Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Martin]

Good choice. Do they provide IP addresses from data-center's pool where VPSes 
located or from ISP range?

Martin

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On Friday, May 8, 2020 5:51 PM, Rich Kulawiec  wrote:

> (This is a cut-and-paste of something I sent in response to a similar
> question about FreeBSD last month.)
>
> I've been a customer of Panix (panix.com) for years and they're terrific.
> Inexpensive, flexible, responsive support, VERY high clue level, and
> proactive about patches/fixes. (There have been multiple instances
> in which they've fixed something before I knew it was a problem.
> They're fast, but deliberate: I don't think I've observed any instances
> where they had to back out a change.)
>
> They're also good about supporting pretty much whatever distribution you
> ask for: if there's customer demand/requests for it, they'll make it happen.
>
> ---rsk

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Rich Kulawiec]

(This is a cut-and-paste of something I sent in response to a similar
question about FreeBSD last month.)

I've been a customer of Panix (panix.com) for years and they're terrific.
Inexpensive, flexible, responsive support, VERY high clue level, and
proactive about patches/fixes.  (There have been multiple instances
in which they've fixed something before I knew it was a problem.
They're fast, but deliberate: I don't think I've observed any instances
where they had to back out a change.)

They're also good about supporting pretty much whatever distribution you
ask for: if there's customer demand/requests for it, they'll make it happen.

---rsk

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[slackwaree]

Try EDIS, cheap unbeatable prices. You pay like 8EUR a month with a decent VM 
with 2TB traffic. Only caveat that you need to install OBSD on yourself. They 
used to have BSDs on the selectable KVM machine list but they removed it, 
doesn't mean that you can't install your custom OS. Network is very stable and 
they even have feeds about network outages. So you need to install obsd on your 
own but where is the fun without that :-)



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On Friday, April 10, 2020 12:59 PM, Dumitru Moldovan  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:51:41AM +, Martin wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and 
> > with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be 
> > opened by default.
> > Any recommendations?
>
> Vultr is close to that. Last time I created a new VPS with them, I
> think they filtered port 25, but it was no big deal to get rid of that.
>
> Still running 2 productions VMs on Vultr, they are cheap, have great
> support, and reasonable uptimes. Not OpenBSD-based unfortunately, even
> though they support it officially.

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[andrew fabbro]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:55 AM Martin  wrote:

> I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and
> with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be
> opened by default.
>

FYI, virtually any provider who offers KVM-based VMs can run OpenBSD.
There are literally tons of KVM-based providers out there.  These days,
it's no longer a case of "finding a provider that supports OpenBSD" as much
as just making sure you're getting a KVM-based VPS (and not OpenVZ, for
example).  Then you mount the virtual CD of your choice and away you go,
booting bsd.rd and installing your OS.

Bigger players like Vultr will have fancy features like snapshots, APIs,
etc.  I like Vultr, but I also like supporting indy companies.  BuyVM.net
is one I can recommend, but you'll need to open a ticket to have them
remove the mail port restrictions.  RamNode is another quality host.  I
also have had a good experience at securedragon.net.

Regardless of who you choose, I'd open a pre-sales ticket just to confirm
they support what you want to run and what you want to do.  I'd ask
specifically if they have the OpenBSD version you want (and if not, every
provider I've dealt with is happy to download the .iso and make it
available...some even allow you to upload your own ISOs), and also ask
about port restrictions.

There are some forums dedicated to discussing cheap (and not so cheap)
VPSes.  I'm partial to lowendtalk.com, but there's also
talk.lowendspirit.com and hostballs.com.  I can't recommend
WebHostingTalk.com any more as it's mostly turned into an advertising/sig
spamming forum.

-- 
andrew fabbro
and...@fabbro.org

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[j3s]

> Do you know any clock fix for Debian guest like 
> kern.timecounter.hardware=tsc + NTPd for OBSD guests?


Sadly I do not. Keep an eye on openbsd.amsterdam - they follow openbsd patches 
closely and care a lot about this issue.

For what it’s worth, CentOS was even worse for me; for every 20 real seconds, 1 
passed in centos. :v

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Martin]

Do you know any clock fix for Debian guest like kern.timecounter.hardware=tsc + 
NTPd for OBSD guests?

Martin

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On Sunday, April 19, 2020 4:15 PM, j3s  wrote:

> > Will I encounter the same issue with clock > synchronization on VMM based
>
> Unfortunately you will, the clock issues aren’t quite worked out yet.

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[j3s]

> Will I encounter the same issue with clock > synchronization on VMM based

Unfortunately you will, the clock issues aren’t quite worked out yet.

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Brian Brombacher]

Try setting sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=tsc on the OpenBSD vmm guest and 
run ntpd.  I have not tried without ntpd but I know without using tsc, time 
skews too much.


> On Apr 19, 2020, at 10:25 AM, Martin  wrote:
> 
> Thanks all of you guys for suggestions.
> 
> Just one question to OpenBSD VMM based VPS hosters. I use vmd with OBSD 6.6 
> and Debian guests locally just for testing and stuck with clock 
> synchronization issue with both guests.
> 
> Will I encounter the same issue with clock synchronization on VMM based VPSes?
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐
>> On Saturday, April 18, 2020 12:20 AM, j3s  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/10/20 4:51 AM, Martin wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and 
>>> with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be 
>>> opened by default.
>>> Any recommendations?
>> 
>> Ohai. Co-founder of Cyberia Computer Club here - we're a US-based
>> nonprofit - part of our deal is providing good & open services.
>> 
>> We host our own hardware in a US datacenter, and offer OpenBSD VMs for
>> decent prices. You can see the whole shtick at https://capsul.org
>> 
>> No filtering or snooping, you just get a box on a public IPv4 and that's it.
>> 
>> Just wanted to toss my own hat in the ring!
>> 
>> j3s
> 
> 

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Martin]

Thanks all of you guys for suggestions.

Just one question to OpenBSD VMM based VPS hosters. I use vmd with OBSD 6.6 and 
Debian guests locally just for testing and stuck with clock synchronization 
issue with both guests.

Will I encounter the same issue with clock synchronization on VMM based VPSes?

Martin


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On Saturday, April 18, 2020 12:20 AM, j3s  wrote:

> On 4/10/20 4:51 AM, Martin wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and 
> > with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be 
> > opened by default.
> > Any recommendations?
>
> Ohai. Co-founder of Cyberia Computer Club here - we're a US-based
> nonprofit - part of our deal is providing good & open services.
>
> We host our own hardware in a US datacenter, and offer OpenBSD VMs for
> decent prices. You can see the whole shtick at https://capsul.org
>
> No filtering or snooping, you just get a box on a public IPv4 and that's it.
>
> Just wanted to toss my own hat in the ring!
>
> j3s

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[hello]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:51:41AM +, Martin wrote:
> I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and 
> with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be 
> opened by default.
> Any recommendations?

Hetzner has some cheap VPS plans and they do support OpenBSD.

Best regards,
Chris Narkiewicz




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Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[j3s]

On 4/10/20 4:51 AM, Martin wrote:

I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and with 
~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be opened by 
default.
Any recommendations?


Ohai. Co-founder of Cyberia Computer Club here - we're a US-based 
nonprofit - part of our deal is providing good & open services.


We host our own hardware in a US datacenter, and offer OpenBSD VMs for 
decent prices. You can see the whole shtick at https://capsul.org


No filtering or snooping, you just get a box on a public IPv4 and that's it.

Just wanted to toss my own hat in the ring!


j3s

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[jin]

Another one is the "transip.eu" from Netherlands. Native OpenBSD support,
tcp 25 blocked by default but you can change it whenever you want. KVM
based.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 17:04  wrote:

> I'm using Vultr to host my mail server. All it requires is a note to
> support asking all mail ports be opened and they will comply. $5 US a month
> and they support OpenBSD.
>
> You could also look into https://openbsd.amsterdam/ for your hosting
> needs. They seem to be just what you are looking for.
>
>  - chris
>
> On April 10, 2020 6:23:03 AM CDT, Martin  wrote:
> >I know about vultr, but they are filtering 25, 465 for sure and some
> >other ports. Especially, I need 25 port open for mail server I'm going
> >to implement.
> >
> >I mostly interesting in a small hoster with soft customer policies for
> >long term OpenBSD VPS hosting. It can be any ISP based VPS hoster or
> >any.
> >
> >Martin
> >
> >‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐
> >On Friday, April 10, 2020 10:59 AM, Dumitru Moldovan 
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:51:41AM +, Martin wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation
> >support and with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out
> >VPS ports must be opened by default.
> >> > Any recommendations?
> >>
> >> Vultr is close to that. Last time I created a new VPS with them, I
> >> think they filtered port 25, but it was no big deal to get rid of
> >that.
> >>
> >> Still running 2 productions VMs on Vultr, they are cheap, have great
> >> support, and reasonable uptimes. Not OpenBSD-based unfortunately,
> >even
> >> though they support it officially.
>
> --
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[ceidem]

I'm using Vultr to host my mail server. All it requires is a note to support 
asking all mail ports be opened and they will comply. $5 US a month and they 
support OpenBSD.

You could also look into https://openbsd.amsterdam/ for your hosting needs. 
They seem to be just what you are looking for.

 - chris

On April 10, 2020 6:23:03 AM CDT, Martin  wrote:
>I know about vultr, but they are filtering 25, 465 for sure and some
>other ports. Especially, I need 25 port open for mail server I'm going
>to implement.
>
>I mostly interesting in a small hoster with soft customer policies for
>long term OpenBSD VPS hosting. It can be any ISP based VPS hoster or
>any.
>
>Martin
>
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>On Friday, April 10, 2020 10:59 AM, Dumitru Moldovan 
>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:51:41AM +, Martin wrote:
>>
>> > I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation
>support and with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out
>VPS ports must be opened by default.
>> > Any recommendations?
>>
>> Vultr is close to that. Last time I created a new VPS with them, I
>> think they filtered port 25, but it was no big deal to get rid of
>that.
>>
>> Still running 2 productions VMs on Vultr, they are cheap, have great
>> support, and reasonable uptimes. Not OpenBSD-based unfortunately,
>even
>> though they support it officially.

-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Oliver Leaver-Smith]

I run a few OpenBSD servers on vultr. They block outbound 25 by default like 
most providers, but as long as you say you aren’t going to spam, they open it 
for you no problem. 1000GB bandwidth on smaller VPS, 6000 on larger ones

-ols
--
Oliver Leaver-Smith
+44(0)114 360 1337
TZ=Europe/London

> On 10 Apr 2020, at 10:52, Martin  wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and 
> with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be 
> opened by default.
> Any recommendations?
> 
> Martin.

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[mabi]

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On Friday, April 10, 2020 12:59 PM, Dumitru Moldovan  wrote:


> Vultr is close to that. Last time I created a new VPS with them, I
> think they filtered port 25, but it was no big deal to get rid of that.
>
> Still running 2 productions VMs on Vultr, they are cheap, have great
> support, and reasonable uptimes. Not OpenBSD-based unfortunately, even
> though they support it officially.

Here https://oriented.net/server/openbsd-virtual-machine they provide OpenBSD 
native VPS and traffic seems to be unlimited/unfiltered.

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Peter Nicolai Mathias Hansteen]

> 10. apr. 2020 kl. 11:51 skrev Martin :
> 
> I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and 
> with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be 
> opened by default.
> Any recommendations?

I would personally recommend the place where bsdly.net  
lives — Terrahost (https://terrahost.no ), which offers 
a range of options from minimal KVM based VMs through dedicated physical 
servers, with unfiltered connectivity and your choice of OS.

They’re based in Norway (Sandefjord to be exact) so likely not the cheapest 
you’ll find but they have been most excellent and very responsive when I needed 
to get things done quickly a couple of years back.

All the best,
Peter


—
Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team
http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/
"Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic"
delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds.






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Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Martin]

I know about vultr, but they are filtering 25, 465 for sure and some other 
ports. Especially, I need 25 port open for mail server I'm going to implement.

I mostly interesting in a small hoster with soft customer policies for long 
term OpenBSD VPS hosting. It can be any ISP based VPS hoster or any.

Martin

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On Friday, April 10, 2020 10:59 AM, Dumitru Moldovan  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:51:41AM +, Martin wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and 
> > with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be 
> > opened by default.
> > Any recommendations?
>
> Vultr is close to that. Last time I created a new VPS with them, I
> think they filtered port 25, but it was no big deal to get rid of that.
>
> Still running 2 productions VMs on Vultr, they are cheap, have great
> support, and reasonable uptimes. Not OpenBSD-based unfortunately, even
> though they support it officially.

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

[Dumitru Moldovan]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:51:41AM +, Martin wrote:

I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and with 
~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be opened by 
default.
Any recommendations?


Vultr is close to that.  Last time I created a new VPS with them, I
think they filtered port 25, but it was no big deal to get rid of that.

Still running 2 productions VMs on Vultr, they are cheap, have great
support, and reasonable uptimes.  Not OpenBSD-based unfortunately, even
though they support it officially.