is a redundant, load-balanced array of AMD64 architecture servers running the excellent FreeBSD operating system.

The servers in this array use AMD Opteron processors, TYAN motherboards, low-latency memory, gigabit ethernet and Hi/fn 7955 cryptographic accelerators.

Data is mirrored from the master to the backup servers over a dedicated network interface once a day, at midnight EST. Fault-tolerance of the servers, router and firewall systems is implemented using the CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol).

Master Name Servers

• NS218.CSOFT.NET (205.205.219.2)
• NS116.CSOFT.NET (205.205.219.3)

Mail Servers

• MAIL102.CSOFT.NET

Database Servers

• MySQL
• PostgreSQL

Official SSH Server Fingerprints

  07:1e:7e:01:1f:fd:c1:c9:2c:74:f7:d8:ef:c7:6d:d1
  2c:59:2a:a6:97:72:63:13:2b:f5:3f:61:fc:e1:27:e5

Mail Server SSL Certificates

• Certificate File
• Root Certificate

Program Binary Compatibility

• FreeBSD/amd64 binaries
• FreeBSD/i386 binaries
• Linux/i386 binaries
• Linux/amd64 binaries
• Linux Gentoo Stage3 (/usr/local/gentoo-stage3)
• Linux Fedora Core Base (i386/amd64)
• Sun JDK 1.4 for Linux
• Sun JDK 1.5 for Linux

Users who wish to use the GNU versions of the standard commands (ls, cp, etc) can create an empty file in ~/.prefer_gnu. This will cause the relevant aliases to be automatically configured on login.

History

Old-time users (1997-2001) were originally hosted at our first installation in Oklahoma City, OK on a server named CS.CSOFT.NET running Linux. They were transferred to our network in Atlanta on June 1st, 2001. On February 2006, accounts were transferred from a single server to a redundant array at our new data center.