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You think you secured your Hetzner account with 2FA? Think again

54 points by hosteur 3y ago

mtmail 3y ago
Based on https://docs.hetzner.com/konsoleh/general/faq/account-migration https://docs.hetzner.com/konsoleh/general/faq/account-migrat... they migrated all accounts to the new accounts.hetzner.com authentication in the summer. Sounds like that legacy login form should no longer exist. Afaik KonsoleH is for resellers? My acccount is 10 years old, I manage 100 root and clouds servers over several accounts and organizations and KonsoleH is something I never touch (and my logins don't work there). That's not an excuse, but not all Hetzner accounts affected.
- ShinzonRemus 3y ago
  My login don't work either. I looked around in KonsoleH and other panels from the Hetzner.com website, and there is no reference to a link like the one in the Reddit post.
expertentipp 3y ago
I know that their marketing is strong and their low end instances are cheap but once they started sending me letters over their domain robot and web console access sometime around year 2015 I noped the fuck away and I'm a happy person. One simply cannot receive quality digital service in a country where letters and faxes are sent back and forth, and where 2FA means dedicated buggy and flaky mobile app.
- mtmail 3y ago
  What were the letters about? My account is 10 years old and I've never received a letter from Hetzner.
  - expertentipp 3y ago
    A fucking contract.
    - hexfish 3y ago
      That doesn't sound too strange. A lot of 'official' stuff in Germany is/was still done through physical letters because of legal requirements.
      - expertentipp 3y ago
        I'd prefer that they send me the contracts over fax. My fax number is nil.
    - mtmail 3y ago
      One contract or so many it got annoying?
aeurielesn 3y ago
I read people moving away from Hetzner as I just moved in. What other alternatives based in Europe do we have? I'm currentkly using a mix of Hetzner and Exoscale.
- paddim8 3y ago
  Contabo is cheap and reliable.
- lakomen 3y ago
  Netcup(.de) are cheap and good
  - solarkraft 3y ago
    Netcup are pretty much the go-to for german sysadmins looking for something in the sweet spot between cheap and well supported. One thing to be aware of is that the cheapest plans lock you in for a year. They often run promotions (sometimes with vouchers you can get from existing customers) that can give you pretty good discounts on top of their already quite fine prices.
- hosteur 3y ago
  Why do people move away?

54 points by hosteur 3y ago

Based on https://docs.hetzner.com/konsoleh/general/faq/account-migration https://docs.hetzner.com/konsoleh/general/faq/account-migrat... they migrated all accounts to the new accounts.hetzner.com authentication in the summer. Sounds like that legacy login form should no longer exist. Afaik KonsoleH is for resellers? My acccount is 10 years old, I manage 100 root and clouds servers over several accounts and organizations and KonsoleH is something I never touch (and my logins don't work there). That's not an excuse, but not all Hetzner accounts affected.

ShinzonRemus 3y ago
My login don't work either. I looked around in KonsoleH and other panels from the Hetzner.com website, and there is no reference to a link like the one in the Reddit post.

expertentipp 3y ago

I know that their marketing is strong and their low end instances are cheap but once they started sending me letters over their domain robot and web console access sometime around year 2015 I noped the fuck away and I'm a happy person. One simply cannot receive quality digital service in a country where letters and faxes are sent back and forth, and where 2FA means dedicated buggy and flaky mobile app.

mtmail 3y ago
What were the letters about? My account is 10 years old and I've never received a letter from Hetzner.
- expertentipp 3y ago
  A fucking contract.
  - hexfish 3y ago
    That doesn't sound too strange. A lot of 'official' stuff in Germany is/was still done through physical letters because of legal requirements.
    - expertentipp 3y ago
      I'd prefer that they send me the contracts over fax. My fax number is nil.
  - mtmail 3y ago
    One contract or so many it got annoying?

aeurielesn 3y ago

I read people moving away from Hetzner as I just moved in. What other alternatives based in Europe do we have? I'm currentkly using a mix of Hetzner and Exoscale.

paddim8 3y ago
Contabo is cheap and reliable.
lakomen 3y ago
Netcup(.de) are cheap and good
- solarkraft 3y ago
  Netcup are pretty much the go-to for german sysadmins looking for something in the sweet spot between cheap and well supported. One thing to be aware of is that the cheapest plans lock you in for a year. They often run promotions (sometimes with vouchers you can get from existing customers) that can give you pretty good discounts on top of their already quite fine prices.
hosteur 3y ago
Why do people move away?