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Gopher General Thread Nanonymous No.3020 [D][U][F][S][L][A][C] >>3945
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Didn't notice any other thread about Gopher protocol, so I'll start it myself. Let it be both "what does nanochan think" discussion and link sharing thread.

Nanonymous No.3021 [D]

Anyway, I din't take too much time exploring the Gopherspace, and my list of sites is pretty small.
The biggest and most well-known two are:
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/ - Gopher server at Floodgap Systems, considers itself to be a start page of Gopher. It's also the home of Overbite project, in which Gopher cliens for Firefox and Android were developed.
gopher://sdf.org/1/ - SDF Public Access UNIX System, non-commercial group offering bunch of services in old-fashioned way, such as UNIX shell account and personal Gopher pages.

Nanonymous No.3022 [D]

Some random holes from my bookmarks, containing different stuff such as blogs, file dumps and so on:
gopher://1436.ninja/ - contains mythology PDF books, Palm software and other stuff.
gopher://shroom.party/1/ - pastebin service, git repos with some small programs.
gopher://gopher.viste.fr/1/ - abandonwarez, few CGI games.
gopher://me0w.net/ - another pastebin service, image dump, some gopher configuration guides.
gopher://gopher.black/ - The Bible.
gopher://cyber.dabamos.de/1/ - another abandonwarez, SEGA Mega Drive ROMs.

Nanonymous No.3024 [D] >>3025

Surprisinly, there are some anonymous boards in the Gopherspace. Other stuff located at same sites might be interesting too.
gopher://gopher.su/1/board - 70chan. Seems to be either abandoned or malfunctioning, post organization is not too comfortable and most posts are empty. Relies on full-text search parameter (7) of Gopher protocol to post.
gopher://port70.net/1chan - Gopherchan. Right now does not load (although this might be a problem with my client), but is accessible with web gateway (http://port70.net/?1chan). Organized similar to traditional imageboards (original posts with few replies, and links to threads), requires Python script to make threads, but replies can be submitted with the same hijacked full-text search.
gopher://khzae.net/1/chan - 1436chan. The most advanced chan in Gopherspace, both threads and posts can be created with full-text search. Also supports image uploading by pulling them from HTTP links.
gopher://gopher.dangeru.us/ - gopher/u/. I expected it to be a regular Danger/u/ mirror, but it's a standalone thing. Also supports full-text search posting and thread creation, not sure about image support. Very empty, there is much less posts than on other three.

Nanonymous No.3025 [D]

>>3024
Wold be cute if nanochan was available via gopher too.

Nanonymous No.3027 [D][U][F] >>3035
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There is zaibatsu and its affiliated instances at circumlunar.space, setup by mostly former and current denizens of SDF:
gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/ (gopher://bztf2mno3tpwrqop.onion:70/)
gopher://republic.circumlunar.space/
gopher://consensus.circumlunar.space/
gopher://dome.circumlunar.space/
Other instances loosely affiliated with circumlunar are mentioned here:
gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/1/universe
Also, some random shit:
Wikipedia front-end: gopher://gopherpedia.com/7/lookup
Project Gutenberg: gopher://dante.pglaf.org

Tor hidden services deal with the gopher's lack of a secure transport layer. It is my hope that every gopher instance will have one before long.

Nanonymous No.3028 [D] >>3035

>gopher's lack of a secure transport layer
Some folks were trying to fix that with s/gopher, whis adds TLS layer to Gopher protocol. Sadly, it isn't widely adopted, and supported by only one client, although you can also use it with something like stunnel.
Example given: gopher://khzae.net/1/ssl

Nanonymous No.3035 [D]

>>3028
it's regrettable that there are but kludges and no Standard approaches. given the state of the interwebz and the jewishness of domain names and dns generally, i think >>3027 is right about hidden services.

Nanonymous No.3036 [D][U][F] >>3037 >>3945
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Sell me on gopher. Why cat-v schizos obsess over it so much and what advantages gopher have over http?

Nanonymous No.3037 [D] >>3038

>>3036
Gopher is a simple protocol that is easy to implement clients and server software for. It is very friendly to slow internet connections, and even potato computers can be capable gopher servers. Gopher is strongly structured and hierarchical in the way it presents content--navigating sites is rarely an act of puzzle solving or a test of patience. With nearly none of the gimmicks of the modern web, Gopher's focus tends toward minimalism and substance rather than attention-whoring and trendy presentation. There is presently no advertising ecology, and apart from server connection logs there are aren't many ways to track or "fingerprint" users. More importantly, Gopher endures and gets the job done. If you like sites without JS (e.g., Nanochan), then you might enjoy the Gopher experience. Phlogs seem to be the main attraction for many presently, but that's changing.

Nanonymous No.3038 [D] >>3046

>>3037
Is there porn?

Nanonymous No.3046 [D]

>>3038
Yes, but not very much.
%%You can help by expanding it.%%

Nanonymous No.3943 [D]

Some tor gophers:
Bitreich: gopher://hg6vgqziawt5s4dj.onion/
/theend/: gopher://dek6dax7nbpb3sld.onion/

Nanonymous No.3945 [D]

>>3020
It's probably just as bad as webshit. Why not just make a new web using PDF instead of HTML? It's just as much of a non-motivator.
>>3036
cat-v is fucking retarded. they at least acknowledge a lot of broken shit which normalfags who are too busy consuming wouldn't notice, but then they suggest some slightly less broken shit or shit that's broken in other ways