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Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
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Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a free service we will pretty strictly enforce abuse reports and take action on them. We're using a few methods to profile users based on their github account/ssh key and other factors to block abusers once their identified. Dply servers are blocked from using SMTP ports to prevent spam. Yes. You can create another server once the first expires but automating this process is not allowed and therefore we do not pro…
Are you saying one can / can't spin up a free two-hour server more than once?
Let me quote the parent post:
> Yes.
Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#83This is a project I've been working on for a while. Dply allows you to quickly create a temporary cloud server (1CPU/512MB RAM/20GB SSD) for free. You can have one free server running at any time. Log in with your Github account and it will allow you to create your server using your Github ssh-key. Servers are free for 2 hours and expire after that time (unless you choose to add more time via credit card or bitcoin).…
This is a pretty cool service! I have had my moments when I had to set up the AWS free tier a few hours before a very important client meeting. I have this gut feeling that this service will make the cloud technology a bit more accessible for a budding to medium skilled developer. Personally, I have hesitated a lot to try out AWS and other cloud services at college due to the "over billing nightmare" you have every t…
> the part of the world I come from
Just curious, is a $5/month DO server cost prohibitive in your neck of the woods?
Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#84Do you support freeBSD?
Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#85This is a project I've been working on for a while. Dply allows you to quickly create a temporary cloud server (1CPU/512MB RAM/20GB SSD) for free. You can have one free server running at any time. Log in with your Github account and it will allow you to create your server using your Github ssh-key. Servers are free for 2 hours and expire after that time (unless you choose to add more time via credit card or bitcoin).…
Excellent project! I wish I had this kind of service available a few years ago.
Minor question: are the servers configured for IPv4 only?
Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#86Do you support freeBSD?
The landing page suggests so, but the option to start a server with FBSD seems to be missing.
Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#87This is a project I've been working on for a while. Dply allows you to quickly create a temporary cloud server (1CPU/512MB RAM/20GB SSD) for free. You can have one free server running at any time. Log in with your Github account and it will allow you to create your server using your Github ssh-key. Servers are free for 2 hours and expire after that time (unless you choose to add more time via credit card or bitcoin).…
Excellent project! I wish I had this kind of service available a few years ago. Minor question: are the servers configured for IPv4 only?
Right now they are but if there is enough interest we could enable ipv6 in an update in the near future.
Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#88Very nice project, a lot of times I wished there was something to start a server for a quick ssh/ping/traceroute/debug from outside my network. Well done! A few security aspects that I've noticed so far: - calling the action(s) with an id that doesn't exist will show a pretty useful stacktrace, it should probably be disabled for production - calling the action(s) with ids close to my server, I can do things to other…
Thanks. We also received a ticket about these issues and have deployed fixes. You discover all kinds of things when you go from 15 users to 700 in a matter of an hour or two :)
Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#89I am not really sure how this works exactly but since they are receiving my email and ssh keys from GitHub, can't they simply use it for malicious purpose?
They have access to the public key, not the private key. If you're sufficiently paranoid you could imagine someone acquiring gtihub.com and waiting for `git origin add` typos (let's hope you're also paranoid enough to not ignore new/unknown server keys being added to your known_hosts file).
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Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers
#90I am not really sure how this works exactly but since they are receiving my email and ssh keys from GitHub, can't they simply use it for malicious purpose?
They have access to the public key, not the private key. If you're sufficiently paranoid you could imagine someone acquiring gtihub.com and waiting for `git origin add` typos (let's hope you're also paranoid enough to not ignore new/unknown server keys being added to your known_hosts file).