As far as I know, IRCnet is the only major network that uses an ancient ircd, and I assume even that one gets updates occasionally. I don't know Hybrid's homepage offhand (that's EFnet's ircd), but I assume it also has some active development.
http://netsplit.de/networks/
People not only use IRC -- millions of people use it every day. I was first introduced to it as a low-cost way to keep in contact with European and Australian offices. Some nets are growing at an astounding pace, as well -- QuakeNet (where no warez or porn are allowed) is little over three years old, and recently hit the 60,000 simultaneous user mark.
A good start might be >a href="http://skip.incog.com/">SKIP, to secure the IP layer... On top of WEP for the 802.11b layer... Plus SSL or SSH tunnels for the application layer... Wrap the whole thing in IPsec, if you must, and this would be pretty secure. Of course, someone will stand just outside the gate with a sniffer and break the thing eventually... Only question is whether Disney will upgrade before or after.
Your servers run X? For something as complicated as this, chances are it's a server... Most of my servers don't even have X libraries, video cards, or mice, so your X toolkit won't work...
As far as $PORTABLE_LANGUAGE, in large part that's what configure is../configure && make && make install is, after the warning about low disk space in motd, the most common thing on all unix platforms.
I remember the term Avatar from online personas back when I was in grade skewl on BBSs and MUDs... Stephenson may have popularised it, but he didn't coin it. (Also, I think some old SYSV systems used the name avatar for UID 0 instead of root.)
Neuromancer did more than that; it created the subculture of techies and dweebs who then created the internet as a senior project. I oversimplify drastically, but the point is the same: Neuromancer created cyberspace in the minds of the people who then translated it into reality.
It also spawned several subcultures, including cyberpunks and cypherpunks, and possibly contributed to goths...
Neuromancer gets passed over a lot; it is one of the most influential books ever written simply by the fact that it created a common atmosphere in which our world changed. Without Neuromancer, Slashdot wouldn't exist today; Linux wouldn't; the dot-com boom that paid for most of our college educations and/or BMWs wouldn't have existed.
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As far as I know, IRCnet is the only major network that uses an ancient ircd, and I assume even that one gets updates occasionally. I don't know Hybrid's homepage offhand (that's EFnet's ircd), but I assume it also has some active development.
http://netsplit.de/networks/
People not only use IRC -- millions of people use it every day. I was first introduced to it as a low-cost way to keep in contact with European and Australian offices. Some nets are growing at an astounding pace, as well -- QuakeNet (where no warez or porn are allowed) is little over three years old, and recently hit the 60,000 simultaneous user mark.
A good start might be >a href="http://skip.incog.com/">SKIP, to secure the IP layer... On top of WEP for the 802.11b layer... Plus SSL or SSH tunnels for the application layer ... Wrap the whole thing in IPsec, if you must, and this would be pretty secure. Of course, someone will stand just outside the gate with a sniffer and break the thing eventually... Only question is whether Disney will upgrade before or after.
Your servers run X? For something as complicated as this, chances are it's a server... Most of my servers don't even have X libraries, video cards, or mice, so your X toolkit won't work...
./configure && make && make install is, after the warning about low disk space in motd, the most common thing on all unix platforms.
As far as $PORTABLE_LANGUAGE, in large part that's what configure is.
I remember the term Avatar from online personas back when I was in grade skewl on BBSs and MUDs... Stephenson may have popularised it, but he didn't coin it. (Also, I think some old SYSV systems used the name avatar for UID 0 instead of root.)
It also spawned several subcultures, including cyberpunks and cypherpunks, and possibly contributed to goths...
Neuromancer gets passed over a lot; it is one of the most influential books ever written simply by the fact that it created a common atmosphere in which our world changed. Without Neuromancer, Slashdot wouldn't exist today; Linux wouldn't; the dot-com boom that paid for most of our college educations and/or BMWs wouldn't have existed.