with the documents translated to English so I didn't need an official interpreter @ 150EUR per hour, and the notar costs included. Granted it isn't a GmbH but a UG, so I imagine for some industries that wont work; but for a boutique consulting firm it's been excellent.

VAT is a mess, though. definitely. but then you hire an accountant and you get VAT + all that other tax stuff "abstracted" away for a very reasonable cost.

are you aware of a central place that tracks this subject matter? something like a very specific hacker news, perhaps? :)

what were they re-writing NetBSD in? can you share a link to more information?