OT hosting provider experiences, comments

[stan]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:08:03 -0400 (EDT)
Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, stan wrote:
> 

> >
> > 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
> 
> 
This confirms that you are operating at a level above what I will be.
I can appreciate what you are doing, but hope I don't have to as part
of my hosting experience.