@jtk@infosec.exchangeBought a year of VM/BGP service from a #hosting provider on a Wednesday. Tuesday the service goes down. The next day a web page statement says operations are ceasing operations at that location. That would have been good #!?@'ing information a week ago!
True story. I've not seen it all, but when it comes to how providers operate I've seen a lot. :-)
@jtk@infosec.exchangeNew blog post: Journeys in Hosting 1/x - Precomputed SSH Host Keys
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@jtk@infosec.exchangeHere's another new #hosting provider experience I wasn't expecting to see. Forky installed by default. I selected Debian 10, because that was the latest version in config form. Maybe they thought they were doing me a favor? The hardware isn't that new. If I wanted Ubuntu I would have chosen that.
Trixie aka Debian 13 just came out in August, Forky is the current"testin…
@felixberthold@hessen.social @jtk@infosec.exchange @jtk@infosec.exchangeLeaseweb's annual service price increase will be 3.9% in 2026. Outside of domain registrations and big contracts, not many basic #hosting providers do this on such a consistent basis.
It is not unreasonable to charge more to account for inflation on salaries, rent, energy, etc. However, as we all know, hardware gets cheaper and better all the time. Are these customers getting more …
@felixberthold@hessen.socialPlan für spät heute Abend: #Typemill updaten, meinen #Blogbeitrag veröffentlichen, den ich heute morgen finalisiert habe, und endlich mit #Hosting und Domain zu Hetzner umziehen. So jedenfalls der Plan,…
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