adamsgaard.dk

my academic webpage
git clone git://src.adamsgaard.dk/adamsgaard.dk # fast
git clone https://src.adamsgaard.dk/adamsgaard.dk.git # slow
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      1 I have had my own webpage since 2002 (a-d-c.dk, cs.au.dk/~adc,
      2 adamsgaard.dk).  I use a webpage as a place to keep my contact
      3 information, software, notes, and research.  The previous iteration
      4 was inspired by the 2015 April 1st retro-version of of gentoo.org,
      5 bringing back memories of the computing of yesteryear.
      6 
      7 The previous backend was a Debian GNU/Linux virtual machine, first
      8 running at home and then in the cloud.  It dynamically served the
      9 pages with Apache and PHP.  However, PHP is notoriously insecure,
     10 as evident by the extensive list of vulnerabilities[0].  Apache is
     11 not much better[1].
     12 
     13 This weekend I finally made the long-overdue transition to a static
     14 web page, which improves security and performance.  The backend is
     15 an OpenBSD instance at a cloud provider.  There's a plethora of
     16 free static hosting providers available, but I prefer running and
     17 maintaining a server myself.  The SSL certificate is provided by
     18 Let's Encrypt.  The html front end is generated using Hiltjo
     19 Posthuma's saait[2] and stagit[3].
     20 
     21 I am keeping the retro theme, but all CSS is reduced to a bare
     22 minimum.  The page is entirely free of cookies, javascript, and
     23 tracking.  It is also 100% compatible with terminal browsers.
     24 
     25 I moved all of my personal software projects to my own git server
     26 at https://src.adamsgaard.dk.  I do not trust corporations like
     27 Github (Microsoft), Gitlab, Sourceforce, etc., to always act in the
     28 users' best interest.  However, for the time being I will continue
     29 to contribute to other software projects on these platforms.
     30 
     31 My git server has a web interface[4] which provides an overview of
     32 projects, commits, and files.  Git access is possible through git
     33 (read only) and ssh (r/w) protocols.
     34 
     35 Please let me know if you encounter any problems with the new
     36 infrastructure.
     37 
     38 
     39 References:
     40 
     41 [0] https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=74&product_id=128
     42 [1] https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-45/Apache.html
     43 [2] https://git.codemadness.nl/saait
     44 [3] https://git.codemadness.nl/stagit
     45 [4] https://src.adamsgaard.dk