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BSDshell

Hardware: Pentium Pro 180 MHz with 32 MB RAM and lots of disk space. Operating system: FreeBSD. Quota: Unlimited for homedir and mail. Internet connection: 64Kbit/s (shared T1 connection). Services/programs: SSH login, POP3 mail access, mail forwarding and sorting (procmail, fetchmail, crontab), IRC clients (BitchX, epic, ircII), MUD clients (tinyfugue, telnet), software development (C/C++, Perl, Python, TCL), web development (personal web page, Apache, PHP), Majordomo configured for personal mailing lists, will install most software packages by request (from FreeBSD ports collection). IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Reasonable background processes (personal crontab allowed). No bots/proxy/bnc. Other info: Requires a one-time donation of USD $5 through Paypal.

DeathRow OpenVMS Cluster

Hardware: AlphaStation 600 5/333 (256 Meg of RAM), MicroVAX 3100/80, and a VAXStation 3100: all operating as an OpenVMS Cluster. Operating system: OpenVMS 7.2-1 Quota: 20 MB. Internet connection: Dual DS1/T1s. Services/programs: Full access to the OpenVMS DCL prompt on either VAXen (32 bit) or Alpha (64 bit) hardware. Check out the homepage for more information. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes - but no bots/relays.

DucTape

Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Linux. Quota: 2 MB. Internet connection: T1. Services/programs: Features of the free accounts include: Free IMAP Email (yourname@ductape.net). Email forwarding. Our online help system. Local Bulletin Boards. Mailing Lists on Bulletin Boards. Access to the World Wide Web via Lynx. Inbound FTP. Netscape Roaming Access. Secure Shell (SSH). WebMail. Personal Webpage (SSI, CGI, subdirectories, and no pop-up ads, ever!). NOTE: Bots are NOT allowed on free accounts. IRC access: Yes, but only available to subscribers. Background processes allowed: Yes, but won't survive logout. Other info: Free accounts are offered at no cost to qualifying persons. To qualify you need to write a short essay (approximatly 100 words) describing why you would like access to this system. The content will not be used as a basis to grant or deny access (unless you tell us your going to so something illegal), but rather helps us determine how people will be using the system so we can get an idea of what types of features we should add in the future.

Experience-shells

Hardware: (I) Dual 350 Mhz with 225 MB of RAM, 4,2 GB HD space; (II) Cluster 3x 166 Mhz with 64 MB of RAM and 8,2 GB HD space. Operating system: Linux 2.4.7, 2.4.18, 2.5.x, NetBSD 1.5.2 Quota: None. Internet connection: 1 Mb/s. Services/programs: SSH access only. FTP access. Webspace w/PHP and Perl, IRC, IPv6 access, SMTP and POP3. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes. Other info: To get an account a one-time donation of 5 USD is needed.

Full-house

Hardware: Intel Celeron 950 Mhz with 128 MB RAM and 40 GB IBM HDD. Operating system: Red Hat Linux. Quota: 10 MB for homedir, 5 MB for mail. Internet connection: 512 Kbps. Services/programs: Connect with SSH. Free email addresses (POP3/IMAPS) - webmail, mailing lists. Programming languages (C,C++,Perl,Python ...). Web hosting with PHP4 MySQLl & PostgreSQL. FTP. Domain hosting. Domain registration. Primary et secondary name servers IRC access: Yes, BitchX only. Background processes allowed: Yes, 5.

HP Test Drive

Hardware: A lot of Alpha, x86, and Itanium servers and workstations. Check the homepage for detailed information. Operating system: Debian Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Intimate Linux, Mandrake Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenVMS, Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, Slackware Linux, SuSE Linux, Turbolinux, Tru64 Unix, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter. Quota: Differs. Internet connection: Unknown, but definetely a good one. IRC access: No. Background processes allowed: Probably. Other info: The Test Drive Program is a free service of HP. Its main purpose is to provide developers with access to new HP hardware running various HP and third party operating systems and applications. When you register, you get a free shell account you can use to log into the wide variety of systems on our Test Drive network and try out the software and operating systems running on them. We have our firewall set up to only allow incoming connections on specific ports. Attempts to connect to outside hosts will not work because of this.

Linux Box South Africa

Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Linux and FreeBSD. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: linuxbox.co.za is a site for Linux and FreeBSD Users alike. LinuxBox S.A is South Africa's fastest growing online OpenSource community, joining LinuxBox will give you the tools you need to develop your personal Linux/OpenSource projects. We have documentation on all areas and software for all platforms in all area\'s. The Members consits of individuals who use Linux and FreeBSD in all fields for different purposes. IRC access: No. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: Please note that free accounts are totally functional but do not have utilities like, screen, bnc, eggdrops etc. available - to apply for an almost unrestricted account please contact us.

Linux Community Development System (IBM)

Hardware: IBM 9672 G6 Model ZX7 (10 way processor) with 32GB of memory and 2.1 TB of HD space. Operating system: Linux. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Details unknown, but definetely a good one. Services/programs: See webpage for details. IRC access: Probably not. Background processes allowed: Probably. Other info: You will get access to Linux on S/390 environment for the purpose of developing, porting and/or test driving your products or applications on this platform.

LinuxHelpNetwork

Hardware: Pentium 233 MHz w/ MMX and 256 MB of RAM, and 2x 2GB HDD. Operating system: Slackware 8.1. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: DSL, 1.5Mbit down, 120kbit up. IRC access: Unknown. Background processes allowed: Unknown.

M-net

Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: FreeBSD. Quota: 1 MB Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: M-net offers over 125 different conference areas, real-time chat rooms, common UNIX utilities such as compilers, E-Mail, a homepage, and WWW access via lynx all for free. Users who want further access to Internet services such as telnet, ftp, and IRC are charged a modest fee, and also get the benefit of becoming an m-net patron or member. IRC access: Yes, but only for paying/donating users. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: Telnet to m-net.arbornet.org and login as newuser.

Monkey Town

Hardware: 2x 600 MHz computers with 256 MB of RAM and 60GB hard drives each. Operating system: Red Hat Linux 7.1 Quota: 10 MB. Internet connection: 1 Mbit up/down. Services/programs: Eggdrop, ircd, MUD or bnc allowed. 5 IP addresses. Webhosting with PHP and MySQL. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, 3.

Nic.Nac.Project

Hardware: Pentium 233 MMX, 40 GB HDD. Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Quota: NO. But one file can be max ~12 MB. (no ISO-Images-Protection). Internet connection: DSL: 768 kbit down, 128 kbit up. Services/programs: bash, csh, tcsh. Homepage http://nic.nac.wdyn.de/~yourlogin. All popular linux software + compilers. Webmail-Interface + POP3 IRC access: Yes, BitchX etc. Background processes allowed: Yes, =< 15 of them. Other info: NO telnet, SSH only. The accounts are fully free and automatically generated. To verify only a postcard must be sent in. No money at all.

Nyx

Hardware: 2 Sun SparcServer 2's, a Sun SparcServer 1+, a SparcServer 10 and a 586. Operating system: SunOS 4.1.4 and Debian Linux Quota: 500 kB in home directory, 2 MB in web directory. Internet connection: T1 (1.5Mbps). IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: Telnet to nyx.net and log in as new. To get more than a preview account, then you need to be validated.

Polarfox@home

Hardware: Pentium Celeron 733MHz with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of hard disk space. Operating system: Red Hat Linux, Debian Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenVMS, OpenBSD, Solaris, Ultrix. Quota: 10 MB. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: FTP access, webspace, POP3/IMAP e-mail, WAP mail reader, MySQL access, Perl, PHP, etc. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes.

Public Linux

Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Linux. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: SSH, telnet, BitchX, nslookup, rlogin, whois, MySQL, mail, and more. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No.

Rootshell

Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Linux Quota: 5 MB for home directory, 1 MB for mail. Internet connection: Unknown. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: All access are logged on the system. If any suspicious behaviour is detected, the account will be closed immediately without prior notice. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is allowed from the shell account with a normal client (BitchX). No bot, no bouncer or proxy is allowed on the system. When disconnected, the user cannot leave running processes in the system (no daemon, no detached programs). Only SSH connections are allowed to the system. You must change your password every 30 days. If the password has not been changed after this period, the account will be automatically blocked. Only one session at a time per use is allowed. After an inactivity timeout, all idle session are automatically closed.

SAQ

Hardware: x86. Operating system: OpenBSD 3.1. Quota: 10 MB. Internet connection: ADSL 512kbit down/256kbit up. Services/programs: Mail (Pine, Mutt, Mail), Personal Webspace (Perl/PHP), BitchX & normal utilities. IRC access: Yes (BitchX only - screen allowed). Background processes allowed: Yes, 1 (BitchX). Other info: Due to high load and high amount of requests, we not longer provide shells for Eggdrop or Bouncers (any). The only background process you are allowed to run is BitchX screened. Compiler access is currently disabled, you are only to use the tools available to you above. Packet Targets and Script Kiddie's are not welcome.

SDF Public Access Unix System

Hardware: SDF is comprised of six systems, four DEC Alpha dual processor 5305s with 64 to 118gigs of storage each and two SUN dual Super Sparc20s with 18 gigs each. Operating system: NetBSD. Quota: 60 MB, 300 MB if you donate. Internet connection: Multihomed DS3 connection (155Mbit). Services/programs: Access to email (elm, mutt, pine, mailx) OR pop3. Mail Forwarding and AutoReply. Local chat (com, send, phone, bboard). Internet chat (talk, icq). Secure Connections via ssh1 or telnet. Choice of UNIX shell: (rc, sh, ash, csh, ksh, zsh, bash, sash, scsh, tcsh, teco, emacs, tclsh, monitor). Hundreds of shell utilities, games and programmes. Network utilities: ping, finger, whois, traceroute. Your URL: http://yourlogin.freeshell.org. IRC access: Only if you donate. Background processes allowed: Yes, there is a dedicated machine for background processes. Other info: SDF is the oldest and largest public access UNIX system in existence. SDF is a participant in NetBSD development. SDF is a non-profit organization which is supported by user contributions. We are the only public access UNIX system (aside from GREX) that has a large online community of users.. We have a group of wiccans, LISP hackers, religious fanatics, Swedes and Indonesians ;-) You can donate a one time fee ($36), and get access to rlogin, telnet, ftp, irc, tf, lynx, Usenet, compilers, majordomo, and you get a 300 MB quota (members can modify their quota).

ShellYeah

Hardware: Sun UltraSPARC2. Operating system: Solaris 7. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Dual DS3 (2x 44Mbps). Services/programs: In a nutshell, ShellYeah provides access to IRC, Email, Usenet News, MUDs and the basic shell. We do not provide access to compilers, eggdrops, BNC or any other non-interactive tool. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No.

Snorky's Server

Hardware: 700 MHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM. Operating system: Red Hat Linux 8.0 Quota: As of now its unlimited - request it's kept to around 50 MB. Internet connection: Cable. Services/programs: Developers tools, programming, IRC, web page. IRC access: IRC client but no Eggdrops. Background processes allowed: Need to contact admin. Generally OK if run at nice and dont run 24/7.

Spunge

Hardware: Spunge.org is made up of 8 computers, ranging from 486SX/25 to AMD K6-2 300. Operating system: Linux. Quota: 10 MB, but you can request more. Internet connection: 56 Kbps modem. Services/programs: The shell comes with email (POPable), web space, and FTP space if you need. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, but need approval. Other info: The shell account is on one of two machines. It is either on shell.spunge.org or games.spunge.org. Shell.spunge.org is the primary shell machine. You will want/get an account on that machine, as long as you are not going to run any continious background processes (i.e. bots). Games.spunge.org is the machine that is used for background processes, and anything that could be considered enternating (muds, IRC).

Suburbia

Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Debian Linux. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Unknown. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: Due to the enormous number of requests we've had for shell accounts we have to be selective on our members. Please email helpdesk@suburbia.com.au and state why you'd like to use the services available on this system - it has to be a good reason!

Syslink

Hardware: AMD K6/2 450 MHz with 256 MB of RAM and a 40 GB HDD. Operating system: FreeBSD 4.6 Quota: 25 MB. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: Subdomain name.syslnk.de. Forwarding to your webspace on the server or to your other webspace. Mail nick@syslnk.de. Mail forwarding. IRC access: Unknown. Background processes allowed: Unknown. Other info:

The Forest

Hardware: Intel Pentium 166 MHz with 80MB RAM and 7 GB hard disk space. Operating system: Slackware Linux Quota: 10 MB for /home, 5 MB for mail. More quota can be requested if needed for a good reason. Internet connection: ADSL (768kbps down/128kbps up). Services/programs: Connect via SSH2 only. A personal web page (including PHP4, SSI/CGI if needed). A directory in the anonymous FTP area. POP3 and Webmail access. Access to Pine, elm, Lynx, BX, IRCII, Micq, emacs, crontab, compilers...etc. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, 4. (Bots, BNC are OK, but no high load processes). Other info: The request form for shells on the homepage is most often closed, due to excessive demand. But it is open every once in a while, so you have to be on the lookout if you want a shell account there! High bandwidth usage is not permitted. Rules are strictly enforced (one warning only).

Titanix

Hardware: Dual Pentium with 160 MB RAM. Operating system: Linux / FreeBSD. Quota: No quota (for now). Internet connection: 1-2Mbit up/down. Services/programs: pop3, imap, ssh, telnet, eggdrops, www etc.. most all and irc works! (own irc). and IPV6 IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes. Other info: Webpages are in Finnish, but are being translated to English as well. There is also other shell system FREEBSD, so there is now at moment two shell systems.

VMSbox

Hardware: AlphaServer 2100 4/275, 128Mb RAM. Operating system: VMS. Quota: 10 MB disk space, 2 interactive processes. Internet connection: ADSL, 512 Kbit up/1Mbit down. Services/programs: Check webpage for detailed information. IRC access: Available on request, but accounts not granted solely for this purpose. Background processes allowed: By arrangement and depending on the process to be run.

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