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[Brian Koontz <brian AT opennicproject.org>]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 06:28:41PM +0000, Alex Hanselka wrote:
> Generally speaking, you're going to be let go if you are a continued
> problem no matter who the datacenter or host is.  For instance,
> Linode will nullroute the IP if it causes a problem and if it' is a
> recurring problem you'll be asked to leave. That's pretty standard
> in the community from what I can gather too.

I am fortunate to host with an ISP (suso.org) that actually works with
you to mitigate things like DDoS attacks.  I think that a hosting
provider that can't handle or isn't willing to help combat DDos
attacks isn't worth the time to deal with.

Any site hosting a service (DNS, HTTP, gopher, whatever) can become
the target of a DDoS.  If a service provider isn't willing to work
with you on this, then they are probably in the wrong business.

Then again, a $3/month hosting provider probably isn't interested in
keeping your business.  I imagine they approach all this from a
quantity standpoint.  Losing your account doesn't mean squat to them.   

I suppose it also helps that you throw some other business to your
hosting provider as well.  I have a business account with mine, and I
would expect them to step up to the plate if I had issues (and in
fact, they have in the past).

  --Brian

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