Linode Birthday Giveaway • Hacker News Board

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by gmurphy » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 2:17 AM UTC

taligent wrote: 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…

> Loyal customers were the last to hear about it

I'm a Linode customer, your message is the first time I've heard anything about it.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by GoodIntentions » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 3:12 AM UTC

derefr wrote: post #5

GBiT wrote: post #3

OVH is giving 10 000 (every day 100-500 ) servers for free to test new USA datacenter. I thinks its more valuable then linoide VPS http://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/usa_order_beta.xml Just follow OVH twitter

Seems to be over for the day today--when does the "day" start for them? Midnight CET? EST? Edit: ah, they're making it unpredictable such that you have to follow their Twitter (@OVH) to find out :)

All allocated in 6? minutes and requires following on twitter. This allocation mechanism seems about as classy as "punch the monkey" banner ads.

I've been waiting for a reasonably priced Canadian VPS. just let me pay for it and sign up ffs....

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by trustfundbaby » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 3:13 AM UTC

I'm a huge linode fan and I feel guilty for my reaction to this giveaway ... which just happens to be ... "meh". I guess they've gotten to a point where giving out free RAM increases is not a sustainable endeavor :\

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by piggity » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 4:25 AM UTC

taligent wrote: 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 have an entry level Linode with backup service.

3 weeks ago, backups stopped for no obvious reason, I noticed after a few days and raised a ticket.

It was escalated to the "backup team"; who've proceeded to achieve nothing in almost 2 weeks towards fixing my backup issue. "They're working on it" does not inspire me with any hope.

So now I can't trust the backups, the support team, or really any part of the platform to perform as advertised or be fixed in a reasonable timeframe if it fails.

My single data-point.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by TheSwordsman » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 4:55 AM UTC

jroll wrote: post #18

seany wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

If you read the specific vulnerabilities that were released you'd see an embargo was in place. According to Xen.org, Linode is on the predisclosure list. Seems they got the information, fixed the issue, and were able to announce it once the Xen guys did.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by tsuyoshi » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 7:00 AM UTC

taligent wrote: 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…

If anyone else is like me and wondering what he's talking about, here's a description from one of the victims:

http://bitcoinmedia.com/compromised-linode-coins-stolen-from...

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by filmgirlcw » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 1:21 PM UTC

cremnob wrote: post #11

taligent wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not in NYC or Chicago, but BuyVM is my go-to VPS. Super fast, nerdy support (know what you're doing and you're fine) and great services. Try their ping tests and see if that works for you. I'm in NYC and use it for most of my projects (so does my husband, who has 3x my geek cred).

Seriously I was paying 5x as much with another provider and getting shit performance in comparison.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by dhimes » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 2:32 PM UTC

gmurphy wrote: post #21

taligent wrote: 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…

> Loyal customers were the last to hear about it I'm a Linode customer, your message is the first time I've heard anything about it.

I'm considering linode for my next launch, and heard nothing of this as well. Thanks?

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by mgcross » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 2:51 PM UTC

asciident wrote: post #12

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.

From the comments:

"The black ‘giveaway’ box on the signup page carries through the entire signup process – and will refresh to show how many Giveaway Bucks are remaining – so you’ll be able to tell BEFORE you complete the signup how close to the wire you are. If you don’t make the cut and don’t want the service and cancel we’ll refund your money. We’re not out to screw anyone."

I'm just hesitant after reading the comments here.

Re: Linode Birthday Giveaway

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Post by jebblue » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 4:14 PM UTC

GBiT wrote: post #3

OVH is giving 10 000 (every day 100-500 ) servers for free to test new USA datacenter. I thinks its more valuable then linoide VPS http://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/usa_order_beta.xml Just follow OVH twitter

I get quite a bit of spam from OVH based servers.