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XS4ALL is much more than a competent ISP. It is the essence of the Hacker. The founders are a mix between the EFF and RMS. This 10yo interview with one of the
by nothrabannosir 8y ago
XS4ALL is much more than a competent ISP. It is the essence of the Hacker. The founders are a mix between the EFF and RMS.
This 10yo interview with one of the founders (Rop Gonggrijp) is fantastic and covers their fight against Scientology, lock picking, privacy, governments using terrorism as a pretext for power grabs, etc. (in Dutch)
1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CptNDlLKYxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CptNDlLKYxA
2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9e4rlKIFW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9e4rlKIFW4
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fJMnrT4u0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fJMnrT4u0k
4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bek2Rrefwlw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bek2Rrefwlw
End of an era.
(Anecdote of what I personally greatly admired: they used to run a hybrid SSH server on their main website, "xs4all.nl", on port 80. the SSH protocol is a "server-first" one, but HTTP is "client-first", so if you pause the SSH banner for a few seconds, you can basically host both on the same port. this allowed me to defeat many a draconian proxy back in the day; nobody would block a huge ISP like xs4all.nl on port 80. Truly unique.)
- kqr 8y ago> the SSH protocol is a "server-first" one, but HTTP is "client-first", so if you pause the SSH banner for a few seconds, you can basically host both on the same port. In the interest of accuracy, the condition we are looking for is that there is at most one "server-first" protocol in the set you want to multiplex between on a single port, right? Because realistically, any numer of client-first protocols can be distinguished with some heuristics?
- gpvos 8y agoNotably, this hacker culture has become more diluted over time after the takeover by KPN. But some of it is still there.