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Netfuture: The future is networked
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Netfuture: The future is networked is a personal blog at netfuture.ch about systems and security. Since 2014, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link netfuture.ch for networking and security material: a public NTS time server list, the TLS Interposer tool, and a git/PGP/blockchain timestamping comparison. The comments only cite these pages, without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Bevorzugen Sie Deutsch? Einige Artikel und mehr über mich gibt es auch in meiner Muttersprache. Today, any device is networked, not only our personal devices, but anything from the fridge to the power plant. This implies endless possibilities, but also possibilities galore for anything to go wron
Most-linked posts?
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain4 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2022-04-12
- Simple versioned TimeMachine-like backup using rsync (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-05-22
- Federated XMPP chat (and more) with Movim: A success story2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-11-19
What Hacker News says?
ntpd-rs supports NTS and we (Let’s Encrypt) are using it a little bit. But it is far from having any wide adoption yet. There aren’t many public NTS servers: https://netfuture.ch/public-nts-server-list/ and https://github.com/jauderho/nts-servers have some listed.
Comment linking /public-nts-server-list/
on “More Memory Safety for Let's Encrypt: Deploying ntpd-rs”Submitted Web3 is expensive P2P as a story · 501 points
HN discussionrsync supports versioning, eg https://netfuture.ch/2013/08/simple-versioned-timemachine-li...
Comment linking /2013/08/simple-versioned-timemachine-like-backup-using-rsync/
on “Building a home NAS on a shoestring budget with the Rock64 SBC (2018)”Submitted Federated XMPP chat (and more) with Movim: A success story as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIf you have a third party sign your git commits, you no longer can no longer modify the commit later undetectedly. And if someone puts their log of signatures into another git repository, you can create an entire web of timestamped trust. https://netfuture.ch/2022/02/git-pgp-blockchain-comparison/
Comment linking /2022/02/git-pgp-blockchain-comparison/
on “Show HN: Seal – Verifiable timestamp for your private ideas”Submitted How does ChatGPT work, actually? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionZeitgitter goes even further: The goal is to create a web of distributed timestampers, holding each other accountable. A blockchain without the need for wasting energy or money. https://netfuture.ch/2022/02/git-pgp-blockchain-comparison/
Comment linking /2022/02/git-pgp-blockchain-comparison/
on “Show HN: Seal – Verifiable timestamp for your private ideas”Submitted Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain – Hopes, Promises and Alternatives as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIf you're stuck with Apache 2.2.x (and thus no support for Elliptic Curve crypto), perhaps you should give TLS Interposer a try: https://netfuture.ch/tools/tls-interposer/ It adds ECDHE support without having to upgrade to Apache 2.4.x.
Comment linking /tools/tls-interposer/
on “SSL Labs: Stricter security requirements for 2014”Submitted Hitchhiker's Guide to the Blockchain: Explaining how it works as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Array Thickening: More can be less (2021) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How does ChatGPT work, actually? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How does ChatGPT work, actually? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitchhiker's Guide to the Blockchain as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain – Hopes, Promises and Alternatives as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Simple versioned TimeMachine-like backup using rsync (2013) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Federated XMPP chat (and more) with Movim: a success story as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted NFTs Are Unethical as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Web3 for data preservation? (Or is it just another expensive P2P?) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain as a story · 1 points
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