[olug] Shell accounts? [OT?]

Mon Sep 25 12:12:44 CDT 2017

Google has a free use tier too. https://cloud.google.com/free as well

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Tony Gies <tony.gies at gruppe86.net> wrote:

> Sign up for an AWS account and you can get a t2.micro instance (1gb
> RAM, 1 sorta overprovisioned CPU) for free for a year. After that you
> can get it for $70/year paid a year at a time.
>
>
>
> Tony Gies <tony.gies at gruppe86.net>
> Technical Projects Director
> gruppe86 | IT Consulting, Software Development, Systems Integration
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I use digital ocean as well, $5/mo will get you a nice instance.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:57 AM, David Walker (OLUG) <olug at grax.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > If you're willing to spring for $5/month, Linode is a great provider
> that
> > > I've been with for years.
> > >
> > > You can pick your distribution, you have full Linux machine under your
> > > control and you can upsize or downsize easily.
> > >
> > >
> > > 64 bit Distributions
> > >     Arch 2017.07.01
> > >     CentOS 7
> > >     CoreOS Container Linux
> > >     Debian 8
> > >     Debian 9
> > >     Fedora 26
> > >     Gentoo 2017-07-12
> > >     OpenSUSE Leap 42.3
> > >     Slackware 14.2
> > >     Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
> > >     Ubuntu 17.04
> > >
> > > Older Distributions
> > >     CentOS 6.8
> > >     Debian 7
> > >     Fedora 25
> > >     openSUSE Leap 42.2
> > >     Slackware 13.37
> > >     Slackware 14.1
> > >     Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > There are places that give you more than a shell, a free virtual
> machine.
> > > >
> > > > https://www.clearvm.com/#clearvm-pricing    sounds like free
> hardware in
> > > > the cloud.
> > > > https://c9.io/pricing
> > > > https://cloud.google.com/free/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Ben Hollingsworth <obiwan at jedi.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Sounds interesting, but I wonder how well that would work over your
> > > > > typical hotel WiFi connection where they restrict which ports can
> get
> > > > out.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 09/14/2017 12:53 PM, Jon Larsen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Ben,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Have you looked at Port knocking for your home firewall?
> > > > >> https://n0where.net/ssh-port-knocking/
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Jon L.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Ben Hollingsworth <
> obiwan at jedi.com>
> > > > >> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 09/13/2017 10:26 PM, Herb Wolfe wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Does anyone know of any providers of shell accounts? I'd prefer
> local
> > > > or
> > > > >>>> free. I've been using Internet Nebraska for some 20-odd years,
> and
> > > > they
> > > > >>>> are
> > > > >>>> going to drop shell access soon. Web hosting is a bonus, as
> they've
> > > > also
> > > > >>>> changed their setup for that as well.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Yeah, that made me sad.  My shell account at
> falcon.inetnebr.com is
> > > > my
> > > > >>> longest-standing Unix shell account, at 23 years.  I created the
> > > second
> > > > >>> login account on that machine in June 1994.  I'm sad to see it
> go.  I
> > > > can
> > > > >>> understand why IN is making that change, though.  We live in a
> > > > different
> > > > >>> world now than we did back thenk.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I can live with losing direct vi access to my main web site's
> HTML
> > > > files,
> > > > >>> because I've been slowly converting that web site over to
> Wordpress
> > > > for a
> > > > >>> while now (it's big), and I run a web server on my home machine
> for
> > > > those
> > > > >>> one-off instances when I need to temporarily serve something
> without
> > > > >>> Wordpress.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> The biggest bummer, nostalgia aside, is SSH access.  In order to
> keep
> > > > the
> > > > >>> log file noise to a minimum, my home firewall restricts which IP
> > > blocks
> > > > >>> are
> > > > >>> allowed to SSH into my home computer.  On the rare occasion when
> I
> > > need
> > > > >>> to
> > > > >>> SSH in from an unapproved network, I was always able to SSH into
> > > falcon
> > > > >>> first, then jump from there to my home machine.  That route is no
> > > > longer
> > > > >>> an
> > > > >>> option, so I'll probably have to open up the firewall again.  Or
> > > maybe
> > > > I
> > > > >>> can just paint with a bigger brush & block foreign IP's using
> that
> > > list
> > > > >>> that somebody posted recently.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> It was also handy to use my shell account on falcon to get a
> second
> > > > >>> opinion when I was seeing odd network behavior from home.
> That'll be
> > > > >>> annoying to lose, too.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I'll have to check out freeshell.org and sdf.org.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > *Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth* obiwan at jedi.com <mailto:
> obiwan at jedi.com>
> > > > > www.Jedi.com <http://www.jedi.com>
> > > > > The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
> > > > > Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
> > > > > promise that You will pull me through. /-- Rich Mullins/
> > > > >
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