OT hosting provider experiences, comments

[Max Pyziur]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, stan wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:00:02 -0400 (EDT)
> "Max Pyziur" <pyz at brama.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Adding to some of the other responses ...
>>
>> It depends if you want a dedicated machine with root access on a rack,
>> colocate your own, or be virtually hosted.
>>
>> As for having a dedicated machine, I've been using
>> 888.net/Triple8.net for over eight years. I had used three other
>> providers prior to this over a period of four years, being
>> dissatisfied either by price or expectations of service. I hope the
>> longevity of the association attests to my satisfaction.
>>
>> While I'm not a hyper-geek, remote access requires that you have
>> solid, basic sysadmin chops and another fedora-list member's advice
>> to keep a local box for testing is seconded by me. I've had a enough
>> white-knuckled experiences on the live machine, paying for it with
>> some proverbial skin. But 95% of the problems that I have encountered
>> were my responsibility, not 888.net's.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> fyi,
>>
>> Max Pyziur
>> pyz at brama.com
>>
>
> I think you operate at a level above what I will, but I appreciate your
> insight.  It gives me a point of reference.  I like the white-knuckled
> reference.  Have had some of those myself.  :-)

Obviously, security holes fall in this category. Other things include 
mega-spam bots and how to deal with them. In this realm, I've had to build 
some of my own fixes, including a combination of the 
http://cbl.abuseat.org/, a little postgresql database, and some Perl to 
(re)generate an /etc/hosts.deny file that blocks current offensive IPs.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night [nor spam] stays these 
couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

fyi,

Max Pyziur
pyz at brama.com