the way I see it any box outside of your physical control can not be trusted. On Jan 1, 2011, at 11:10 AM, Zate Berg wrote:
> Should they also have a strong policy about letting you violate their > TOS and not taking action ? :-P > > Your best bet if that is a requirement is to do a colo of a small > server and don't give the colo access. They are still going to have > physical access of the system and the "man" could come knocking with a > court order asking them to turn it over. > > Unless you do something out of the US, your system is ALWAYS going to > be at the mercy of the "man" getting a court order and accessing your > info. > > I have toyed with the idea of creating a hosted system that logs to > /dev/null and doesn't keep a single piece of information about who > logged into the system from where, when. > > cloudsigma.com are a pretty good "out of the us" cloud/VPS provider, > you might try one of their cheaper tiers and setup your own. If you > might be engaging in activities that could get you in trouble, i would > not trust a system built by anyone than yourself so you can be sure > what it's logging, or not logging, and who has access. > > Zate > > > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:24 PM, xgermx <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for all of the input so far. Keep the suggestions coming. >> <tinfoilhat> >> Also, the ideal service provider should have a very strong policy about not >> turning over my information if questioned. (rules out Amazon, etc) >> </tinfoilhat> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Dan King <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> If you use TOR as a transparent proxy, the speeds you get are much better. >>> The circuits dont get constantly rebuilt. >>> >>> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TransparentProxy >>> You could run a TOR node on a VPS and use the VPS as your VPN >>> concentrator. Then all traffic over the VPN could be then anonymized. >>> I have no experience with any commercial VPN solutions that claim to mask >>> your traffic. I'd be a little suspicious of that honestly. >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Jim Halfpenny <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Depends what your needs are. TOR offers anonymity at the expense of >>>> speed. SSH tunneling provides point-to-point encryption, as does an >>>> IPSec VPN e.g. FreeS/WAN. There are anonymiser services that offer web >>>> proxies but don't encrypt your traffic. Your goals affect the choice >>>> of solution best for you. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> On 30 December 2010 14:41, xgermx <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Can anyone give a recommendations for a private VPN service? >>>>> My goal is to remain anonymous online whilst not sacrificing bandwidth. >>>>> Something like IPREDator, possibly. https://www.ipredator.se/?lang=en >>>>> Google searches for this have proved futile as most results are >>>>> spam/seedy >>>>> companies. >>>>> TIA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> I live in a world of cold steel and dungeons and mighty foes... >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
