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Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Does anyone have a recommendation for a cheap but fast xen VPS either in Chicago or NYC? (Like under $7/month cheap)

Could be worth sifting through some of these: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=104 Otherwise I would definitely post in the main forum.

I was looking for specific recommendations that people have used. Thanks anyway.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

#13
post #9

I'm still amazed how quick people are to forget what happened with Linode. Massive security issue (i.e. Bitcoin incident) where hackers got root access to any Linode VPS at the click of a button. Loyal customers were the last to hear about it (through their website no less) and absolutely no proper explanation was or has been given as to what happened, what was done about it and whether it will happen again. You look…

I've complained about this via their support channels a few different times. They're in the middle of a what seems like a very big security fixing phase right now relating to "something provided by one of their vendors". When I asked about it I was basically told to go away.

They really offer a very good service over all, but their transparency is atrocious.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

#14
post #9

I'm still amazed how quick people are to forget what happened with Linode. Massive security issue (i.e. Bitcoin incident) where hackers got root access to any Linode VPS at the click of a button. Loyal customers were the last to hear about it (through their website no less) and absolutely no proper explanation was or has been given as to what happened, what was done about it and whether it will happen again. You look…

I always thought highly of linode and their service, been using them for production and recommending others to do so. And then the bitcoin incident happened, after that they just can't be trusted with any client data.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

#16

It requires you to pay for service until the end of July first. And then you may get the credit (if you were fast enough). Seems like a so-so deal to me.

I signed up with linode when they did a similar promotion about a year and a half ago, and it clearly said that I was in before the promotion ended and would be getting the bonus before I actually paid for it. I assume it will be the same way this time.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

#17

It requires you to pay for service until the end of July first. And then you may get the credit (if you were fast enough). Seems like a so-so deal to me.

It's a brilliant promotion for them. Cheaper than AdWords and guarantees either new customers or upselling existing customers.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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post #13
post #9

I'm still amazed how quick people are to forget what happened with Linode. Massive security issue (i.e. Bitcoin incident) where hackers got root access to any Linode VPS at the click of a button. Loyal customers were the last to hear about it (through their website no less) and absolutely no proper explanation was or has been given as to what happened, what was done about it and whether it will happen again. You look…

I've complained about this via their support channels a few different times. They're in the middle of a what seems like a very big security fixing phase right now relating to "something provided by one of their vendors". When I asked about it I was basically told to go away. They really offer a very good service over all, but their transparency is atrocious.

They actually recently released information about this - there were multiple vulnerabilities in xen.civwould assume they were trying to keep the information quiet until the issue was fully resolved.

http://blog.linode.com/2012/06/13/xen-security-advisories-an...

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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post #9

I'm still amazed how quick people are to forget what happened with Linode. Massive security issue (i.e. Bitcoin incident) where hackers got root access to any Linode VPS at the click of a button. Loyal customers were the last to hear about it (through their website no less) and absolutely no proper explanation was or has been given as to what happened, what was done about it and whether it will happen again. You look…

I've been a customer of theirs for a couple years and have only learned about this now?! I've always thought highly of Linode otherwise.
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