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184
Account age
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📊 Post engagement
10
Avg engagement / post
5.4%
Engagement vs followers
Mar 2026
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Statement: On Vinyl Cache and Varnish Cache We received helpful · 27 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.1 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
92×
Follows 2 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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New tutorial: How to check Vinyl Cache for Crashes
Usually #Vinyl_Cache is really, really stable, but if it crashes, you better be aware. The new tutorial explains how:
https://vinyl-cache.org/tutorials/crashes.html
New Tips & Tricks article:
#iocaine : What is and how to integrate with #Vinyl_Cache
Iocaine had gained attention earlier in 2026 as defense option to cope with the AI crawler problem. We contextualize Iocaine from the perspective of Viny…
New Tips & Tricks article: Signing Cookies
Learn about how to ensure that a web application will only receive cookies it has set itself by using cryptographic signatures
https://vinyl-cache.org/tips/cookiesign/index.html
Preliminary assessment: We consider Vinyl Cache safe against the attack vector named "HTTP/2 Bomb", because it does not allow the amplification method underlying it.
#http2 #http2bomb #vinyl_cache
https://vinyl-cache.org/lists/pipermail/vi…
Varnish Cache specific plain VCL mitigation instructions have been added to the VSV00019 advisory:
https://vinyl-cache.org/security/VSV00019.html
In particular, the 6.0 plain VCL mitigation does not require inline C.
#varnish_cache
Also Varnish Cache 8.0.2 and 6.0.18 have been released, as we still host the maintenance branches from before the name change / project split:
https://vinyl-cache.org/releases/rel8.0.2.html
https://vinyl-cache.org/releases/rel6.0.18.html
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@vinyl_cache/116595698873327266
Vinyl Cache 9.0.1 has been released to fix VSV00019
https://vinyl-cache.org/releases/rel9.0.1.html
New security advisory: VSV00019 HTTP/2 parsing deficiency
https://vinyl-cache.org/security/VSV00019.html
Patch releases are going to follow.
New tutorial: Configuring TLS with haproxy
We show a low-maintenance, “configure and forget” solution for using TLS for client- and backend traffic with Vinyl Cache and haproxy.
https://vinyl-cache.org/tutorials/tls_haproxy.html
#vinylcach…
A CVE ID has been assigned: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34475
New Tutorial: Header filtering with re2 sets
Learn how to use the re2 vmod for efficient header filtering to implement “WAF” functionality:
https://vinyl-cache.org/tutorials/hdr_filter.html#tutorial-hdr-filter
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
fosstodon.org
A open-source software server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Mar 2026
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2026.
👁️Averages 10 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.1× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated81/100
Excellent
Credibility score
95%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 95% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~5.4% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Official Account of the Vinyl Cache Project
currently run by @slink
Vinyl Cache Logo & Mascot: CC-BY 4.0 @rhubarbe
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