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  1. kaniini

    Updates on SolusVM alternatives?

    The stuff I did/am working on is available on Bitbucket like it always has been.  I'm not too interested in a commercial product though -- I consider use of the software as a reward for being clueful enough to put it all together and make it work.
  2. kaniini

    TortoisLabs review

    In this case, the customer was not running an exit node, just an "enclave".  I don't think banning Tor in general is the answer. We run our nodes at extremely low densities, so not many customers were affected. Additional thought added right after I hit post: I think that the operator of this...
  3. kaniini

    TortoisLabs review

    Regarding encryption as an end customer, on our platform, you can use LUKS or eCryptFS.  With HVM mode, you could also use TrueCrypt. As for how we had leverage, that is very simple -- in exchange for the hardware being returned, we would give them the current encryption passphrase.  We then...
  4. kaniini

    TortoisLabs review

    To expand on this, in the US the procedure is different... the FBI/DHS/whatever would have to contact us first, and we would provide whatever data once all due diligence has been completed. In the UK it is different, from what I have been told by others who have been in this situation, SOCA is...
  5. kaniini

    TortoisLabs review

    One of our UK nodes was taken for forensic imaging last Wednesday in the morning and returned that afternoon.  Other UK nodes were unaffected. It was due to allegations related to a Tor hidden service operating on the node that was being used to facilitate criminal activity -- beyond that I...
  6. kaniini

    [US, UK] TortoiseLabs vServer - 256MB RAM / 15GB DISK / 1000MBPS - $4.50/month

    Greetings! TortoiseLabs is pleased to offer our vServer services to vpsBoard's readers.  Our services, are of course, managed using a homegrown, mostly open-source platform we call Cloudware. Service at a Glance Locations: Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, and London! Services allowed: any...
  7. kaniini

    Monitors -- Features and What YOU Recommend

    Displayport, large size and >1080p native resolution.
  8. kaniini

    What is size of your Monitor?

    I am using a 46" display mounted on my wall usually.
  9. kaniini

    The truth about ColoCrossing

    All I am seeing here is more evidence that not bothering with the new LowEndBox was a good decision on my part.
  10. kaniini

    anyNode Discontinues Chicago Location

    Out of curiosity, why would it be necessary for a company to announce on vpsBoard things which only affect legacy customers?  I would figure that notifying the legacy customers of the change would be the first step, and then actually doing the migration is the next step. Continuum is crap, we...
  11. kaniini

    VPS/Semi-Dedi for video encoding

    The e3-1270v2 is actually equivalent for transcoding.  The main advantage for the Haswell CPUs is a new memory controller and onboard VRM.  Performance for compute is the same or slightly better on the v2's actually.  I suspect the generation after Haswell will bring some more tangible...
  12. kaniini

    VPS/Semi-Dedi for video encoding

    USA: e3-1270v2 @ 3.5ghz.  Some of the newer nodes we are deploying are e3-1270v3. London: e3-1240v2 @ 3.4ghz.
  13. kaniini

    [Industry Question] How Do You Pay Support Staff?

    Anyone who is actually good will likely want to be paid salary.
  14. kaniini

    VPS/Semi-Dedi for video encoding

    I can do: 60Gb space Unmetered bandwidth (20mbps+ guaranteed) 1GB RAM 8 vCPU's Modified Xen HVM (like KVM) Bring your own windows license + ISO Price: $13.50 Order here More information on using Windows on TortoiseLabs vServers here.
  15. kaniini

    European Servers may be an option?

    It doesn't matter where your data goes if the source endpoint is owned, like I said in another thread.  With point-and-click wiretapping, just assume both endpoints are owned.
  16. kaniini

    Proxy Security Anonymity Rating / Rank / Checker

    EFF's Panopticlick (https://panopticlick.eff.org/) tracks all of this stuff.
  17. kaniini

    Wanted: Iceland VPS, sold by non US/UK company

    From another point, how can you guarantee that the other side of the endpoint isn't owned? Your Cable/DSL company could be doing the intercept and you'll probably never know.  Do you trust Comcast or Windstream to do right by you any more than a US-based hosting company?
  18. kaniini

    why manually approving reverse dns is a good idea

    You are implying that we deny reverse DNS requests on a regular basis.  We do not, and nothing I have said in this thread indicates we do. I am not sure where you got that idea... we only deny reverse DNS in certain circumstances, such as when the domain is registered with clearly false...
  19. kaniini

    Wanted: Iceland VPS, sold by non US/UK company

    "The beast" isn't a government term for describing it.  It's a conspiracy theorist term.
  20. kaniini

    Why you should start using FLAC

    ...you've been trolled, dude.
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