Fuck, I'm slowly getting really annoyed by awstats.pl. I'm already considering switching back to webalizer, which only produces stupid static output. But it can also do less.
Archive 12. August 2005
Privacy Update under OS X
In IRC, identd, and Privacy I complained that proxies with SOCKS support were rather thin on the ground - meanwhile, things have improved significantly. Because X-Chat Aqua is now in a state that can be described as very usable - after many years of using Snak, I have actually switched.
X-Chat Aqua supports SOCKS and thus allows direct use of tor. However, this is not SOCKS4A - therefore, DNS resolutions are still visible. Ideally, you simply enter the server's IP address, so no name resolution needs to occur.
With Jabber, things now look very good with PSI - PSI is very usable under OS X and the display problems of older versions have also been fixed. And PSI also works with tor.
Browsing over tor was already possible before, but with the current Mac OS X Builds of tor, it is also very easy to install. Tip: I created my own network configuration, with which I can easily change the proxy settings. With this, I can then simply turn Privoxy+Tor on and off in the Apple menu as needed. Of course, this only works with browsers that get their proxy settings from the system settings.
Using ssh over tor is easily done with the ProxyCommand stuff. Instructions are in the Torify HowTo. Many of the tips mentioned there also work under OS X, as there is a normal Unix underneath.
On the Bavaria Fuss
Nothing comes to mind other than a hearty: Keep it up, Mr. Stoiber! - it's true, the Left Party couldn't wish for a better election helper than the raging dwarf from the backwoods. Okay, his outbursts lack a certain degree of appropriateness - it's quite annoying when people in Bavaria are supposedly so terribly smart, but the head of state once again doesn't understand what democracy means. Well, whatever happens, Mr. Stoiber, one thing is certain: we will not be governed by Bavaria. And the way you are currently dismantling Mrs. Merkel, suddenly everything is possible again for the SPD. Thanks to you and your colleague Schönbohm, who with their absurd statements have probably mobilized more East German voters than Gysi and Lafontaine together ...