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	Author: Josuah Demangeon <[email protected]>
	Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 19:16:34 +0200

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	.SH 20h
	-New geomyidae release
	+20h Presents: Geomyidae
	.
	+.QP
	+This project existed since a while, and kept improving.
	+In this interview with 20h, he shows us what Geomyidae's got under the hood.
	+.
	+.QP
	+What is Geomyidae?
	+.PP
	+Geomyidae is a Unix/Linux daemon/service serving the gopher protocol.
	+.
	+.QP
	+So what is gopher?
	+.PP
	+Gopher here is an internet protocol, which was first developed at the Universi…
	+After its short success, it declined, but is now striving again to be used for…
	+For better visual display of your gopher experience, use something like links,…
	+Those are gopher clients.
	+.
	+.QP
	+How does Geomyidae help with getting started with gopher?
	+.PP
	+The installation of Geomyidae is very simple.
	+You can setup your Geomyidae right away:
	+.DS
	+git clone git://bitreich.org/geomyidae
	+cd geomyidae
	+make
	+./geomyidae -b $(pwd) -p 7070 &
	+curl -s gopher://localhost:7070
	+.DE
	+Yes, curl supports gopher!
	+And it supports gopher and TLS too!
	+.
	+.QP
	+Are there many alternatives among gopher daemons?
	+.PP
	+Yes, there are many.
	+Some are there due to historical reasons, others have gone out of shape over t…
	+One of the most popular alternatives is pygopherd.
	+.
	+.QP
	+How does Geomyidae compares to other implementations?
	+.PP
	+Geomyidae offers a unique simple way of expressing gopher content.
	+See the manpage or the examples in the source for how .gph files are formatted.
	+And it does just what you want it to do.
	+No strange abstraction files like in the original gopher daemons are the defau…
	+In the newest release of Geomyidae compatibility scripts were added.
	+But those are to preserve the unique history of gopher.
	+.
	+.QP
	+Did Geomyidae have significant evolutions since the beginning?
	+.PP
	+Yes.
	+Originally Geomyidae was named gopherd for Plan 9.
	+It then was ported over to Linux.
	+On Linux it was renamed to Geomyidae.
	+During that development much has happened: There were significant speedups (du…
	+You can easily see all features in the documentation and especially the simple…
	+.
	+.QP
	+Does Geomyidae work with all gopher clients?
	+.PP
	+Yes.
	+Geomyidae supports the original protocol from the beginning, up to modern goph…
	+For the intermediary gopher+ protocol there is a compatibility layer.
	+.
	+.QP
	+Has NSA inserted a backdoor onto Geomyidae?
	+.PP
	+I am not allowed to tell you.
	+.
	+.QP
	+How does gopher help with privacy?
	+.PP
	+The gopher protocol has the unique property that all data you send over the li…
	+This is different to HTTP, where headers, HTML and Javascript got so complex, …
	+See the gopher onion project (gopher://bitreich.org/1/onion) for how to combin…
	+.
	+.QP
	+Are there TLS support on some gopher clients already?
	+.PP
	+There is support in curl, mpv/ffmpeg, sacc and more.
	+It is very easy to add TLS support to any client.
	+You simply connect via TLS and if it works, keep that connection open.
	+s,via TLS,& on the gopher TCP port (default: 70),
	+.
	+.QP
	+Are there been any evolution of the gopher protocol itself since the beginning…
	+The technology used is simple.
	+Gopher does not allow requests, which begin with the first bytes of a TLS requ…
	+So any proper and old gopher daemon will simply refuse the connection.
	+Then the client is free to reconnect without TLS based on its security configu…
	+Any ISDN line will handle such probing requests for TLS easily.
	+.
	+.QP
	+Did Geomyidae have to adapt itself to the gopher protocol? Did it make gopher …
	+Geomyidae changed the part of gophespace it was able to reach.
	+Many servers run on Geomyidae.
	+There is software written just for Geomyidae and its gph format.
	+The TLS extension of the protocol came from Bitreich / Geomyidae.
	+We also set the standard to simply use UTF-8 as default representation in goph…
	+I can conclude: Yes, Geomyidae changed and will change gopher.
	+s,changed,&,
	+.
	+.QP
	+Have you seen Geomyidae ever used outside a hobby project?
	+Well, Bitreich is serious in changing the software world.
	+Most of gopherspace is »hobby projects«.
	+But then, most of gopherspace is made from heart blood and love, which makes i…
	+.
	+.QP
	+Is Geomyidae ready for non-hobby uses?
	+Geomyidae is ready for any use.
	+It is stable and optimized to scale better than the cloud.
	+.
	+.QP
	+Geomyidae uses ".gph" files.
	+Does it replace the gophermap standard?
	+Yes, in Geomyidae it does.
	+Gph is simpler and easier to adapt to, especially when you come from some mark…
	+.
	+.QP
	+Does Geomyidae support dynamic pages?
	+Geomyidae supports two forms of dynamic pages: One which uses the gph markup a…
	+Additionally it supports in the latest release a form of REST, where paths are…
	+There is also support for index.dcgi/index.cgi scripts to have better looking …
	+.
	+.QP
	+Is Geomyidae already packaged in some Linux/BSD distributions?
	+As far as I know it is packaged in gentoo, Archlinux (and more), all BSDs.
	+18:32 <@__20h__> Since it is so simple to package: Just extract the tarball, r…
	+.
	+.QP
	+What is planned for the next releases of Geomyidae?
	+As of now I have worked through my whole long-standing TODO list for Geomyidae.
	+New ideas will evolve from people sending in patches or through practical need.
	+Geomyidae follows the Bitreich manifesto (gopher://bitreich.org/0/documents/bi…
	+.
	+.QP
	+How to get involved? Getting help, discussing, bug hunting, code contribution,…
	+If anyone wants to get involved, first download Geomyidae, run it, have fun us…
	+If you run into problems, have patches or suggestions, come on ircs://irc.bitr…
	+For e-mail, send such requests to [email protected].
	+All contact is in the manpage too.
	+.
	+.QP
	+Can I have an ice cream?
	.PP
	+Yes, you will get one, once we meet again.