Super Dimensional Fortress Public Access Unix Systems
The Super Dimensional Fortress is a networked community of free software
authors, teachers, librarians, students, researchers, hobbyists,
computer enthusiasts, the aural and visually impaired. It is operated
as a recognized non-profit 501(c)(7) and is supported by its members.
Our mission is to provide remotely accessible computing facilities for
the advancement of public education, cultural enrichment, scientific
research and recreation. Members can interact electronically with each
other regardless of their location using passive or interactive forums.
Further purposes include the recreational exchange of information
concerning the Liberal and Fine Arts.
Members have UNIX shell access to games, email, usenet, chat, bboard,
webspace, gopherspace, programming utilities, archivers, browsers, and
more. The SDF community is made up of caring, highly skilled people who
operate behind the scenes to maintain a non-commercial INTERNET.
To be a member of the SDF, there are a number of options available.
FIRST, create your own free shell account via SSH at: http://sdf.org/?signup
Membership in SDF is comprised of the following three tiers:
USERS
- 200MB disk quota / 5,000 files divided into 4 areas
- mutt, pop3, imap, icq, twitter, bsflite (aim), local irc
- games, mud, lynx, gopher, TOPS-20
- http://yourlogin.sdf.org
- (over 50 domains to choose from)
- traceroute, ping, whois, dig and more
- - after account validation -
- inbound ssh, ftp and sftp connections
- elm, pine, alpine, mailx and rmail
- webmail interface
- bash, ksh, tcsh, rc and zsh
- ed, ex, vi, pico, nano and emacs
- shell, awk and sed based CGI
- USENET access (read/post), ClariNET access
- hundreds of shell/network utilities
ARPA
- 600MB disk quota / 15,000 files divided into 4 areas
- lifetime membership for only $36
- all features of the 'users' account
- voting rights on system features and policies
- private 'arpa' member server
- outbound telnet, ssh, sftp, ftp, ytalk, irc, snarf, wget
- Basic VoIP access (internet only, no PSTN access)
- gcc, elisp, perl, php, python, ruby
- Twitter (ttytter), SDF VoIP (non-PSTN), Voicemail and conferencing
- UUCP mail and USENET / ClariNET newsfeed via dialup or TCP
- 50 domains to choose from for your URL
- full CGI access for php, perl, python, ruby
MetaARPA
- 1000MB disk quota / 60,000 files divided into 4 areas
- ARPA membership is required (waiver)
- access to private MetaARPA server
- SSL encryption on personal web site
- Unmetered personal website transfer quota
- cron jobs managed via 'mkcron', screen, OpenLISP
- Proxying via bouncers like irssi, psybnc
- ssh tunnel/forwarding with alt port
- access to svn, git, rsync and java
- may write tutorials and system software
- dynamic domain name service (mdns.org)
- MOTD source code contrib access
- MySQL database (500MB)
- SMTP Auth for remote outgoing mail
- can validate the account of any new user
How to setup your free UNIX shell account on SDF
Setting up an account at SDF is quick and easy, but to do so you must connect via an SSH (Secure Shell) or TELNET client and login as the 'new' user.
You will be asked a few questions including that you agree to abide by our Acceptable Use Policy.
MacOS X users, click here: ssh://new@sdf.org
Microsoft Windows users may use our Java SSH client: http://sdf.org/ssh
Linux/UNIX users can type 'ssh new@sdf.org' at their shell prompts.
For Windows users who do not use Java we highly recommend the free SSH client putty.exe.
If you do not want to use putty, you can try the built in Windows TELNET Client.
If you have any questions or cannot figure out how to use SSH, live help
is available on IRC via irc.sdf.org in the #helpdesk channel or on the SDF web forum.
