NFL homophobic?

NFL homophobic?

This rather bizarre conclusion is reached when trying to order a personalized jersey from the NFL Shop, the online merchandise site run by the league. Anyone trying to buy a jersey with the single word “GAY” or “LESBIAN” or “GAY PRIDE” on the back gets a rejection message that states: “This field should not contain a naughty word.”

The wording was changed in the hours since this article first appeared and the NFL contacted. Now when you enter “GAY” and try to checkout you get the following: “The personalization entered cannot be accepted.” This wording is no less offensive than “naughty” and doesn’t change the issue. Especially when you can buy jerseys with “FAG” or “DYKE” or “HITLER” on them.

Someone running the NFL’s website decided certain terms were “naughty,” including a declaration of sexual orientation. But “BIN LADEN,” “TERRORIST,” or “AL QAEDA” are all accepted; just have your credit card handy (personalized jerseys start at $79.99).

adrianne house concert

Short Attention Span Version

Adrianne. One name. One really good house concert.
adrimusic.com
RSVP. Suggested donation: $10
Saturday, March 5, 2005. 8 p.m. Sharp.
Sunnyvale, California 94085

What’s going on

Okay, so the headline was bad. Maybe really bad. But I’ll make it up to you with some good music. Some really good music.

Duck in from the rainstorm, grab some tea (or perhaps a glass of wine) and sit down for an evening of songs and stories.

About Adrianne

Adrianne been called “a pure musical embodiment of soul” by Soundcheck. The good folks at SESAC say she’s “riveting.” Performing Songwriter featured her as a DIY pick. She’s a finalist in this year’s international songwriting competition.

You get the idea. But you don’t, really. You don’t get Adrianne until you see her. Live. The spark, the intensity, the emotion. Close your eyes and listen. Open them and revel.

Be there.

Listen at Adrianne’s web site

HOWTO run SASL with Postfix on Debian

HOWTO run SASL with postfix on debian. this authenticates using saslauthd, so it checks against your standard user/password database (aka uses PAM).

0. install some packages (apt-get install):
postfix
postfix-tls
sasl2-bin
libsasl2
libsasl-module
libsasl2-dev

1. edit /etc/group, adding posfix to the sasl group (use vigr):
sasl:*:45:postfix

2. ensure /etc/default/saslauthd looks like this:
START=yes
MECHANISMS="pam"

3. make postfix not chroot. in /etc/postfix/master.cf, change
smtp inet n - - - - smtpd
to:
smtp inet n - n - - smtpd

4. ensure /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf looks like this:
pwcheck_method: saslauthd
mech_list: plain login

5. ensure /etc/pam.d/smtp looks like this:
auth required pam_unix.so nullok try_first_pass

6. in /etc/postfix/main.cf, add these lines for SASL:
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname
smtpd_sasl_path = /etc/postfix/sasl

and these lines for TLS (SSL encryption):
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key

and make sure your smtpd_recipient_restrictions line includes permit_sasl_authenticated.

7. start SASL: /etc/init.d/saslauthd start

8. test that SASL works:

testsaslauthd -u paul -p something
0: OK "Success."
testsaslauthd -u paul -p somethingbad
0: NO "authentication failed"

9. make a certificate:

# cd /etc/postfix
# openssl req -new -outform PEM -out smtpd.cert -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout smtpd.key -keyform PEM -days 365 -x509
(follow prompts)

# chmod o= smptd.key

10. restart postfix: postfix reload

update: to run this and leave postfix chroot:
skip step 1.

for step 2, this file should say:
PARAMS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd"
START=yes
MECHANISMS="pam"

for step 3, instead of editing master.conf:
mkdir /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd

update 2: With postfix 2.3 and dovecot, you use dovecot as an authentication server.