Sunday, March 26, 2006

Sunday - Quick break

Taking a quick break from work.

Ever setup a Linux box? Then you know how all Linux servers that come with the Apache web server start with a very basic "You have installed Apache successfully" home page like the following.

Well, some ISP for the City of Oklahoma screwed up its web hosting configuration, and the manager of IT for the city contacted CentOS (the Linux distribution vendor) and threatened to call the FBI on them since the OS vendor "hacked" their website.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/tuttle_centos/

The irony comes in the fact that when the Apache group (which makes the Apache webserver) first started the practice of providing a default page, they got all sorts of email. So they made it VERY clear in the content of the page that if you see this page then you should contact your own IT department or webmaster (and not the Apache group).

Quite funny. Well if you're not into computers then you might not find it funny.

Ok, back to work...