Wheeey!
Cheers for clicking on the link :]
Okay, well, there's a LOT to say about the community, and most of it is stuff people shouldn't really know until there a member, but here's a summary to give you a vague idea:
> Right now, community is hosted on two servers - one dedicated server in England, and one Virtual Server in America.
> Two more dedicated servers will be added in the new year.
> At the time of going live, there will be a forum and a IRC server.
> In the new year, a community shop will go up, as well as a mail server (and web client), a news server (to host tutorials, ect).
There will also be a weekly podcast, and an online dictionary/rainbow table service.
> The forum software it's self is very new, very expensive, and we've spent a few months customizing it by hand to make it very
very secure.
> The IRC server is the most secure IRCd avalible, also hand-customized by members of PoK to make it very functional.
> There's also two very sexy bots, one which does some very nice channel things which you'd expect from a good IRC bot,
the other accepts commands through PM which gives all members access to nmap/traceroute/ect from our secure shells.
> The community shop will be open to the public, but all proceeds go back into the community and there are discounts avalible for members only.
Both hardware such as lockpick sets or wireless adaptors are avalible, as well as software such as community-made programs and
commercial applications (such as firewalls) at very competitive prices.
> The mail server will be similar in design to hushmail, and can be used for both internal and external mail.
> The news server allows for anonomous up and downloads between members.
> The dictionary/rainbow table will be pay-per-crack to non-members. We're still undecided if it will be free for members, or just
heavily reduced in price. Algorithums include WEP, WPA, MD5 and SHA1.
> The podcast will be public and updated weekly. Content will be only be added by members.
The community it's self is also a bit different to most:
> No moderators, VIP areas, restricted content, special members, or anything of the sort. Staff members have no special privilages
compaired to regular members - they simply have the extra task of maintaining the hardware and keeping the software up to date :]
> Nothing is taboo - 100% freespeach in ALL areas of the community. Following the J3N7iL.net mentality.
> All decisions are made by a community vote. For this reason, voting is very important within the community.
> ANYTHING other than freespeach can be voted on. Who should be a member, who shouldn't be, which skin should be default,
which product shold be sold in the shop, what the bots in the IRC channels can do, ect ect.
And remember:
Members can only be invited by existing members, or by community vote.
There is NO negotiating!