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> And for the three folks in Finland who administer multi-user Linux instances and rely on privileged ports for their mainframe-era security properties, they ca
by zokier 4y ago
> And for the three folks in Finland who administer multi-user Linux instances and rely on privileged ports for their mainframe-era security properties, they can always run sysctl and set their port limit to 1024 as it was before.
What is this reference to? Feels like a cheap snipe at something...
- orphean 4y agoIt’s just a joke. It’s referencing the fact that no matter how obsolete or obscure something is somebody out there likes things How They Are.
- db48x 4y agoI have a fork that reimplements spacebar heating.
- bobnamob 4y agoReference xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1172 https://xkcd.com/1172
- v7n 4y agoConsidering the origins of Linux I don't think joke is all there is to it. It would not surprise me at all if there were multiple such systems still maintained in Finnish universities; quite the opposite.