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  • rsync over TLS

    All our public rsync mirrors, in Europe and Asia, are now reachable over TLS on port 874, in addition to plaintext on port 873, over both IPv4 and IPv6. rsync-ssl -av rsync://rsync.cyberbits.eu/module/ ./local/ Our new page at rsync.cyberbits.eu lists every...

  • New Syncthing relay

    We now run a public Syncthing relay, helping Syncthing users connect their devices when a direct connection is not possible. Relayed traffic stays end-to-end encrypted between your devices. Live statistics are available on the Syncthing relay list, where our relay...

  • Faster NTP server

    Our public stratum-two NTP server has moved to a faster machine, to keep serving accurate time as traffic grows. Live statistics are available on the NTP Pool Project.

  • Tor relay upgrade with IPv6

    Our Tor relay has been upgraded and now routes traffic over IPv6 as well as IPv4, helping the Tor network grow. Live statistics are available on Tor Metrics.

  • Launching our hosting service

    We have opened our static hosting service at hosting.cyberbits.eu: fast, private hosting on our own infrastructure in France, with unmetered bandwidth and deployments over rsync. Find out more on our hosting page.

  • PGP keyserver now on HTTPS

    pgp.cyberbits.eu is now served over HTTPS, so key lookups and uploads are encrypted in transit.

  • Improve mirror system

    We completed a major internal overhaul of our mirroring scripts to use systemd timers for better reliability. This allows us to be notified instantly whenever a mirror is failing to sync so we can provide you with more up-to-date mirrors....

  • Update torrent scrappers

    We’ve updated all our torrent scrappers to seed the latest Linux distributions. Live statistics are available at torrent.cyberbits.eu.

  • Update Arch Linux mirror upstream

    Our Arch Linux mirror is now syncing from ftp.sh.cvut.cz. Thank you to our previous upstream mirror.f4st.host for years of reliable service.

  • Add privacy policy

    We added our privacy policy for better transparency about what data we collect.

  • Upgrade storage hardware

    The underlying hardware storage has been upgraded and expanded to use RAID 0 and btrfs to accommodate growing needs.

  • New PGP peer

    pgp.cyberbits.eu is now peered with keyserver.maxweiss.io for increased resiliency.

  • TLSv1.3 enabled

    TLSv1.3 encryption is now available on all Cyberbits Labs services for cutting-edge security.

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