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>VPS provider like DigitalOcean with "mission critical stuff"? You do realise that in the past user VPSs were rooted, Bitcoins stolen and Linode users had to f
by taligent 14y ago
>VPS provider like DigitalOcean with "mission critical stuff"?
You do realise that in the past user VPSs were rooted, Bitcoins stolen and Linode users had to find out from Reddit that their VPS was potentially hacked.
If you trust Linode (or any VPS really) with mission critical stuff then you are (being) an idiot. I am sorry but you are.
Edit: The idiot is a reference to behaviour not anything personal.
- dustcoin 14y agoDid they ever publish a post-mortem of how their internal customer service portal was "hacked"? A quick search turns up nothing.
- taligent 14y agoNo. And frankly I can't understand how a VPS provider can act in this way and still have people acting like they have great support. As a customer I found out from Reddit before Linode. That's a pretty disgraceful effort.
- brandon272 14y agoTwo things: 1) I don't think your comments labelling those who disagree with you as "idiots" is constructive or in keeping with the spirit of HN. 2) "Mission critical" to one person may mean something else to someone else. Depending on their requirements, those who consider something to be "mission critical" may be willing to accept varying levels and/or guarantees of uptime or security.
- niels_olson 14y agoWe live in a complex society. Most of the things you trust with your life are totally out of your control.
- taligent 14y agoExactly. Which is why transparency and honesty is key. Look at Cloudflare's handling of their incident. Then look at Linode's.
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- michaelbuddy 14y agogood thing expensive enterprise windows hosting is never hacked.