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Name NOC.Social
Languages English (en)
Users 13,856
Active users (last month) 606
Active users (last six months) 875
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 38,849
First sight Not available
Last successful check Oct 19, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.6.3
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
E-mail dcid@noc.org
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) photography, silentsunday, meta, foss, scifi, astronomy, censorship, firefox, astrophotography, academia
Short description
This instance is focused on tech, networking, linux, security, infosec, engineering, but open to anyone. Civil discourse, polite and open. Managed by the noc.org / trunc.org team.
Long description
Welcome to noc.social.
An open source, social network (Mastodon). Focused on technology, networking, linux, system administration, software development, privacy and security / infosec - but open to everyone. Our goal is to have a civil discourse, being polite to each other and respectful. Managed by the https://noc.org / https://trunc.org team.
Good hangout place for sysadmins, engineers, or tech people in general.
What is Mastodon / fediverse?
A safe, reliable and distributed open source social network. It uses Mastodon and you can chat with thousands of people that also part of other Mastodon networks (think of email).
Code of Conduct
We are a nice community of techies, sharing and helping each other. You are welcome to join! Basic rules:
And everything will be fine.
Content not allowed
Accounts breaking those rules will be banned without a warning.
About the Operators
Daniel (@dcid) and Tony (@tony) have been working in tech since 2000. Daniel is a prolific builder, the Founder of OSSEC, Sucuri, CleanBrowsing, Trunc and NOC. Tony has been his partner for the past 12 years, and is the Founder of CubicTwo, Sucuri, CleanBrowsing, Trunc and NOC.
Together we have been building large networks to support millions of applications and users around the world for a long time. We stood up the noc.social instance because we hate how closed the web is becoming and love this idea of a decentralized ecosystem.
An open source, social network (Mastodon). Focused on technology, networking, linux, system administration, software development, privacy and security / infosec - but open to everyone. Our goal is to have a civil discourse, being polite to each other and respectful. Managed by the https://noc.org / https://trunc.org team.
Good hangout place for sysadmins, engineers, or tech people in general.
What is Mastodon / fediverse?
A safe, reliable and distributed open source social network. It uses Mastodon and you can chat with thousands of people that also part of other Mastodon networks (think of email).
Code of Conduct
We are a nice community of techies, sharing and helping each other. You are welcome to join! Basic rules:
- Be Polite
- Be Respectful - even if you disagree.
And everything will be fine.
Content not allowed
- Any illegal content (doxing, leaking private information, under age content, etc)
- Adult (pornography) content
- Spam
- Racism or any other form of hate speech
- Threats of Physical violence against any person, animal or institution.
Accounts breaking those rules will be banned without a warning.
About the Operators
Daniel (@dcid) and Tony (@tony) have been working in tech since 2000. Daniel is a prolific builder, the Founder of OSSEC, Sucuri, CleanBrowsing, Trunc and NOC. Tony has been his partner for the past 12 years, and is the Founder of CubicTwo, Sucuri, CleanBrowsing, Trunc and NOC.
Together we have been building large networks to support millions of applications and users around the world for a long time. We stood up the noc.social instance because we hate how closed the web is becoming and love this idea of a decentralized ecosystem.
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Admin account dcid@noc.social
Date of creation Jun 4, 2020 UTC
Display name Daniel Cid
Bio
Founder of CleanBrowsing, Sucuri, Trunc and OSSEC. Former VP Engineering, GoDaddy - CTO, Sucuri. Builder and breaker by heart...
#security #cleanbrowsing #dns #cdn #opensource #infosec
#security #cleanbrowsing #dns #cdn #opensource #infosec
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 11156 statuses, 3734 logins, 50 registrations)
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
| 10/12/26, 2:20:52 AM UTC | 10/13/26, 2:19:44 AM UTC | 10/14/26, 2:17:03 AM UTC | 10/15/26, 1:46:52 AM UTC | 10/16/26, 2:02:20 AM UTC | 10/17/26, 2:18:14 AM UTC | 10/18/26, 1:15:20 AM UTC | 10/19/26, 2:15:27 AM UTC |
Succesful checks: 1496/1501 (99.67%)