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Posted on 2020-11-26 on OH.MG.
THIS PAGE REQUIRES AN EDIT AND AT CURRENT TIME OF WRITING IS PARTIALLY INCORRECT - SEE HEADERS NOTED AS SUCH, UN-NOTED HEADERS ARE CORRECT. VERSION ONE OF THIS DOC (eg all of this) IS CURRENTLY IN THE ARCHIVE.
The site is a gemini site, churned out to static files on the WWW :
Currently :
DreamHost Shared Hosting (ref link)
Partial / To be decommissioned :
Freebox Delta VM (Machines Virtuelles)
Decommissioned :
N/A
OH.MG is comprised of four servers and three DreamObjects buckets for data storage, three of the servers are self hosted on site in Paris, France and the fourth (for now) is a DreamCompute Instance that pushes updates to the DreamObjects buckets.
The Firewall routes the ports over to the individual machines behind them
This set up is very much beta test slash in production, so there is always going to be some play with caching times, physical setup, and of course because it's a home server, downtime.
You can check the uptime stats on the site below
I've not yet figured out the fix to make this IPv6 compatable, updates of the project can be found below.
DNS is hosted by CloudFlare (I KNOW) or 1984.is and is IPv6 compatable. CF's CDN is only used on certain oh.mg subdomains that are unable to properly serve their own certs or require additional protection from legitimate threats (read: the forum).
I use a self hosted instance of Axigen for OH.MG's (incl active domains as listed) email.
External MX, SPAM and Virus Filtering are operated by SpamHero.com and incoming connections to the internal mail servers are limited to their IP space.
TLS is used SpamHero -> Internal Relay -> Axigen, it is also insisted upon by publishing MTA-STS records for the main domains (although there is no guarantee your mail provider will do it).
Active
Unsupported by Registries / TLDs
Recklessly Disactivated
This site doesn't use big data web trackers or stalking cookies, only GoatCounter and Plausible that records site usage information and not individual user data. In some cases UTM tages are used to track internal bounces (usually from domains that are not on the active or connected lists / legacy domains), and this data is kept minimal.
The tags that are used and how they are used :
More information at GoatCounter.com
More information at Plausable.io
On Gemini and Gopher, minimal to non-existent connection logs are kept and all physical machines hard drives are encrypted in case of theft (because Paris).
This site is hosted by DreamHost and subject to their log file retention (currently three days).
Viewing your access and error logs (DreamHost)
There are three active domains currently in use - om.gay, oh.mg, and free.mg. There are also six connected domains - omg.bi, ô.lu (xn--lda.lu), oh.mr, oh.sbs, and omg.army, and k.cymru.
.mg is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Madagascar.
.gay is a top-level domain name. The .gay gTLD was one of 84 that received applications in the "community-based category".
.mr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mauritania.
.bi is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Burundi.
.lu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Luxembourg.
.sbs is a smart abbreviation for ‘Side by Side’. Names paired with .sbs are instantly distinguishable and piquet the interest of anyone who comes across it.
There isn't a real statement on what the gTLD runs this name for, one would expect trying to get some of that sweet skrilla (see .sucks[1]) then realised they had to discount the shit out of it to make it worth while. I don't exactly agree with the imperialist corporate war machine that the modern army happens to be, but omg.army was available and it's all lolz. As far as I'm aware this gTLD has no connection to a particular military aparatus or funds one.
[1] covered a bit in this article by wa.rner.me
.cymru is one of two geographic top level domains (GeoTLD) for Wales (the other being .wales). The word Cymru means Wales in Welsh.
There are some legacy ones knocking around, but generally they're now starting to redirect here, they are unlisted for various reasons.