• Re: Cheap Hosting...

    From Terminator@VERT/SBBSVA to Poindexter Fortran on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 02:20:33
    On Mon 28-Dec-2020 22:03 , Poindexter Fortran@1:275/201.0 wrote:

    I got a renewal notice from pskhosting.com, I'd forgotten I'd grabbed a deal last year around new years.

    The deal is your basic shared hosting, control panel, Apache, MySQL, IMAP, 120 GB of storage, and it's $9/year. I've got a test domain sitting on it now, but I'd forgotten what it's like when you don't have SSH access to
    the system - or SCP. I've got to FTP files to/from it.

    Just like it's 2000 all over again.

    They are closed
    --- CNet/5
    * Origin: 1:275/201.0 (1:275/201.30)
    þ Synchronet þ sbbs.dynu.net 2025
  • From Terminator@VERT/SBBSVA to Nelgin on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 02:26:17
    On Tue 29-Dec-2020 15:25 , Nelgin@1:275/201.0 said to Poindexter Fortran:

    Check out lowendbox.com

    I snagged a 4cpu host with 4gb and 90gb hard disk with 4TB of bandwidth
    for
    $70 a year with full KVM (none of that openvz crap). I run my bbs on that.

    My other server is $59 a year with 4gb 3 cpu, 75gb disk space anf 5tb of b/w.

    You can get some crazy good deals. Just make sure you go for a provider that's
    been around for a while. There was an influx of new companies all offering great deals and then they shutdown within in a few months, taking all the payments with them.

    There price on VPN servers is good if you want to run a very small bbs systems. --- CNet/5
    * Origin: 1:275/201.0 (1:275/201.30)
    þ Synchronet þ sbbs.dynu.net 2025
  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Terminator on Thursday, March 18, 2021 09:21:00
    There price on VPN servers is good if you want to run a very small bbs systems. --- CNet/5

    i duno, i think it sounds kind of lame to run a bbs on a VPS .. when a user goes for the 'page sysop' command you should be able to break in to chat because you heard the machine beeping at you.

    even when i had dialup internet back in the day the bbs worked just fine for two nodes (granted i paid my isp for a private dedicated number to connect 24/7..) nowadays just about any internet connection is overkill for a bbs.

    i suppose if you have crummy internet or don't have a spare pc your options might be limited..

    to each their own i guess

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to fusion on Thursday, March 18, 2021 19:40:42
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: fusion to Terminator on Thu Mar 18 2021 09:21 am

    There price on VPN servers is good if you want to run a very small bbs systems. --- CNet/5

    i duno, i think it sounds kind of lame to run a bbs on a VPS .. when a user goes for the 'page sysop' command you should be able to break in to chat because you heard the machine beeping at you.

    even when i had dialup internet back in the day the bbs worked just fine for two nodes (granted i paid my isp for a private dedicated number to connect 24/7..) nowadays just about any internet connection is overkill for a bbs.

    i suppose if you have crummy internet or don't have a spare pc your options might be limited..

    to each their own i guess


    i've ran my bbses on a hosted server for years and i love it. very stable and it's not that much money. less computers in the house. if they want to talk to me they can email me and i get it right away.

    i use proxmox and create vms for it to run.
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  • From Marisag@VERT/AMIGAC to MRO on Friday, March 19, 2021 01:27:59
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: MRO to fusion on Thu Mar 18 2021 19:40:42

    If both bbs and sysio are running linux I have a pager for that situation, though email/discord might be better. Buyt still usefull for recreating the retro experience...

    Marisa
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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Marisag on Friday, March 19, 2021 09:40:00
    If both bbs and sysio are running linux I have a pager for that
    situation, though email/discord might be better. Buyt still usefull for recreating the retro experience...

    interesting. like a cell phone type of pager or something different? i
    remember you used to be able to email like: <phonenumber>@<carrier>.com or whatever to send texts.. i wonder if that still works. though if you don't route an internet email address to your users you couldn't respond. who
    knows, all this work and your users might just text profanities to you all
    day lol

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi
  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to fusion on Friday, March 19, 2021 14:13:01
    fusion wrote:
    interesting. like a cell phone type of pager or something different? i remember you used to be able to email like: <phonenumber>@<carrier>.com or whatever to send texts.. i wonder if that still works. though if you don't route an internet email address to your users you couldn't respond. who knows, all this work and your users might just text profanities to you all day lol

    Sure does.

    YOu can use both tmomail.net and mymetropcs.com with MetroPCS and I guess tmomail.net will work with T-Mobile. Verizon works with vtext.com

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  • From Lupine Furmen@VERT/FURFOL to fusion on Friday, March 19, 2021 13:22:05
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: fusion to Terminator on Thu Mar 18 2021 09:21:00

    i duno, i think it sounds kind of lame to run a bbs on a VPS .. when a user goes for the 'page sysop' command you should be able to break in to chat because you heard the machine beeping at you.

    even when i had dialup internet back in the day the bbs worked just fine for two nodes (granted i paid my isp for a private dedicated number to connect 24/7..) nowadays just about any internet connection is overkill for a bbs.

    i suppose if you have crummy internet or don't have a spare pc your options might be limited..

    I couldn't agree more.
    -+-

    Lupine Furmen
    -Dallas Vinson
    Furmens Folly (FIDO 1:123/257) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23
    SSH: furmenservices.net:23222
    Before the Web - telnet: furmenservices.net:23232
    Legends of Yesteryear (FIDO 1:123/256) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23322
    Sound Source ]|[ - telnet: furmenservices.net:2323



    Dallas

    ... It would be illogical to kill without reason. Spock, stardate 3842.4.

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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Lupine Furmen on Friday, March 19, 2021 16:47:11
    Lupine wrote:
    i suppose if you have crummy internet or don't have a spare pc your options might be limited..

    I couldn't agree more.

    What if you already have one IP and you're already running services on those addresses? Most IPS are not going to give residential customers more than one IP.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com
  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nelgin on Friday, March 19, 2021 16:57:57
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Nelgin to Lupine Furmen on Fri Mar 19 2021 04:47 pm

    Lupine wrote:
    i suppose if you have crummy internet or don't have a spare pc your options might be limited..

    I couldn't agree more.

    What if you already have one IP and you're already running services on those addresses? Most IPS are not going to give residential customers more than one IP.

    You can usually pay a little more for static IP address and get a 5-pack. I've had 5-packs since the late '90s with DSL and cable modem service.
    --
    digital man

    Sling Blade quote #20:
    Doyle: Hey is this the kind of retard that drools and rubs shit in his hair? Norco, CA WX: 68.0øF, 54.0% humidity, 14 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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  • From Marisag@VERT/AMIGAC to fusion on Saturday, March 20, 2021 00:11:38
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: fusion to Marisag on Fri Mar 19 2021 09:40:00

    interesting. like a cell phone type of pager or something different? i remember you used to be able to email like: <phonenumber>@<carrier>.com or

    It will play a audio file locally when someone pages you the bbs...

    Marisa
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  • From Lupine Furmen@VERT/FURFOL to Nelgin on Friday, March 19, 2021 23:08:35
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Nelgin to Lupine Furmen on Fri Mar 19 2021 16:47:11

    What if you already have one IP and you're already running services on those addresses? Most IPS are not going to give residential customers more than one IP.

    I only have 1 IP. Each of my BBS' is on a different port. All on the same machine. Running 5 BBS' 4 FTP's, 1 WWW, and 1 MUSH.
    -+-

    Lupine Furmen
    -Dallas Vinson
    Furmens Folly (FIDO 1:123/257) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23
    SSH: furmenservices.net:23222
    Before the Web - telnet: furmenservices.net:23232
    Legends of Yesteryear (FIDO 1:123/256) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23322
    Sound Source ]|[ - telnet: furmenservices.net:2323



    Dallas

    ... Racial prejudice is a pigment of the imagination.

    ---
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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Saturday, March 20, 2021 03:37:06
    Digital wrote:
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Nelgin to Lupine Furmen on Fri Mar 19 2021 04:47 pm

    Lupine wrote:
    i suppose if you have crummy internet or don't have a spare pc your options might be limited..

    I couldn't agree more.

    What if you already have one IP and you're already running services on those
    addresses? Most IPS are not going to give residential customers more than one IP.

    You can usually pay a little more for static IP address and get a 5-pack. I've had 5-packs since the late '90s with DSL and cable modem service.

    For Frontier FiOS, I believe you have to get the business service to get
    static IP addresses. It's not just a few bucks more. I think my VPS was
    cheaper than a years worth of static IP.

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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to Nelgin on Saturday, March 20, 2021 04:36:38
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Nelgin to Lupine Furmen on Fri Mar 19 2021 16:47:11


    Nelgin> What if you already have one IP and you're already running
    Nelgin> services on those addresses? Most IPS are not going to give
    Nelgin> residential customers more than one IP.

    you're still thinking in IPv4 terms... IPv6 comes in blocks of addresses... IPv6 is generally allocated to end users in /48 blocks... a /48 is 65535 LAN segments which the end user can further subdivide... more than enough
    addresses for the average end user's site even if it is fully loaded with fridges, freezers, stoves, lamps, etc all internet capable and connected... and there's still plenty of addresses in there free to use for servers and
    such...

    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of protect your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not meant to be hidden and every address is meant to
    be accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4 thinking, really...


    )\/(ark

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Rampage on Saturday, March 20, 2021 07:20:57
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Rampage to Nelgin on Sat Mar 20 2021 04:36 am

    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of prote
    your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not meant to be hidden and every address is meant to
    be accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4 thinking, really...


    I am not sorry for NAT. You can still use a firewall on both the router and your home computers.

    I am more worried about the state of ipv6 firewalling itself being a mess (if you check the relevant RFC's you'll see what I
    mean), the fact you don't get to assign your own subnetworks and logical segments unless the ISP allows you to do so (because
    if they don't offer you proper prefix delegation, all you get is a LAN network you cannot divide), and the fact IP blacklists
    are not going to work anymore (a botnet-infected device has lots of ips to choose from, so if its IP gets banned, it is easier
    to get a new one than it used to be).

    --
    gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Marisag on Saturday, March 20, 2021 18:34:48
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Marisag to MRO on Fri Mar 19 2021 01:27 am

    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: MRO to fusion on Thu Mar 18 2021 19:40:42

    If both bbs and sysio are running linux I have a pager for that situation, though email/discord might be better. Buyt still usefull for recreating the retro experience...

    Marisa


    quote your replies, please.
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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Rampage on Saturday, March 20, 2021 18:56:00
    Hello Rampage!

    ** On Saturday 20.03.21 - 04:36, Rampage wrote to Nelgin:

    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT
    which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of
    protect your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not
    meant to be hidden and every address is meant to be
    accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4
    thinking, really...

    Interesting. So there is not such thing as an IPv6 router with a
    NAT?


    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)
    þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTP
  • From Warpslide@VERT/NRBBS to Rampage on Saturday, March 20, 2021 21:10:21
    *** Quoting Rampage from a message to Nelgin ***

    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of protect your
    devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not meant to be hidden and
    every address is meant to be accessible from everywhere... it is a
    huge change from IPv4 thinking, really...

    I think it can depend on your router whether things are "hidden". I use Google WiFi for example, and while every device (that supports IPv6) has a public IPv6 address, the router still acts as a firewall for all of those devices. I still have to "open" ports on the router for these devices if I want them accessible on the open internet.

    Windows firewall on Windows 10 also blocks pinging by default, so my laptop still shows up as "stealth" even on IPv6.

    Jay

    ... Either one of us, by himself, is expendable. Both of us are not.

    --- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4/mL
    * Origin: Northern Realms | 289-424-5180 | bbs.nrbbs.net (99:99/2)
  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Ogg on Sunday, March 21, 2021 06:57:38
    Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Ogg to Rampage on Sat Mar 20 2021 06:56 pm

    Hello Rampage!

    ** On Saturday 20.03.21 - 04:36, Rampage wrote to Nelgin:

    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT
    which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of
    protect your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not
    meant to be hidden and every address is meant to be
    accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4
    thinking, really...

    Interesting. So there is not such thing as an IPv6 router with a
    NAT?

    ipv6-to-ipv6 NAT exists, but:

    1) It is not widespread in consumer-grade routers. If you use a custom built router or an "advanced" or ISP/WISP grade one, you
    have a chance of having it supported.

    2) Many programs won't work over ipv6-to-ipv6 NAT even if they actually work over NAT4. End-to-end connectivity is pretty much
    expected from ipv6 networks and things may break if this is not given.

    3) Even if NAT is implemented, firewalls are supposed to leat a whole lot of ICMP traffic in an out as to allow proper
    prefix-delegation and address assignment. The relevant RFC is there for everybody to see.

    TL;DR: It exists but it sucks.

    --
    gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Lupine Furmen on Sunday, March 21, 2021 07:38:00
    Lupine Furmen wrote to Nelgin <=-

    I only have 1 IP. Each of my BBS' is on a different port. All on the
    same machine. Running 5 BBS' 4 FTP's, 1 WWW, and 1 MUSH.

    One thing I'm playing with is setting up a reverse proxy for web services.
    Set up the proxy on the outside IP, or NAT into it, then use the proxy to point subdirectories or virtual hosts off of that IP to internal hosts.

    I'm using a router with DD-WRT, and with a package called Entware, it'll support Linux applications. It's going to run NGINX as a main web server,
    then proxy to my internal hosts.

    Telnet and/or SSH still need to be on different ports and NATed in, but
    that's easier to deal with than users or applications that expect to be on ports 80 or 443.


    ... Display your talent
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Ogg on Sunday, March 21, 2021 07:40:00
    Ogg wrote to Rampage <=-

    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT
    which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of
    protect your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not
    meant to be hidden and every address is meant to be
    accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4
    thinking, really...

    Interesting. So there is not such thing as an IPv6 router with a
    NAT?

    I thought the whole idea was to go back to the internet-of-old, where everything is on the network?



    ... Display your talent
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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, March 21, 2021 16:00:02
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Sun Mar 21 2021 07:40:00


    I thought the whole idea was to go back to the internet-of-old,
    where everything is on the network?

    that means that providers can then count every device on your network and possibly charge you per device like the cable companies charge you for so many TVs be connected and like the telcos used to do charging you for each
    telephone handset...


    )\/(ark

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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, March 21, 2021 17:17:00
    Hello poindexter!

    Interesting. So there is not such thing as an IPv6 router
    with a NAT?

    I thought the whole idea was to go back to the internet-of-
    old, where everything is on the network?

    The way things are happening with IoT devices, I wouldn't want
    someone poking around my "visible" network and mess with the
    attached devices.


    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)
    þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTP
  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Rampage on Monday, March 22, 2021 02:12:19
    Rampage wrote:
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Nelgin to Lupine Furmen on Fri Mar 19 2021 16:47:11


    Nelgin> What if you already have one IP and you're already running
    Nelgin> services on those addresses? Most IPS are not going to give
    Nelgin> residential customers more than one IP.

    you're still thinking in IPv4 terms... IPv6 comes in blocks of addresses... IPv6 is generally allocated to end users in /48 blocks... a /48 is 65535 LAN segments which the end user can further subdivide... more than enough
    addresses for the average end user's site even if it is fully loaded with fridges, freezers, stoves, lamps, etc all internet capable and connected... and there's still plenty of addresses in there free to use for servers and
    such...

    Yes, of course I'm talking in ipv4 terms, because most ISPs are not giving out ipv6 to customers, especially residential customers. Verizon doesn't (or didn't) and neither do Frontier. I think some of the cable companies do but overall, I would say that residential ipv6 is few and far between with most users probably not even aware of it. And yes, I do know what ipv6 is. I've
    been "Sage" certified with HE since 2009.

    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of protect your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not meant to be hidden and every address is meant to
    be accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4 thinking, really...

    Yes, ipv6 does make a firewall absolutely necessary for any system running it.

    ---
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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Rampage on Monday, March 22, 2021 02:13:07
    I mis-spoke - Sage certified since 2016. :)

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Ogg on Monday, March 22, 2021 04:33:58
    Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Ogg to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Mar 21 2021 05:17 pm

    Hello poindexter!

    Interesting. So there is not such thing as an IPv6 router
    with a NAT?

    I thought the whole idea was to go back to the internet-of-
    old, where everything is on the network?

    The way things are happening with IoT devices, I wouldn't want
    someone poking around my "visible" network and mess with the
    attached devices.

    Yes, this is why I call bullshit on people who is happy because we are finally going to have end-to-end connectivity from any
    device to any device with ipv6.

    Just not gonna happen.

    First thing everybody is going to do in his network is set a firewall up, NAT or no NAT. And once the firewall is up, devices
    will only be reachable and end-to-end connectable if the administrator deigns to open the ports for you. Exactly like we have
    right now, but with the disadvantages:

    * Now everybody knows your network topology.
    * Your firewall is not half as cool as it used to be, because you are supposed to let a lot of control traffic in an out just
    so your devices can be assigned addresses.
    * The ISP gets to decide how you manage your network topology. If you want to segment your network in a certain way, the ISP
    must provide you with your own block, or you have to resort to local addresses that are not Internet routable (and thus defeat
    ipv6's purpose).

    One big advantage, though:

    * You can have multiple devices in the same LAN offer the same port to the public. If you had two web servers behind a nat
    offering port 80, you could not just forward a port to each because the router can only offer a single port 80 to the public.
    You had to use some reverse proxy or relayer middleman. With NATless ipv6, you may skip the reverse proxy. You may still want
    to use it for other reasons, but you are not forced to.

    In my opinion, ipv6 is a net gain to ISPs and big data, because ones get to control your network, and the others get to see
    your network, but for end users... not worth it.

    --
    gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken

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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to fusion on Monday, March 22, 2021 06:59:16
    On 3/18/2021 2:21 AM, fusion wrote:
    There price on VPN servers is good if you want to run a very
    small bbs systems. --- CNet/5

    i duno, i think it sounds kind of lame to run a bbs on a VPS ..
    when a user goes for the 'page sysop' command you should be able
    to break in to chat because you heard the machine beeping at you.

    even when i had dialup internet back in the day the bbs worked
    just fine for two nodes (granted i paid my isp for a private
    dedicated number to connect 24/7..) nowadays just about any
    internet connection is overkill for a bbs.

    i suppose if you have crummy internet or don't have a spare pc
    your options might be limited..

    to each their own i guess

    For me it's the cost as much as anything... I had a business plan from
    my ISP for a long while, I recently went to residential, up to 1gb up,
    200mb down and it's cheaper than my business plan was. The ~$15 or so I
    spend on the BBS VPS is less than the $180/month more that a gigabit
    business plan from my ISP would be.

    Not to mention, limiting the ingress points into my home network from
    the outside world. That and not having to worry about hardware failures
    etc is pretty nice. I ran bare metal from 2002-2004 or so on my
    desktop, then a server at a friend's work for a couple years, then on a business plan in a VM on a server hosted at home... Drive going bad,
    corrupted VM and had it up/down a few times since around 2012 or so.

    Now, I've spent a couple hours a week just going through messages and tinkering on mods. I only keep my desktop running other than my NAS
    mostly and do have a couple rpis I could use for this. I just like that
    it's always on with hardware I don't have to deal with.

    I script all the things, and from a user PoV, it's exactly the same or
    better.
    --
    Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com

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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Digital Man on Monday, March 22, 2021 07:05:04
    On 3/19/2021 4:57 PM, Digital Man wrote:
    What if you already have one IP and you're already running services
    on those addresses? Most IPS are not going to give residential
    customers more than one IP.

    You can usually pay a little more for static IP address and get a
    5-pack. I've had 5-packs since the late '90s with DSL and cable
    modem service.

    On residential? wild... I think I was paying around $36/mo for my /28 (16-addresses, 14 usable). IIRC smallest I could get on my business
    account. Still more than I pay for the BBS VPS.
    --
    Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com

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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Arelor on Monday, March 22, 2021 07:09:14
    On 3/20/2021 5:20 AM, Arelor wrote:

    I am not sorry for NAT. You can still use a firewall on both
    the router and your home computers.

    I am more worried about the state of ipv6 firewalling itself
    being a mess (if you check the relevant RFC's you'll see what
    I mean), the fact you don't get to assign your own subnetworks
    and logical segments unless the ISP allows you to do so (because
    if they don't offer you proper prefix delegation, all you get is
    a LAN network you cannot divide), and the fact IP blacklists are
    not going to work anymore (a botnet-infected device has lots of
    ips to choose from, so if its IP gets banned, it is easier
    to get a new one than it used to be).

    Many email systems won't support IPv6 for this reason. Even then, there
    are benefits to renting a computer outside your home to run a service from.
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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Ogg on Monday, March 22, 2021 07:10:53
    On 3/20/2021 3:56 PM, Ogg wrote:
    the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT
    which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of
    protect your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not
    meant to be hidden and every address is meant to be
    accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4
    thinking, really...

    Interesting. So there is not such thing as an IPv6 router with a
    NAT?

    There's not much point to it... For the most part, you just do a
    local broadcast route from a router, you can still setup
    inbound/outbound rules to block inbound traffic, etc. Most residential
    ISPs aren't great at block allocations, and home routers don't do such a
    great job either.
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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, March 22, 2021 07:14:28
    On 3/21/2021 7:38 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
    I only have 1 IP. Each of my BBS' is on a different port. All on the
    same machine. Running 5 BBS' 4 FTP's, 1 WWW, and 1 MUSH.

    One thing I'm playing with is setting up a reverse proxy for web services. Set up the proxy on the outside IP, or NAT into it, then use the proxy to point subdirectories or virtual hosts off of that IP to internal hosts.

    I'm using a router with DD-WRT, and with a package called Entware, it'll support Linux applications. It's going to run NGINX as a main web server, then proxy to my internal hosts.

    Telnet and/or SSH still need to be on different ports and NATed in, but that's easier to deal with than users or applications that expect to be on ports 80 or 443.

    For telnet/ssh you could have a system setup on the standard ports to
    telgate to the appropriate internal system... Of course, that would
    limit sftp to the one system.
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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Tracker1 on Monday, March 22, 2021 20:31:32
    Tracker1 wrote:
    Many email systems won't support IPv6 for this reason. Even then, there
    are benefits to renting a computer outside your home to run a service from.

    Actually, it's one way around sending email from residential IPs that are usually blocked. My ISP can't block my ipv6 tunnel, I can relay email to any mail server that responds with an AAAA address or I could relay it to one of
    my VPS boxes, which is a mail server, and go from there. That means I have
    more less prying eyes on my email.

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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Tracker1 on Monday, March 22, 2021 20:32:39
    Tracker1 wrote:
    On 3/21/2021 7:38 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
    I only have 1 IP. Each of my BBS' is on a different port. All on the
    same machine. Running 5 BBS' 4 FTP's, 1 WWW, and 1 MUSH.

    One thing I'm playing with is setting up a reverse proxy for web services. >> Set up the proxy on the outside IP, or NAT into it, then use the proxy to
    point subdirectories or virtual hosts off of that IP to internal hosts.

    I'm using a router with DD-WRT, and with a package called Entware, it'll
    support Linux applications. It's going to run NGINX as a main web server,
    then proxy to my internal hosts.

    Telnet and/or SSH still need to be on different ports and NATed in, but
    that's easier to deal with than users or applications that expect to be on >> ports 80 or 443.

    For telnet/ssh you could have a system setup on the standard ports to telgate to the appropriate internal system... Of course, that would
    limit sftp to the one system.

    Which means you'd be paying for a service to redirect your ports plug the
    added latency. You might as well get a $50pa VPS.

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Nelgin on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 04:23:31
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Nelgin to Tracker1 on Mon Mar 22 2021 08:31 pm

    Tracker1 wrote:
    Many email systems won't support IPv6 for this reason. Even then, there are benefits to renting a computer outside your home to run a service from.

    Actually, it's one way around sending email from residential IPs that are usually blocked. My ISP can't block my ipv6 tunnel
    can relay email to any mail server that responds with an AAAA address or I could relay it to one of
    my VPS boxes, which is a mail server, and go from there. That means I have more less prying eyes on my email.


    Well, but if I understand your setup, what is saving you is your ability to tunnel, rather than the fact you are using ipv6
    specifically.

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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Arelor on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 11:16:06
    Arelor wrote:
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Nelgin to Tracker1 on Mon Mar 22 2021 08:31 pm

    Tracker1 wrote:
    Many email systems won't support IPv6 for this reason. Even then, there are benefits to renting a computer outside your home to run a service from.

    Actually, it's one way around sending email from residential IPs that are usually blocked. My ISP can't block my ipv6 tunnel
    can relay email to any mail server that responds with an AAAA address or I could relay it to one of
    my VPS boxes, which is a mail server, and go from there. That means I have more less prying eyes on my email.


    Well, but if I understand your setup, what is saving you is your ability to tunnel, rather than the fact you are using ipv6
    specifically.

    Correct.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Ogg on Monday, March 22, 2021 11:04:00
    Ogg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    The way things are happening with IoT devices, I wouldn't want
    someone poking around my "visible" network and mess with the
    attached devices.

    You'd still want a transit LAN in front of your subnet; although I suppose
    the routing would be an unscaleable nightmare.

    With a transit LAN you could set up a firewall with one of the transit LAN
    IPs on the WAN side and your "personal" network on the LAN side. You'd still have access to all of the systems to/from the internet, but control them through the firewall.




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Tracker1 on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 07:07:00
    Tracker1 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    For telnet/ssh you could have a system setup on the standard ports to telgate to the appropriate internal system... Of course, that would
    limit sftp to the one system.

    Right now, I only have one BBS that I'd want inbound SSH access to. Any
    other SSH systems I can NAT in from an alternate port and not worry about
    it.


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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 09:25:22
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Mon Mar 22 2021 11:04 am

    Ogg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    The way things are happening with IoT devices, I wouldn't want
    someone poking around my "visible" network and mess with the
    attached devices.

    You'd still want a transit LAN in front of your subnet; although I suppose the routing would be an unscaleable nightmare.

    With a transit LAN you could set up a firewall with one of the transit LAN IPs on the WAN side and your "personal" network on the LAN side. You'd still have
    access to all of the systems to/from the internet, but control them through the
    firewall.




    ... Is it finished?

    But you are no getting that sort of poorman's DMZ without some hacky solutions, unless the ISP deigns to give you a subnettable block. Which is exactly what pisses me
    off.


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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to Arelor on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 14:23:16
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Arelor to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 24 2021 09:25:22


    Arelor> But you are no getting that sort of poorman's DMZ without
    Arelor> some hacky solutions, unless the ISP deigns to give you a
    Arelor> subnettable block. Which is exactly what pisses me off.

    are you saying that an IPv6 /48 is not large enough to subnet? i mean, there's 65535 LAN segments in there so it should be pretty easy to subnet...


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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Rampage on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 15:54:48
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Rampage to Arelor on Wed Mar 24 2021 02:23 pm

    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Arelor to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 24 2021 09:25:22


    Arelor> But you are no getting that sort of poorman's DMZ without
    Arelor> some hacky solutions, unless the ISP deigns to give you a
    Arelor> subnettable block. Which is exactly what pisses me off.

    are you saying that an IPv6 /48 is not large enough to subnet? i mean, there 65535 LAN segments in there so it should be pretty easy to subnet...


    )\/(ark


    It is not a problem of having a big or small address-space, by any means.

    The problem is that if you want a proper subnet out of the address-space that has been given to you, they have to have DHCP-PD on their end, you have to be able to ask them for prefixes, and they have to deliver them to you.

    Many ISPs actually do this. Then other ISPs don't.

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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to Arelor on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 18:30:40
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Arelor to Rampage on Wed Mar 24 2021 15:54:48

    Arelor>>> But you are no getting that sort of poorman's DMZ without
    Arelor>>> some hacky solutions, unless the ISP deigns to give you a
    Arelor>>> subnettable block. Which is exactly what pisses me off.

    Rampage>> are you saying that an IPv6 /48 is not large enough to
    Rampage>> subnet? i mean, there 65535 LAN segments in there so it
    Rampage>> should be pretty easy to subnet...

    Arelor> It is not a problem of having a big or small address-space,
    Arelor> by any means.

    then i'm (still) not understanding what you are saying...

    Arelor> The problem is that if you want a proper subnet out of the
    Arelor> address-space that has been given to you, they have to have
    Arelor> DHCP-PD on their end, you have to be able to ask them for
    Arelor> prefixes, and they have to deliver them to you.

    yeah, i'm definitely not understanding you...

    if i'm given an IPv6 /48 block of addresses, i put that into my DHCP server and configure it to hand out those addresses any way i want... so i could take my /48 and have my DHCP server hand out /50s giving me 4 internal
    subnets... or i could split it into 8 /51s... or even 32 /53s... the only thing that matters is that my DHCP can adjust to the new /48 prefix that my ISP may allocate if i do not have a static /48 with them... as long as my
    DHCP server can do that, everything should work just fine...

    i mean, they've already delivered a /48 to me and after that, it is out of their hands... every attempt to connect to an address in my /48 will be sent to my perimeter to be handled further from there...

    what am i missing?

    Arelor> Many ISPs actually do this. Then other ISPs don't.

    yeah, ISPs are quite different and some really don't understand the technology..


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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Nelgin on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 16:21:20
    On 3/22/2021 6:32 PM, Nelgin wrote:
    Telnet and/or SSH still need to be on different ports and NATed in,
    but that's easier to deal with than users or applications that
    expect to be on ports 80 or 443.

    For telnet/ssh you could have a system setup on the standard ports
    to telgate to the appropriate internal system... Of course, that
    would limit sftp to the one system.

    Which means you'd be paying for a service to redirect your ports
    plug the added latency. You might as well get a $50pa VPS.

    I was under the assumption the proxy would be local to the other
    systems, and if you're talking telnet etc, the latency isn't really an
    issue.

    That said, still prefer vps myself. Don't have anything potentially
    high target running at home to draw attention to.
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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Rampage on Thursday, March 25, 2021 04:39:50
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Rampage to Arelor on Wed Mar 24 2021 06:30 pm

    if i'm given an IPv6 /48 block of addresses, i put that into my DHCP server and configure it to hand out those addresses any
    way i want... so i could take my /48 and have my DHCP server hand out /50s giving me 4 internal
    subnets... or i could split it into 8 /51s... or even 32 /53s... the only thing that matters is that my DHCP can adjust to t
    new /48 prefix that my ISP may allocate if i do not have a static /48 with them... as long as my
    DHCP server can do that, everything should work just fine...

    That's the point, if you aren't given a static block, you are screwed.

    Not so uncommon scenario:

    ISP->Home router->LAN 1->Inner Router->LAN 2

    The official way of having LAN 2 have a consistent way of managing dynamic addresses is prefix delegation. Home Router 1 gets
    an assignment from the ISP. Then Inner Router gets an assignment from Home Router. Otherwise, if the ISP block changes, the
    addresses in LAN 2 get stale and you are not Internet routable anymore.

    I have heard about this configuration called prefix cascading.

    The problem is that a lot of ISPs won't delegate a dellegatable prefix to you (ie you get a /64 or the Prefix Exclude Option
    set and that's it). And if they don't, many ISP won't have their household supplied routers actually delegate prefixes to Inner
    Router's, and since modern ISPs are trying very hard to prevent you from using a custom router as a WAN gateway, you are pretty
    much stuck without prefix cascading unless you incur in great efforts.

    Which ends up never happening

    Because what you do is disable ipv6 in the inner network instead and rant in Dovenet that ipv6 is an overengineered power grab
    by ISPs.


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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Arelor on Thursday, March 25, 2021 20:17:00
    On 03-24-21 09:25, Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    But you are no getting that sort of poorman's DMZ without some hacky solutions, unless the ISP deigns to give you a subnettable block. Which
    is exactly what pisses me off.

    My ISP gives me a /56, enough for 256 /64 subnets.


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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to Arelor on Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:53:46
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Arelor to Rampage on Thu Mar 25 2021 04:39:50


    Not so uncommon scenario:

    ISP->Home router->LAN 1->Inner Router->LAN 2

    The official way of having LAN 2 have a consistent way of managing dynamic addresses is prefix delegation. Home Router 1 gets
    an assignment from the ISP. Then Inner Router gets an assignment from Home Router. Otherwise, if the ISP block changes, the
    addresses in LAN 2 get stale and you are not Internet routable anymore.

    two things:
    use only one DHCP server.
    shorten your DHCP lease times.

    i won't say anything about everyone being taken in by the sales talk and "router this", "router that" muckity muck... one only truely needs switches on their different networks and they might should reconsider how their LANs
    are connected... here, we have all of our LANs originating at one device... that one device handles everything for each LAN and each LAN is quite separate and distinct from the others... but that's just us...


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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Rampage on Thursday, March 25, 2021 14:30:43
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Rampage to Arelor on Thu Mar 25 2021 11:53 am

    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Arelor to Rampage on Thu Mar 25 2021 04:39:50


    Not so uncommon scenario:

    ISP->Home router->LAN 1->Inner Router->LAN 2

    The official way of having LAN 2 have a consistent way of managing dynami addresses is prefix delegation. Home Router 1 gets
    an assignment from the ISP. Then Inner Router gets an assignment from Hom Router. Otherwise, if the ISP block changes, the
    addresses in LAN 2 get stale and you are not Internet routable anymore.

    two things:
    use only one DHCP server.
    shorten your DHCP lease times.

    i won't say anything about everyone being taken in by the sales talk and "router this", "router that" muckity muck... one only truely needs switches their different networks and they might should reconsider how their LANs
    are connected... here, we have all of our LANs originating at one device... that one device handles everything for each LAN and each LAN is quite separa and distinct from the others... but that's just us...


    )\/(ark


    Sure, but you often want every segment administrated by a different person. Or separated at a logical level beyond having a single device take care of every address assignment.


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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to Arelor on Friday, March 26, 2021 05:48:24
    Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
    By: Arelor to Rampage on Thu Mar 25 2021 14:30:43


    Sure, but you often want every segment administrated by a different person. Or separated at a logical level beyond having a single device take care of every address assignment.

    dude, we're talking about home and small business, here... you're talking larger business stuff and for that there's commercial rates and really proper ISP configurations... a small business and home setup won't have multiple
    people to handle multiple LAN segments... i mean...


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