On 29/06/2024 12:53, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 at 11:55, Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com wrote:
- I've dumped Digital Ocean as all their IP addresses have been blocked
by those crooks at UCEProtect. And I mean ALL of them, so it's occasionally impossible to send out email from their servers.
Does anyone actually use uceprotect? (Well, anyone who matters?)
I don't send emails directly from my servers anyway so this isn't an issue (we use mailgun or aws SMTP servers).
I have migrated most of my kit to Vultr, and they are much better, as cheap, and their network lines and VMs seem faster.
I looked at Vultr around the same time we moved to DO (almost a decade ago it turns out). We've never had any issues with DO but I have often thought about using a mixture of the two.
(I think there are better hosts if you have the resources, but in the $5/mo market they're both pretty strong). Hertzner also came up recently as a European-based alternative.
- You might like to have a look at Shorewall...
One weakness of DO is that you're pretty limited to the distros they support. It's never really been an issue but it does limit me here whilst I am sticking with them.
I might have to think about spinning up a VM at Vultr for testing. Google suggests they give a flat 2TB bandwidth regardless of how much stuff I have with them? Seems an odd approach so maybe I misread it. But that would be enough for my purposes I am sure.
I'm slow to the discussion (way too busy to check lists at the moment), but...
I use Wireguard quite happily, all be it my configuration is fairly basic. I have a fixed IP address, so that makes things more practical, although I think you should be OK with just a single fixed IP and connecting in and routing through that. Not something I've played with yet.
That said, you may like to take a look at Tailscale (https://tailscale.com/), which takes the hassle out of Wireguard and allows you to manage the links through a central management account (hosted by them, but I think you could setup your own - don't quote me though!). There is a free tier, but if you are looking at a VPS then you may like to look at the $6 a month to see if you need the extra. I haven't used it myself, but several attendees at Portsmouth LUG swear by it.