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aktiom.net is offering linux server colocation, with 40 GB of traffic, for $75 a month. How do they do it?
A common question concerns how we're able to provide such a high-quality service for $75/month. By using powerful hardware combined with a specialized Linux kernel, we can put multiple client servers on one physical machine. This is unlike virtual webhosting in a few ways:I wonder how this works out? Price is right.This is also different from a FreeBSD
- • you have full root access to your Linux system
- • other Aktiom Networks clients are completely partitioned from your data and network traffic
- • you have full access to available hardware resources (i.e. RAM/CPU limits aren't placed on you)
jail()configuration. Users inside a FreeBSD jail are unable to use tools such as ping, traceroute, and tcpdump (they require access to raw sockets), and are limited to one IP address. None of these limitations appear in our solution. Security-conscious people might be wary of allowing tcpdump, but please remember that other server instances are completely partitioned away from your data and network traffic.
The U.S. government has appointed the former head of privacy at Doubleclick - the dot com company with the most sinister privacy track record - as the Department of Homeland Security's first privacy czar.
Don't they even try to convince anyone they are not evil anymore? This would be like hiring the former head of the KGB to advise the department on monitoring U.S. citizens. Oh wait, they already did that.
The second public beta of Apple's new browser Safari is now available. This is v.73 if you're keeping track. I'm not sure why they are still calling it a beta, but whatever. I'm very happy with it as my main browser (but I was happy with v.67, so this is to be expected.)
My very small gripes are as follows: spell checking (finally, yay!) has to be enabled in every new textarea (why not gloabally on? Boo!) and, of even less concern, but still, there is no way to force links from external programs to open in a new tab (rather than a new window.) Camino could do this.
Otherwise, perfect.
Looks like Rys McCusker will be leaving the Chandler project. Sounds like everyone is on good terms. Unclear what this will mean for the project. Hopefully, for Rys, it will mean more time to blog.