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nunim
VPS Junkie
Did you own the machine that is hosting the SpeedTest file?
I'll happily buy a hosting plan with the company that was hosting the speedtest server - that company does offer an unlimited bandwidth plan for $20.
Aldryic C'boas
The Pony
While a ridiculous waste of resources, wget-ing a single file from a SpeedTest network repeatedly is not a 'DOS'. That's the excuse you use to justify terminating a stupid client after realizing you've bitten off WAY more than you can chew. Hence why you no longer offer the plan at all.
Here's a tip - if you don't want users to download a file at high enough speeds to piss off daddy Biloh, PLACE A CAP. Next you're going to try and claim that Mun was 'instigating a DDoS' by seeding legal torrents.
Thank you! If GVH had not had the riduclous 100TB lie of an offer nobody (not me, not anybody else) would have even tried this.
Aldryic C'boas
The Pony
I'm not defending you. You're still a moron for trying to pull such a stunt in the first place.
nunim
VPS Junkie
So... No? If you owned the box hosting the file I'd be defending you but you were not only wasting GVH resources, which I guess was the idea, you were also wasting the resources of the speedtest server.
I still wouldn't call it a DOS attack, just moronic.
Since when was downloading a 2GB test file with the server owner's consent illegal? Just wondering.
A guy said If I took a gun and shot him in the head he wouldn't die..... I didn't believe him so I shot him in the head.... sadly now I am in prison for the rest of my life because I was an idiot, and shot a guy in the head knowing it would kill him.
q_q
Shovenose
Next up seems to be CatalystHost offering 333TB bandwidth at $12/year.
Do not mess with my catalysthost >:|
DomainBop
Dormant VPSB Pathogen
You're forgetting that Jon also thinks it is illegal for a customer to entitle a thread "GreenValueHost (not very knowledgable)"
Mr Shove not too wisely wasted resources (not to mention using an incredibly insecure password), but what he did was in no way, shape, or form a DoS attack.
denial of service attacks for dummies
The contract Mr Shove entered into with GVH entitled him to use 100TB of bandwidth monthly. He only used 1.6% of the amount he paid for. If Jon is engaging in false advertising by advertising 100TB and then not allowing people to use what they paid for (or altering the terms of the contract after the customer paid) then he should be reported to the FTC. It's not a violation of the law to download a file with the owner's consent, but it is a violation of consumer protection laws to engage in deceptive/false advertising.
Would have been smart. Or got a server at Wholesale internet which is unmetered. But I wasn't about to sink $50 into something. I shouldn't have to pay $50 to use a $5 VPS.I guess that what Mr. Shove needed to do is have a VPS at GVH and one with another company that offers the same plan (if any), then transmit the file back and forward between his own 2 VPS using openVPN. That is for sure NOT a DoS of any kind. Both of your VPS are yours.
Hxxx
Active Member
But its worth. Remember the iPad! That's over $300.00
GVH-Jon
Banned
Do you think the owner consents to shovenose downloading that file repeatedly if they sent in an abuse report to ColoCrossing?
So much time on forums, so little time addressing the Buffalo node issues I'm experiencing.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
Shove was DoS'ing a speed test file. Missed the first D for distributed. He needed a GVH VPS in a second geographic location to achieve that.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
But you can't buy that plan. Never in stock. Plus 128MB plan even further limits creative use of BW.
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