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I was recently aggressively downloaded for pointing a finger at digital ocean and AWS for being poor network operators who largely ignore abuse complaints. I un
by shiftpgdn 6y ago
I was recently aggressively downloaded for pointing a finger at digital ocean and AWS for being poor network operators who largely ignore abuse complaints.
I understand people not wanting providers to patrol usage but there is a middle ground.
- whatsmyusername 6y agoAWS is usually the least of our problems (though when people use AWS they're generally doing something weird enough I have to look at it). It's more the bottom feeders of OVH and Choopa/Vultr. I blacklist them instantly in every network I end up responsible for. Digital Ocean is a weird bird because to me it's more of an educator than a hosting company (but people will of course abuse it the same way). I'd never run prod on it and I usually end up blocking their ASNs, though I feel a little worse about it. I wish they'd sell technical writing as a service. Their documentation (especially for common tasks that they don't even directly sell, like OpenVPN setups) is superb.