Recent blog posts
Let's Encrypt: The FSF beta tests a new Certificate Authority
Let's Encrypt is a non-profit Certificate Authority (CA), run by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), which aims to make the process of getting X.509 certificates for Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption a trivial process, as well as cost-free.
Introducing Stephen Mahood, system administrator
Most you may not know who I am, though more folks in Latin America may. I started working for the FSF as a sysadmin at the end of November 2014.
Sysadmin adventures: When weather threatens our work
With summer fast approaching in Boston, I appreciate the FSF office's air conditioning system. It keeps us comfortable in the heat, but during the record-breaking snowfall this winter, the system broke down, and as a result I found myself on an unexpected adventure.
SSL, POODLE, and you
A new vulnerability, known as "Padding Oracle On Downloaded Legacy Encryption" (POODLE), has been discovered in the SSL protocol.
New fsfstatus notification account
The FSF has a new out-of-band notification account at https://pumprock.net/fsfstatus. We post updates on planned and unplanned service outages there.
Google backslides on federated instant messaging, on purpose?
Google users can still send subscription requests to contacts whose accounts are hosted elsewhere. But they cannot accept incoming requests. This change is akin to Google no longer accepting incoming e-mail for @gmail.com addresses from non-Google domains. That would be unthinkable.
LibreWRT: What we use for wifi at the FSF
I would like to take a few moments to introduce Buffalo, the access point and router which provides network connectivity to portable computers in the FSF's office.
World IPv6 day
June 6th, 2012 is World IPv6 Day. The most important GNU/FSF sites are available on native IPv6.
GNU/FSF servers are moving
The GNU/FSF servers are moving between February 22nd and March 1st, 2012. There will be service interruptions during that period. There will be a multi-hour outage for most services on February 28th, 2012, starting at 10am EST (UTC/GMT -5).