The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection

Re:The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection by tialaramex on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @12:17PM (#32333663)

Huh, it seems xargs.org is the new name for ulfheim.net ? Presumably the author fancied a change? At first I thought this might be a hijack or a rip-off, but everything checks out.

For what it's worth, I don't recommend name changes. Obviously live your own life, but changing your name is a lasting inconvenience (ask any married western woman who made the mistake of saying "Yeah I'll take his name") and the rewards seem very thin.

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Re:The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection by alfu on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @12:28PM (#32333809)

I thought of ulfheim too and it redirects to the new site.

Author's reasoning:

> A few years ago a hate group started using the "ulfheim" name for their own purposes. It's useless trying to reclaim a word, so I'm moving to the domain "http://xargs.org".

https://twitter.com/xargsnotbombs/status/1538227164599812096...

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Re:The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection by syncsynchalt on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @03:51PM (#32336009)

Yes, it’s still my site. I mirror all old hostnames across both domains but new sites will only have the xargs hostname most likely.

It bothered me that anyone wondering about the domain would likely do a search on the word and end up at the list of SPLC hate groups. My choice was to add a disclaimer to everything I publish or just change domain names. I went with the latter.

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Re:The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection by jborean93 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @04:35PM (#32336395)

Thanks for making this wonderful resource. It’s been invaluable for me to understand the protocol itself.

I’m sorry to hear the original name was hijacked by a hate group and you had to go out of your way to avoid such things.

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Re:The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection by syncsynchalt on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:50PM (#32338144)

Glad to hear it was helpful!

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Re:The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection by pabs3 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @12:21AM (#32339338)

Interesting quote from the site, I wonder how common this is in the age of open source:

> Almost everything I've done professionally is behind the wall of private intellectual property. It's an odd thing to spend decades doing work that you're proud of, but having nothing to show for it.

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