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Do leaseweb resellers have access to VPS/hypervisor?
JustLookingAround
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Thinking of going with one of the resellers of leaseweb VPS. But a bit concerned about the security of my data/VPS when getting one through a reseller. Does the reseller have access to hypervisor? if I change root password, would they be able to access my VPS in anyway or copy the entire VM?
I understand that leaseweb staff is able to access VPS, I just wanna know what level of access do the resellers have.
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Trust your Provider, if you don't, leave, find some provider you trust.
The host can always access your VPS, in one way or another.
think about it,assume your lw reseller is using whmcs, then you have to manage though whmcs,on whmcs they can login your whmcs account,and leaseweb api has reset password button
click and boom
Just like with anything ever when it comes to security/data/privacy/whatever; if they can physically access it they can technically do anything and everything.
In leaseweb vps we do not get access to hypervisor, however there is option to reset root password, and since provider has access to the vps all the time, he can always reset password and get access to your vps,
So if you don't trust your provider, then simply buy directly from Amazon or other similar websites.
Because if you buy from any small provider having their own infra, that's basically same thing, that provider also always has access to your vps.
Just curious... Why would it be an issue that a reseller has access, but not that someone at Leaseweb has it?
In general: there are always people who are capable of getting access to your disk, reset your password, mount the disk on another machine, sniff your network traffic, etc. There are things you can do (if you're paranoid) to limit the readability of the contents, but there will always be some way of getting access. If you don't want that at all, go for a dedicated server, use encryption on network and disk and some other things and you can be quite sure no-one can access it.