raindog308, Author at LowEndBox

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Sep 08, 2020

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LowEndTalk veteran jsg (previously interviewed on LowEndBox) has begun a new series of VPS benchmarks on LowEndTalk. They're detailed, factual, and well-written and if you're interested in benchmarks...

XenSpec has VPS and Dedi Offers in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles (1GB KVM from $2.04/mo, E3s from $50/mo)

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Sep 07, 2020

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XenSpec has returned with another great offer for our readers. They offer service in San Jose, Chicago, and Los Angeles so they've the US covered coast-to-coast. T...

XenSpec has VPS and Dedi Offers in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles (1GB KVM from $2.04/mo, E3s from $50/mo)

Poll Results: How many offers should we publish per month?

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Sep 04, 2020

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On August 23rd, we asked you to tell us how many offers we should publish per month. After 12 days of voting and 163 votes, the results are in: In other words, you want more offers, more options, and...

Poll Results: How many offers should we publish per month?

PacificRack Returns with Another Offer! (1GB for $1/mo on Annual Contract in Los Angeles)

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Sep 04, 2020

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PacificRack has returned with another outstanding offer based! We've featured them before, and they are a sub-brand of Quadranet, familiar name in the LowEndBox community. Quadranet it...

PacificRack Returns with Another Offer! (1GB for $1/mo on Annual Contract in Los Angeles)

Interview: Q&A with Ditlev Bredahl, CEO of OnApp

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Sep 02, 2020

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Our LowEndBox Interview Series has featured many interesting personalities so far and today we're excited to bring you an interview with the CEO of OnApp, Ditlev Bredahl. The name OnApp will be famil...

Interview: Q&A with Ditlev Bredahl, CEO of OnApp

LowEndLOLs: 30 Nodes

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Sep 01, 2020

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Today we introduce a new series on LowEndBox: the first hosting industry webcomic! On a semi-regular basis, we'll be bringing you some humor and hilarity around hosting, the LowEnd community, and life...

Limitless Hosting: Awesome 4th Anniversary Offer (KVM and Shared starting at 6 cents a year!)

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Sep 01, 2020

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Limitless Hosting is back celebrating their fourth year in business. Congrats to Muhammad and the rest of the Limitless crew, and thanks for bringing some awesome offers to LEB! Muhammad really want...

Limitless Hosting: Awesome 4th Anniversary Offer (KVM and Shared starting at 6 cents a year!)

vServer.site Specials in Düsseldorf, Germany (KVM and Dedi, from €1.50/month)!

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Aug 31, 2020

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We mentioned vServer.site back in June 2020 as part of a special we did on providers offering service for $1 a month. Now they're back with some full-fledged offers all their own...

vServer.site Specials in Düsseldorf, Germany (KVM and Dedi, from €1.50/month)!

Setup Detachable and Reattachable Terminal Sessions With tmux on your VPS

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Aug 31, 2020

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tmux (Terminal Multiplexer) is a program that you can use to have a detachable terminal session on your VPS. This means you can login, execute some commands, and then disconnect, returning hours or da...

Setup Detachable and Reattachable Terminal Sessions With tmux on your VPS

Take Control of Your Cron Jobs With Rundeck

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Aug 29, 2020

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In this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup and get started with Rundeck, a free (as in beer) job control solution. Why Rundeck? For some simple needs, crontab suffices. If you have a job you want...

G’day Mate! Grab Some Shared cPanel Hosting with Servers Galore in Australia! (from $2.97 USD/mo)

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Aug 29, 2020

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Servers Galore has returned to LEB! Their last offer was for some KVM systems last June (of 2019). This time they're bringing us some nice shared hosting from down under. I have...

G’day Mate! Grab Some Shared cPanel Hosting with Servers Galore in Australia! (from $2.97 USD/mo)

KhanWebHost: Limited Stock Offer in Phoenix, France, and Germany (KVM 1GB RAM/$19.99 Year!)

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Aug 27, 2020

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KhanWebHost is new to LowEndBox and has a nice KVM offer for our readers. They posted on LowEndTalk, I contacted them, they had some spare stock, and here we are. They're using Virtualizor and are i...

KhanWebHost: Limited Stock Offer in Phoenix, France, and Germany (KVM 1GB RAM/$19.99 Year!)

From Bricklayer to Web Hoster: Little Creek Hosting Brings Us Some Cool Offers (2GB for $3/mo or $2.40/mo Annually in North Carolina!)

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Aug 25, 2020

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Sometimes you come across a company that has a bit of personality to it. In a sea of "nounhousts" that often seem clones of one another, it's fun to find a company that has a bit...

From Bricklayer to Web Hoster: Little Creek Hosting Brings Us Some Cool Offers (2GB for $3/mo or $2.40/mo Annually in North Carolina!)

Using Google Authenticator for SSH and Console Connections to Your VPS

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Aug 22, 2020

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In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to setup your VPS to use two-factor authentication for both normal SSH connections and console logins with Google Authenticator. What is Two-Factor Authen...

Using Google Authenticator for SSH and Console Connections to Your VPS

Virtono Has a Special Offer in Romania or Dallas for LEB Readers: $12/year!

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Aug 22, 2020

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Virtono recently posted their first offer on LowEndTalk and we're sharing it on LowEndBox as well. They're a Romanian-based provider offering service in six locations around the world,...

Virtono Has a Special Offer in Romania or Dallas for LEB Readers: $12/year!

How to Setup a Browser-Based Desktop with a Single Script

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Aug 20, 2020

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In August 2020, @dedipromo posted a neat script on LowEndTalk that he'd developed. The script sets up Guacamole, Nginx, the xfce4 desktop GUI, Firefox, VNC, and Let's Encrypt. After running it, you...

How to Setup a Browser-Based Desktop with a Single Script

Catching Intruders With a Trip Wire: The AIDE Package

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Aug 20, 2020

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Your Linux VPS lives in a hostile, dangerous world: the Internet. Left unsecured, your system is vulnerable to compromise, which can result in lost data, incurred charges, and general unpleasantness....

Catching Intruders With a Trip Wire: The AIDE Package

SoftShellWeb: Exceptional Value in EU/US (KVM 1GB-6GB from $20/year!)

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Aug 20, 2020

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SoftShellWeb recently posted on LowEndTalk and I asked them if they'd like to expand their audience to the LEB readership as well, and here we are. They're a new player (2019) based in the UK, offeri...

SoftShellWeb: Exceptional Value in EU/US (KVM 1GB-6GB from $20/year!)

Hey Providers and Hosts: Five Awesome Reasons to Post an Offer on LowEndBox

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Aug 18, 2020

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If you're a provider and this is your first time visiting LowEndBox or you've thought about but never quite submitted an offer, you may wonder what the advantages are. There are many. Free Advertisin...

Interview: Q&A with LowEndTalk Member jsg

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Aug 14, 2020

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LowEndTalk member @jsg has been on LET for a little more than two years. In that time he's gained a lot of respect in the community for the depth of his technical understanding on many fronts. From...

How to Run a TOR Node on Your VPS

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Aug 13, 2020

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TOR (The Onion Router) is FOSS software to allow onion routing. It is designed to defeat traffic analysis. In this tutorial, we'll talk about the three kinds of routers you can run to contribute to th...

Create Your Own Self-Hosting Mailinator With inbucket

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Aug 12, 2020

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Does this sound familiar: you want to look at the content on some web site, but it requires you to sign up with your email address. You know that if you do, you'll be spammed continuously until you g...

Create Your Own Self-Hosting Mailinator With inbucket

Interview: Q&A with HostSolutions’ Marius (@cociu)

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Aug 08, 2020

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From the World's Longest fsck to sharing picture of his wedding to sisters jokes to ever-amazing deals and specials, @cociu's HostSolutions.ro has been a long-running fixture on LowEndTalk. It'd be a...

Protect Your VPS With an Electronic Pitbull: Active Firewalls

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Aug 01, 2020

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A firewall is a security tool that blocks network traffic, with many different configuration options. For example, you could configure your firewall to block all traffic except attempts to connect to...

Protect Your VPS With an Electronic Pitbull: Active Firewalls

Interview: Q&A with LowEndBox/LowEndTalk Owner Jon Biloh

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Jul 25, 2020

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Today we're continuing our LowEndBox Interview Q&A Series by sitting down with Jon Biloh, the owner of LowEndBox and LowEndTalk. In this interview, he responds to questions submitted by the LowEnd...

Interview: Q&A with LowEndBox/LowEndTalk Owner Jon Biloh

Easy File Sharing With sshfs