[tech] Firefox sync server

[James Andrewartha]

Hi all,

I've set up a Firefox Sync server at UCC, the URL is 
https://secure.ucc.asn.au/ffxsync/ (the trailing / is significant). It's a 
WSGI application running as the user ffxsync on mussel in 
/home/other/ffxsync Setup was fairly straightforward (modulo NFS 
performance sucking) following 
http://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync.html - we're using a 
PostgreSQL database for storage and auth, with no quota and no CAPTCHA. 
You'll have to register to use it - the LDAP auth is some custom Mozilla 
thing, it's not suitable for use against an existing LDAP directory.

In other news, Firefox 14 is actually really good, very snappy and it 
feels like my computer's been upgraded.

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