Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

Post by pid-1 » Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 5:12 PM UTC

andix wrote: post #121

Galaco wrote: post #38

Never figured out how to use Hertzner. Wanted to try since they get such a good reputation on here, but they banned my account when their system presented no way for me to verify my identity. The required either PayPal or passport. I have no PayPal account, and their 3rd party verification system only allows passport from your country of residence (signup requires providing a contact address and they pre fill using t…

They probably suffer from a lot of sign ups with fake IDs and with criminal intent. So I get that they are rather strict. Another thing to consider: cloud providers are not very interested in individuals as customers. They usually want companies as customers, that also buy more than a 3$ vserver. A solution for this problem could be a sign-up fee (50 or 100$), to pay for an extended manual vetting of customers, that…

Post by nr2x » Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 5:14 PM UTC

rnk wrote: post #176

nr2x wrote: post #62

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I’m currently setting up infrastructure for a startup and it’s been very interesting how the threat model of data loss and disaster recovery is no longer hardware failure: it’s account lock out. I’ve got streaming replication of my core data going from one cloud company to other company as that way if one has some antifraud system go rogue on me I still have access. As somebody who used to spend a lot of time thinkin…

That's a very perceptive comment. It happens again and again and it's much harder to control for that, as compared to say making sure you are running in different amazon availability zones or something. If you wanted to destroy someone's service, probably getting them banned like you describe could even be easier than a DOS now. I worry about the day that google kills my gmail account for some random and never to be…

Post by detaro » Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

thatwasunusual wrote: post #185

jsnell wrote: post #74

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It's definitely not new, they required an id 20 years ago. (From EU citizens, so it's not about the country either).

So how do you explain that I never have had to show an ID?

Post by manuelmoreale » Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 5:27 PM UTC

andix wrote: post #125

datenwolf wrote: post #119

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A lot of people confuse the passport (Pass) with the national identity card (Personalausweis). There's no place of residence stated on the German passport, but it is part of the Personalausweis. Since German citizens by law are required to own a Personalausweis (there's no mandate to carry it around, just having it somewhere in a drawer suffices), practically all businesses in Germany do rely on the Personalausweis t…

This is a very German thing. I’ve never seen ID cards from other countries that include an address of residence. Also the obligation to own an ID card is a very foreign concept in most other countries. I had that issue with German companies before, especially those who rarely deal with international customers. For example in Austria only a few people own an ID card (most people have a passport, but not everyone). So…

Post by miohtama » Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

nr2x wrote: post #173

Aldipower wrote: post #83

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Exactly. My main infrastructure is on Hetzner, but I have a live replication via Wireguard at another hoster in Austria. With less resources there, but for accessibility "in the case of".

I’m also thinking about buying a second hand server and racking it in a colocation joint just so I can physically get the disk. The client data I have is super important, and there is some level of comfort you only get from bare metal.