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• (Quote) We're all girls because we're all LESbians. In seriousness though, most just don't care about advertising gender and don't feel the need to correct people who refer to them as "he". We're all nerds and th…

  in Hey LES! New here - any other girls around or is it a complete sausage fest? 😅 Comment by forest 5:44AM
• For a home "server"... Using Linux an old Nintendo DS with a broken screen and 4 MiB RAM to control a network of sensors. Turns out 802.11b is still fast enough. Still running right now on a patched kernel 2.6 with no MMU at all. (Quote) …

  in What's the most ridiculous thing you've self-hosted? Comment by forest 5:08AM
• (Quote) Besides the basement datacenter accusations from back on OGF, I really don't see what's wrong with C1V Hosting. I've had a service with them for a while and never had serious downtime, and both administrative hiccups I ran int…

  in Das abo KYC Comment by forest 5:05AM
• (Quote) I wonder what happens to people in countries his chosen KYC verifier does not support but who still provided their real info...

  in Das abo KYC Comment by forest 5:01AM
• Does it count if "years of upgrades" includes no upgrades?

  in What’s the oldest server you’re still running? Comment by forest September 8
• Oh you're right, I thought PasswordAuthentication was default no.

  in Your sshd_config has an Include line. Do you know what line number it is on? Comment by forest August 31
• (Quote) My password is 32 bytes in base64. No issues there. And there's nothing wrong with logging in as root if you only ever need to do administrative tasks and don't use weak credentials.

  in Your sshd_config has an Include line. Do you know what line number it is on? Comment by forest August 31
• I always overwrite my vendor-defined config and use this instead: ListenAddress 198.51.100.12ListenAddress 127.0.0.1KbdInteractiveAuthentication noDisableForwarding yesPrintMotd noTCPKeepAlive noAcceptEnv LANG LC_*Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sf…

  in Your sshd_config has an Include line. Do you know what line number it is on? Comment by forest August 29
• (Quote) 100% agree. When they're active on the forum, you've essentially got yourself a direct line to the owner themselves who likely recognizes you at least passingly, which builds trust on both sides.

  in How do you vet a new hosting provider before committing? Comment by forest July 25
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  in C-Servers Announces Becoming Platform-Independent Comment by forest July 4
• (Quote) Maybe that should be included in the rules (or FAQ). I figured I shouldn't link directly to the promo page. What I wrote was just that it was a promo price but didn't give any details. Next time I figure it'll be safe to give …

  in New LES Forum Rules - Active as of 11th June 2026 Comment by forest June 25
• Is it allowed to mention LES-exclusive promos on OGF? For example, if I post a YABS there, can I link to the promo page, or at least give the name of the promo? Or should I just keep that private and simply say "promo price"?

  in New LES Forum Rules - Active as of 11th June 2026 Comment by forest June 24
• (Quote) Out of curiosity, is the issue here that they could be used for reflection/amplification attacks? If so, what about DoT/DoH/DoQ?

  in HOST-C Micro Storage VPS Comment by forest February 17