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  1. drmike

    BBB alternative for hosting industry

    Real quick post here :) What do others in the community think about a new company for the hosting industry that would offer a place for complaints from customers, means of resolving them, apply different factors into a rating for the host and offer some basis of validating a hosting company is...
  2. drmike

    Semoweb Sold / Acquired?!?!

    Congratulations to Dustin Cisneros over at semoweb.  It appears that Dustin has sold semoweb. whois semoweb.com:      Domain Name: SEMOWEB.COM       Created on: 26-Apr-08       Expires on: 26-Apr-14       Last Updated on: 24-Jun-13      Registrant:    Eric Sengbusch  ...
  3. drmike

    Kansas CIty VPS Wanted

    Looking for recommended providers in Kansas City or very close by. OpenVZ will suffice.   No exotic specifications needed.  Low RAM 256MB or less.  Low disk (10-20GB).   Reasonable transit (400GB+ per month). Very interested in annual or quarterly style offers. Anyone here with offers there...
  4. drmike

    Reserving Disk Space you Purchased from the Oversold VPS providers

    So, you bought one of those super duper under-priced and guaranteed to be oversold VPS packages.  You know, one of those featuring 50GB, 100GB or even more disk space. Wisely, you bought it on a special, and now are letting it idle and season to see if it is reliable before deploying it. All...
  5. drmike

    Whats going on with UGVPS?

    Today's gossip rag headline: "Is UGVPS another Colocrossing / ChicagoVPS brand or did Crystal die?" UGVPS, that darling of a company with crazy low priced offers and a "female" at the helm has suddenly gone AWOL, missing in action. Buyers over at LowEndBox are reporting all sorts of non...
  6. drmike

    Hostbill Source Code Released and 0-Day Exploits Found

    Looks like the folks attacking SolusVM have added WHMCS and now Hostbill to their active radar. ----------------------------------- HOSTBILL SOURCE CODE: https://mega.co.nz/#!xIEnDLKb!FQQ76xpWCDxOCa6PMO3HN0g0i0p6xeJfbLuuW1jSnZw Exploits spotted: 6 Exploits patched: 0
  7. drmike

    Kevin Hillstrand is a fraud

    Some folks probably haven't still heard about Kevin Hillstrand aka CVPS_Kevin. As per the CVPS database, no Kevin exists.  Instead the main administrator turned out to be none other than Adam.  Some of you may remember Adam from URPad and from VPSLatch and another shell company. This thread is...
  8. drmike

    SolusVM database dump, what is in a full dump file

    Non-providers and those that do not use SolusVM seem to be wondering what is in the SolusVM database. Here is a list of the tables in their database.   Can expand upon specific tables and providers can discuss the data arrangement in further details. Customers have a right to know what data is...
  9. drmike

    SolusVM Exploit - Who got hit?

    So aside from board favorite RamNode, who else fell victim to the SolusVM exploit? Anyone noticed other low end or even high end providers that were victimized?
  10. drmike

    Smallest MySQL install my.cnf ... Anyone?

    Anyone using/have/recommend a very small my.cnf config for 128MB or less RAM server? Know the topic has been punted around here and there.   Never bookmarked and/or tried one.  Today is one of those days to experiment. Anyone have one?
  11. drmike

    Up and Coming VPS Providers You've Been Happy With Recently

    We all know about the staple go to's in the lower end of the VPS industry.  Companies like Prometeus, BuyVM, RamNode, Hostigation, ipxCore and SecureDragon. I want to hear about new providers you've been impressed with recently.  Perhaps a new company or a new offer?  Or maybe a panel or...
  12. drmike

    IPV6 for dummies tutorial 101.

    I am about to embark on some testing of a VPS.  That VPS has IPV6 enabled (tunneled IPV6). This is my first time paying attention to IPV6 (yeah, long overdue). For those here that are IPV6 experienced, could you share some information on common tools for IPV6 (ping6, traceroute for IPV6...
  13. drmike

    OwnCloud Nginx install for Debian

    Does anyone have an OwnCloud + Nginx tutorial that works with current Debian version and standard installation image? Someone recommend an installation that has worked fine lately.  Yes, I want to get familiar with OwnCloud this weekend when I have some deserved down time.
  14. drmike

    Help wanted for technical how-to tutorial for Debian 7 mail server

    Looking for someone to do a complete and reproduce-able tutorial for a mail server solution for Debian 7. The tutorial should cover a standard open source mail package and allow for multiple users and multiple domains.  Additionally, it should handle standard IMAP/POP3/SMTP and have web based...
  15. drmike

    VPS offers - quarterly and semi annual

    Asking the community their thoughts on longer term plans for VPS accounts. Typically, people get the monthly plans for many reason (low cost, letting the provider prove themselves, etc.). I've been slowly transitioning from monthly plans. Reasons for doing such: constant emails about invoices...
  16. drmike

    Virtualized Desktop

    Contemplating a solution for a pesky user who lives in a dual monitor environment.  User is in Linux, but has need for some apps that are Windows specific (and having environment that is identical to other colleagues they are working with). Does anyone here run a virtualized desktop environment...
  17. drmike

    Email Provider Recommendation - dedicated email or Cpanel

    I have a need for a "real" email service.  Looking for recommendations. Requirements: Seeking a general purpose email service to connect to desktop clients, tablets and mobile devices. IMAP/POP3/SMTP/web interface 25GB or much more for longer term storage 10 domains to provider email for...
  18. drmike

    Recommend -- 2-3 monitor Linux workstation

    Have a need to cobble something together for a user that uses Linux and is monitor happy. Currently doing a dual monitor spread for them via a notebook that supports such under Debian derivative. Two monitors just aren't cutting and it screen resolution isn't high enough for the user. Anyone...
  19. drmike

    Debian Thin Client Desktop

    Looking for some recommendations. Interested in experimenting with a thin client running on Debian ideally. Thin client hardware will be an old mini itx, with full audio ability (playback audio and ideally allow recording of audio --- .wav format). Aside from that need, looking for a client...
  20. drmike

    Wagers: What other VPS companies does Colocrossing own / ghost operate

    Alright gamblers and minor bettors, get your wagers in. What other VPS companies does Colocrossing own / ghost operate? We already know they seem to own/control Hudson Valley Host.  And have something to do with that Chicago outfit (nee BuffaoVPS). Which other VPS companies cross the radar of...
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