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The IncogNET thread - Discussion, news and updates.

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  • @zGato said: please full fix implement 1776 o:)

    Working on my end o:)

    Hope you can find one from somebody to put your collection )) ( not me )

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran
    edited December 2025

    @pdxfishbelly said:

    @MannDude said:
    Also going to try be more active in general on it. I have time to shit-post on LET, I should find time to actually participate and promote IncogNET (and our new thing in the works) elsewhere, as well. :)

    Yeah, I think just chatting with ppl on Mastodon will eventually pay dividends as it's a target-rich environment for tech people who are highly skeptical of Big Tech, and also there aren't many other small general/VPN hosts on there at this point. In my experience there since 2017, users tend to really value personal engagement.

    Regarding your VPN service, I wanted to chime in with my 2 cents because my use case is probably different from many others, but I suspect more people may have it going forward.

    I'm a digital nomad who is not living the lifestyle by choice. So my important aspects are:

    • I don't care about multi-hop, multiple exits, or any of that stuff; instead I care about minimum latency (having a POP as close as possible to where I am physically located) ... because my use case has little to do with anonymity and everything to do with using uplink networks I don't trust, 100% of the time
    • I need always-on VPN from my homebase, which is where my 24/7 servers live, because often my uplink is somebody else's network
    • I need VPN for when I'm bouncing around and staying other places with my laptop & phone while the servers stay at homebase, usually I have a travel router with me that acts as VPN client but sometimes my phone will be out on its own
    • Currently I use solutions like Tailscale and ZeroTier for connectivity between homebase and on-the-road, I saw IncogNET offered something that might address this, anyway, addressing it would definitely be useful to some people ... or maybe you could just bake in awareness/support for some of those SDWAN providers (for example, I use Headscale instead of Tailscale's own coordination server...)
    • Despite living in the USA I'm interested in obfuscation because public WiFi is starting to block Wireguard, and one of my occasional use cases is sitting in a parking lot outside a store or at a booth in a restaurant leeching WiFi because I have noplace else to work

    Good response, thanks! I've also been doing the digital nomad thing for the last couple of years now and basically just need a stable VPN and static IP that can be whitelisted. I've not encountered any Wireguard blocks on public wifi, whether it be at a cafe or airport or anything, but it's possible I've just been lucky.

    Strangely enough, the one place I had the most restrictions was in the US at my old machine shop job. Before IncogNET was a full-time job, I operated some machines that finished aluminum diecast parts for vehicles. Place had wifi but blocked YouTube, Spotify, Tidal, etc. Getting a VPN to work there was a PITA and since I was working in a giant metal building surrounded by giant machines, I never had a mobile signal. I was impressed with just how much they wanted their employees to hate their life. Listening to a podcast while working wasn't going to impact production quotas...

    Thanked by 1ChrisMiller
  • Obfuscation might soon be required in the UK as the government is starting the propaganda to get VPNs banned. So, for VPN providers obfuscation won't be a "nice-to-have", reserved for China and Iran, in the next few years.

  • ChrisMillerChrisMiller Member
    edited December 2025

    @MannDude said: I need to get more made! Had planned on a larger batch than I did but then wasn't sure about the tarrif and shipping situation to send stateside.

    Got a local screen printer who does great work.

    Get some more made! I will pay the Tariff's and shipping in exchange for a couple more shirts.

    I love my ISP Shirt!

  • @ChrisMiller said:

    @MannDude said: I need to get more made! Had planned on a larger batch than I did but then wasn't sure about the tarrif and shipping situation to send stateside.

    Got a local screen printer who does great work.

    Get some more made! I will pay the Tariff's and shipping in exchange for a couple more shirts.

    I love my ISP Shirt!

    @MannDude what material is the shirt

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    @ServerBachelor said:

    @ChrisMiller said:

    @MannDude said: I need to get more made! Had planned on a larger batch than I did but then wasn't sure about the tarrif and shipping situation to send stateside.

    Got a local screen printer who does great work.

    Get some more made! I will pay the Tariff's and shipping in exchange for a couple more shirts.

    I love my ISP Shirt!

    @MannDude what material is the shirt

    Just cotton. It's not thick / heavy cotton, but it's also not any fancy fabric like merino wool or ethically sourced alpaca fiber sourced by Latvian landmine victims or anything.

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Been working on update the DNS cluster used for domain names and getting the new one prepped for production. Nothing really wrong with the existing setup, it's been in use hiccup free for a year or more now but there are some things that could be better, so we're going to do better.

    Anyone need or want HDD storage in Sofia? Grabbed a big storage server there and only need maybe 1/4 of it. Could slice out some HDD storage VMs of 500GB - 10TB~ for a reasonable price.

    You can help us test our new Tor Relay tool here: https://incognet.io/tor-relay-config -- Maybe a good thin to test out on your new 1776 VPS. ;)

  • @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Been working on update the DNS cluster used for domain names and getting the new one prepped for production. Nothing really wrong with the existing setup, it's been in use hiccup free for a year or more now but there are some things that could be better, so we're going to do better.

    Anyone need or want HDD storage in Sofia? Grabbed a big storage server there and only need maybe 1/4 of it. Could slice out some HDD storage VMs of 500GB - 10TB~ for a reasonable price.

    You can help us test our new Tor Relay tool here: https://incognet.io/tor-relay-config -- Maybe a good thin to test out on your new 1776 VPS. ;)

    What would BW/RAM/cores for the storage plans look like?

  • @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Been working on update the DNS cluster used for domain names and getting the new one prepped for production. Nothing really wrong with the existing setup, it's been in use hiccup free for a year or more now but there are some things that could be better, so we're going to do better.

    Anyone need or want HDD storage in Sofia? Grabbed a big storage server there and only need maybe 1/4 of it. Could slice out some HDD storage VMs of 500GB - 10TB~ for a reasonable price.

    You can help us test our new Tor Relay tool here: https://incognet.io/tor-relay-config -- Maybe a good thin to test out on your new 1776 VPS. ;)

    Any ideas about pricing for the storage VMs?

  • @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Man... I keep missing this for Sofia, BG! I need to complete my 1776 collection!

  • @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Been working on update the DNS cluster used for domain names and getting the new one prepped for production. Nothing really wrong with the existing setup, it's been in use hiccup free for a year or more now but there are some things that could be better, so we're going to do better.

    Anyone need or want HDD storage in Sofia? Grabbed a big storage server there and only need maybe 1/4 of it. Could slice out some HDD storage VMs of 500GB - 10TB~ for a reasonable price.

    You can help us test our new Tor Relay tool here: https://incognet.io/tor-relay-config -- Maybe a good thin to test out on your new 1776 VPS. ;)

    Pretty interested in the storage... PM specs/pricing?

  • nghialelenghialele Member
    edited December 2025

    The promotion code entered has already been used.

    Nvm im 2 hours late

  • I am not sure about the experience of others, but I have given up some months ago with Incognet, given trouble with the service and no clarity on ticket response.

    Basically, from what I could understand, the ticket system is on the basis that you create a ticket and wait for them to reply. If you follow up, it will go back to the end of the queue. And there is no way to tell when they will reply.

    I now have a few idling VMs that have been paid up for years. Anyone wants them, please contact me.

    Thanked by 2nghialele i12h
  • @grayblanket said:
    I am not sure about the experience of others, but I have given up some months ago with Incognet, given trouble with the service and no clarity on ticket response.

    Basically, from what I could understand, the ticket system is on the basis that you create a ticket and wait for them to reply. If you follow up, it will go back to the end of the queue. And there is no way to tell when they will reply.

    I now have a few idling VMs that have been paid up for years. Anyone wants them, please contact me.

    Sent you a PM

  • sh97sh97 Member, Host Rep

    @MannDude said: You can help us test our new Tor Relay tool here: https://incognet.io/tor-relay-config -- Maybe a good thin to test out on your new 1776 VPS.

    One suggestion: for Debian (and maybe Ubuntu), I think it would be better to install from the official Tor repos, as the one for Debian is outdated. Debian Repo is on Tor 0.8.4.16, whereas the latest version is 0.8.4.21

    Thanked by 3MannDude zGato oloke
  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran
    edited December 2025

    @grayblanket said:
    I am not sure about the experience of others, but I have given up some months ago with Incognet, given trouble with the service and no clarity on ticket response.

    Basically, from what I could understand, the ticket system is on the basis that you create a ticket and wait for them to reply. If you follow up, it will go back to the end of the queue. And there is no way to tell when they will reply.

    I now have a few idling VMs that have been paid up for years. Anyone wants them, please contact me.

    Support has definitely been hit or miss this year. I'm not going to try to pretend it hasn't been. I feel like some people get things responded to very quickly and some others sort of get stuck in limbo. If I'm sitting here and see a Slack notification for something obviously quick, I often just grab it and take a break from whatever I'm working on to bash it out in a matter of minutes... But some other requests pile up and before you know it you've got a few tickets that's been stuck in the queue for a long time.

    Queue isn't too bad now though. Feel free to DM me your ticket ID(s) and I'll take a look. There is additional help with access to most things nowadays but they're part time only.

    Service transfer are going away very soon, just FYI.

  • @Xrmaddness said:

    @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Man... I keep missing this for Sofia, BG! I need to complete my 1776 collection!

    Hey I was lucky to get one few weeks back and find no use of it. If you want it DM me!

    Thanked by 1Xrmaddness
  • @Xrmaddness said:

    @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Man... I keep missing this for Sofia, BG! I need to complete my 1776 collection!

    I'm following suit with your 1776 collection ( @zGato knows I misattributed the collection to him lol)

    Thanked by 2zGato Xrmaddness
  • ShadowLurkerShadowLurker Member
    edited December 2025

    cant believe i missed 1776 again

  • @truemagic said:

    @Xrmaddness said:

    @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Man... I keep missing this for Sofia, BG! I need to complete my 1776 collection!

    Hey I was lucky to get one few weeks back and find no use of it. If you want it DM me!

    I appreciate it, but it looks like IncogNET no longer allows service transfers, unfortunately: https://portal.incognet.io/knowledgebase/58/Do-you-allow-service-transfers.html

    Thanked by 1truemagic
  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    @Xrmaddness said:

    @truemagic said:

    @Xrmaddness said:

    @MannDude said:
    Just allowed 5 more uses of the 1776 coupon for $17.76 a year in either Stockholm, SE or Sofia, BG.

    1 Epyc vCPU
    2GB RAM
    8TB BW @ 1.5Gbps
    

    Man... I keep missing this for Sofia, BG! I need to complete my 1776 collection!

    Hey I was lucky to get one few weeks back and find no use of it. If you want it DM me!

    I appreciate it, but it looks like IncogNET no longer allows service transfers, unfortunately: https://portal.incognet.io/knowledgebase/58/Do-you-allow-service-transfers.html

    Good catch. I'll be 100% honest, I had forgotten I added that. I just did a service transfer yesterday for another customer, but it was a PITA (through no fault of their own) due to an issue encountered with Virtualizor. (Only legacy plans use Virtualizor, and the legacy 1776 plans I believe have 5Gbps connectivity whereas the newer ones only have 1.5Gbps) What should have taken five minutes turned into about an hour and a half.

    Whenever I get the TOS/AUP update finished (nothing major, just some clarification of things) I'll include the service transfer clause. We may do it but request a small fee or something. Main goal is to prevent scalpers and the like.

  • stxshstxsh Member
    edited December 2025

    @MannDude I may have missed it, but any update on AMD-SEV (particularly in PA, I've got a lifer there)?

    Also, you've been a real one as far as customer support so no rush on my lower priority tickets. I bundle them up in one ticket anyway, to be especially annoying.

  • @stxsh said: but any update on AMD-SEV

    I think you are a third person now to ask about it. AFAIK, no news about it but also interesting to know.

    Thanked by 2oloke stxsh
  • How's that email service coming?

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    @JohnFilch123 said:

    @stxsh said: but any update on AMD-SEV

    I think you are a third person now to ask about it. AFAIK, no news about it but also interesting to know.

    It should be available on some nodes. Some it may not be available on. I still need to make a list of where it is and is not available.

    CPU wise, all hypervisors should support it, but it may not be enabled on some hypervisors in the BIOS or depending on the board it may not be even an option in the BIOS even if it's a feature of the CPU.

    Since I don't really like inconsistent featuresets across POPs I just removed the text from the site in regards to it for now.

    Thanked by 2JohnFilch123 oloke
  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    @musicalderp said:
    How's that email service coming?

    Hiatus lol.

    Was going to launch last year but decided against it since it was around Black Friday and all the mail related excitement was elslewhere. This was also a good decision on my behalf because it was going to be Netherlands based, but we migrated datacenters and had a few weeks of hell in regards to service quality in that POP... So it would have been a flop of a launch.

    I'm still on the fence about releasing it, however.

    Thanked by 1ServerBachelor
  • edited December 2025

    @MannDude said:

    @musicalderp said:
    How's that email service coming?

    Hiatus lol.

    Was going to launch last year but decided against it since it was around Black Friday and all the mail related excitement was elslewhere. This was also a good decision on my behalf because it was going to be Netherlands based, but we migrated datacenters and had a few weeks of hell in regards to service quality in that POP... So it would have been a flop of a launch.

    I'm still on the fence about releasing it, however.

    Are issues persisting in NL? I have a shared hosting plan there (just idling) and my attempts to log into DA timeout.

    Edit: By contrast, no issues w/ shared hosting in the KCMO location.

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    @ServerBachelor said:

    @MannDude said:

    @musicalderp said:
    How's that email service coming?

    Hiatus lol.

    Was going to launch last year but decided against it since it was around Black Friday and all the mail related excitement was elslewhere. This was also a good decision on my behalf because it was going to be Netherlands based, but we migrated datacenters and had a few weeks of hell in regards to service quality in that POP... So it would have been a flop of a launch.

    I'm still on the fence about releasing it, however.

    Are issues persisting in NL? I have a shared hosting plan there (just idling) and my attempts to log into DA timeout.

    Edit: By contrast, no issues w/ shared hosting in the KCMO location.

    Shouldn't be. Common cause for that would be a blacklisting ld your IP in th firewall. If you've got a mail client trying to fetch emails on a scheduled polling and it fails due to password mismatch or something, you'll get blocked. But feel free to PM me your email used for WHMCS and your IP. I'll check it out.

    Thanked by 1ServerBachelor
  • @MannDude said:

    @ServerBachelor said:

    @MannDude said:

    @musicalderp said:
    How's that email service coming?

    Hiatus lol.

    Was going to launch last year but decided against it since it was around Black Friday and all the mail related excitement was elslewhere. This was also a good decision on my behalf because it was going to be Netherlands based, but we migrated datacenters and had a few weeks of hell in regards to service quality in that POP... So it would have been a flop of a launch.

    I'm still on the fence about releasing it, however.

    Are issues persisting in NL? I have a shared hosting plan there (just idling) and my attempts to log into DA timeout.

    Edit: By contrast, no issues w/ shared hosting in the KCMO location.

    Shouldn't be. Common cause for that would be a blacklisting ld your IP in th firewall. If you've got a mail client trying to fetch emails on a scheduled polling and it fails due to password mismatch or something, you'll get blocked. But feel free to PM me your email used for WHMCS and your IP. I'll check it out.

    I was using IncogVPN on the NL location (23.137.248.235). Switched to a different location and I was able to log in to the NL shared hosting.

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    @ServerBachelor said:

    @MannDude said:

    @ServerBachelor said:

    @MannDude said:

    @musicalderp said:
    How's that email service coming?

    Hiatus lol.

    Was going to launch last year but decided against it since it was around Black Friday and all the mail related excitement was elslewhere. This was also a good decision on my behalf because it was going to be Netherlands based, but we migrated datacenters and had a few weeks of hell in regards to service quality in that POP... So it would have been a flop of a launch.

    I'm still on the fence about releasing it, however.

    Are issues persisting in NL? I have a shared hosting plan there (just idling) and my attempts to log into DA timeout.

    Edit: By contrast, no issues w/ shared hosting in the KCMO location.

    Shouldn't be. Common cause for that would be a blacklisting ld your IP in th firewall. If you've got a mail client trying to fetch emails on a scheduled polling and it fails due to password mismatch or something, you'll get blocked. But feel free to PM me your email used for WHMCS and your IP. I'll check it out.

    I was using IncogVPN on the NL location (23.137.248.235). Switched to a different location and I was able to log in to the NL shared hosting.

    csf.deny: 23.137.248.235 # lfd: (directadmin) Failed DirectAdmin login from 23.137.248.235 (NL/The Netherlands/-): 5 in the last 3600 secs - Sat Jan 25 15:22:41 2025
    

    Removed. Looks like it was blocked for almost a year, this is the first report we've received.

    Thanked by 1ServerBachelor
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