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Nux!
Personal blog · nux.ro/archive · on HN as Nuxsystemsprogramming
Nux! is a personal blog at nux.ro about systems and programming. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Global IPv4 routing table grows causing problems with many Cisco routers”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts on internet routing, including a post on the 512k BGP routing table size, and on Colin Percival leaving the FreeBSD Security Officer role. The comments only link to these posts without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Global IPv4 routing table grows causing problems with many Cisco routers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-08-12
What Hacker News says?
512k is surely enough... http://www.nux.ro/archive/2014/08/512k_routes_ought_to_be_en...
Comment linking /archive/2014/08/512k_routes_ought_to_be_enough_for_everyone.html
on “Something is amiss with the Interwebs: BGP is a flapping”Submitted Global IPv4 routing table grows causing problems with many Cisco routers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBut maybe the fact that he has been a Security Officer of the FreeBSD project for many years is relevant (for those concerned of privacy/security): http://www.nux.ro/archive/2012/07/Colin_Percival_no_longer_S...
Comment linking /archive/2012/07/Colin_Percival_no_longer_Security_Officer_for_FreeBSD.html
on “Tarsnap – Online backups for the truly paranoid”Self-promotion time: http://www.nux.ro/archive/2012/10/EL6_power_usage_optimisati...
Comment linking /archive/2012/10/EL6_power_usage_optimisation_on_Intel_Sandy___Ivy_Bridge.html
on “Increasing battery life in linux”