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  1. Evert Pot: Burrow, a new Gopher client in the browser. “After building a gopher server and website, I couldn’t quite get enough of the Gopher bug, and decided to build a Gopher client in the browser. To be honest, this is actually more like a HTTP proxy for Gopher, but I might at some point turn this into a standalone client or even port it to some native platforms.” Those of y’all old enough […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/01/evert-pot-burrow-a-new-gopher-client-in-the-browser/
  2. “A protocol does not need to encode governance explicitly in order to shape it; it shapes governance by determining which mechanisms are easy to build, which are hard, and which are effectively impossible within the constraints the architecture imposes.”

    A good read by @laurenshof on @fediversereport

    connectedplaces.online/the-pur

    #Fediverse #ActivityPub #ATProto #OpenWeb #decentralization #DigitalGovernance #InternetProtocols

  3. The Register: Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching. “Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3. The company hasn’t exactly gone out of its way to call attention to this – like actually telling anybody anything.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/the-register-gmail-preparing-to-drop-pop3-mail-fetching/
  4. IPsec, or Internet Protocol Security, is a suite of protocols designed to secure internet communication by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. It has long been associated with IPv4, but its relationship with IPv6 often stirs confusion and misinformation.
    linuxexpert.org/ipsec-and-ipv6
    #IPsec #IPv6 #NetworkSecurity #Encryption #Authentication #VPN #CyberSecurity #InternetProtocols #SecureCommunication #NetworkDesign

    @lucasmz

  5. Can't say enough good things about #DWebCamp from the @internetarchive 💖
    It's such a magical experience and beautiful community of #DistributedWeb hackers, designers, and visionaries. Whether you're focused on #EdgeComputing, #InternetProtocols, #Governance, or just excited to learn, I HIGHLY recommend you check it out!
    dwebcamp.org/