What would make you switch VPS providers?

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• forest Member

  1:18AM edited 1:26AM

  @servury said: What features/characteristics do you currently/would appreciate on your preferred hosting provider(s)?

  I'd love the ability to see the host SSH key fingerprint before the first login so I know I'm not getting MITMed. Currently the only workaround is to connect to VNC, run ssh-keygen -lf /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub, then SSH in and visually compare the fingerprint before accepting it. TOFU is better than nothing but it's not enough, especially when using Tor.

  @servury said: What do you dislike about your current hosting provider(s)?

  • Constant unknown-unicast flooding and L2 networking leaks
  • Awful all-around security, running QEMU as root (aka all hosts using vanilla Proxmox...)
  • Unstated network filtering that ends up breaking things like low source ports
  • Using Virtualizor or a vibe-coded slop panel that slows down my whole browser

  @servury said: A second Blackbox location in the Netherlands.

  There are soooo many providers in the Netherlands. I'd much rather see smaller, niche locations.

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• moyuwuhen Member

  1:20AM

  Kim Jong-un: VPS hosting must be stable
• forest Member

  1:24AM

  @servury said: Whole site working without Javascript/Tor Browser safest security setting

  @Yuki_ ^^^
• openid Member

  1:27AM

  https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/222131/fake-unlimited-bandwidth-hall-of-limitation#latest

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• servury Member, Patron Provider

  1:32AM edited 1:33AM

  @forest said: I'd love the ability to see the host SSH key fingerprint before the first login so I know I'm not getting MITMed. Currently the only workaround is to connect to VNC, run ssh-keygen -lf /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub, then SSH in and visually compare the fingerprint before accepting it. TOFU is better than nothing but it's not enough.

  We already have that! and I think you'll like how it works.

  On a Blackbox with measured boot, the SSH host key is generated inside the
  initramfs on every boot and its SHA-256 goes into the SEV-SNP attestation
  report's REPORT_DATA. The CPU signs the report. blackbox-verify (python, in
  the downloads) verifies the signature chain back to AMD's root, checks the
  measurement against the published firmware/kernel/initrd, keyscans the VM,
  confirms the key on the wire is the one in the report, and prints you the
  known_hosts line. So you get the fingerprint before you trust anything, and
  it's bound to the hardware, not to what a console shows you. The VNC method
  you describe still trusts the host, since the host owns the VNC.

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• Dyingcat Member

  1:34AM

  Stability is the most important.

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• nghialele Member

  1:39AM

  Can we have Blackbox Singapura next?

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• servury Member, Patron Provider

  1:40AM

  @openid said:
  https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/222131/fake-unlimited-bandwidth-hall-of-limitation#latest

  @averagedatahoarder We clearly state our bandwidth limits, I don't think it's fair to have us listed on there. We did change from "unmetered" to having clear limits (with throttle after limit reached) on the Blackbox plans, and gave a grace period, but we're never going to do predatory practices like saying we sell plans with unmetered when there is clearly a limit we just don't want to state. I think it's only fair what we did. We added limits after some users (probably you lol) used insane amounts of bandwidth in an insanely short amount of time.
• servury Member, Patron Provider

  1:41AM

  @nghialele said:
  Can we have Blackbox Singapura next?

  Yes, Singapore will come after Amsterdam.

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• openid Member

  1:46AM

  @servury said:

  @openid said:
  https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/222131/fake-unlimited-bandwidth-hall-of-limitation#latest

  @averagedatahoarder We clearly state our bandwidth limits, I don't think it's fair to have us listed on there. We did change from "unmetered" to having clear limits (with throttle after limit reached) on the Blackbox plans, and gave a grace period, but we're never going to do predatory practices like saying we sell plans with unmetered when there is clearly a limit we just don't want to state. I think it's only fair what we did. We added limits after some users (probably you lol) used insane amounts of bandwidth in an insanely short amount of time.

  Is it this user who posted it? I did not see the original poster’s ID.

  But frankly, using privacy as a selling point is not an effective way to attract a large number of orders.

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• servury Member, Patron Provider

  1:50AM

  @openid said: Is it this user who posted it? I did not see the original poster’s ID.

  It is. Thank you for bringing that post to my attention by the way.

  @openid said: But frankly, using privacy as a selling point is not an effective way to attract a large number of orders.

  False.

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• q112664 Member

  2:44AM

  Promoting privacy alone only attracts criminals.
• forest Member

  2:46AM edited 2:47AM

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts criminals.

  That's bullshit.

  Even Tor, which is free, private, anonymous, censorship-resistant, and extremely difficult for even law enforcement to break, has significantly more legal traffic than illegal traffic overall.

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• servury Member, Patron Provider

  2:47AM

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts criminals.

  Ah yes, the good old "cryptocurrency is only used by criminals" logic.

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• yoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

  2:47AM

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts @forest

  Fixed that for you.

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• forest Member

  2:49AM

  @yoursunny said:

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts @forest

  Fixed that for you.

  But I'm everywhere. I'm even in the background of your profile pic.

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• q112664 Member

  2:50AM

  @servury said:

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts criminals.

  Ah yes, the good old "cryptocurrency is only used by criminals" logic.

  I might have overstated it. Privacy protection is good, but it can also shield criminals.

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• forest Member

  2:51AM edited 2:52AM

  @q112664 said:

  @servury said:

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts criminals.

  Ah yes, the good old "cryptocurrency is only used by criminals" logic.

  I might have overstated it. Privacy protection is good, but it can also shield criminals.

  That's true. Just like smooth roads with few potholes: They're good, but they can also make it easier for a bank robber to get away, and for kidnappers to move farther distances in a short time.

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• servury Member, Patron Provider

  2:52AM

  @q112664 said:

  @servury said:

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts criminals.

  Ah yes, the good old "cryptocurrency is only used by criminals" logic.

  I might have overstated it. Privacy protection is good, but it can also shield criminals.

  Yeah, just like how cash can be used to pay for hookers and cocaine.
• servury Member, Patron Provider

  2:53AM

  @forest said:

  @q112664 said:

  @servury said:

  @q112664 said:
  Promoting privacy alone only attracts criminals.

  Ah yes, the good old "cryptocurrency is only used by criminals" logic.

  I might have overstated it. Privacy protection is good, but it can also shield criminals.

  That's true. Just like smooth roads with few potholes: They're good, but they can also make it easier for a bank robber to get away, and for kidnappers to move farther distances in a short time.

  @servury said: Yeah, just like how cash can be used to pay for hookers and cocaine.

  Great minds think alike.

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• itachikonoha Member

  4:00AM

  .... When the other option is Berohost