From: Doug Whitesell <dcw-gentoo-announce@screamingdolphin.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Opinions on Host's Decision Please
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:09:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <79B3CFC0-2523-4F9A-96A3-B04A9C273C8D@screamingdolphin.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070922115404.02eb83a1@pascal.spore.ath.cx>
You probably were not asking _too_ much. If you are dependent upon
the system for your livelihood, I'd find somewhere else to host,
since these folks sound like bozos.
IANAL, but if you have a contract with them there may be service
level agreements that they're obligated to uphold, and they might not
be upholding them.
---
dcw
On Sep 22, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Dan Farrell wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:37:23 -0700
> Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> As I have previously posted about, my host sent me an email a few
>> days
>> ago stating that support tickets for 5,000-6,000 of their clients had
>> been broken into. I checked my records and found that my root
>> password had previously been submitted in a support ticket. I then
>> decided I needed to reinstall my system.
>>
>> I requested that my host allow me access to a second machine for 2-5
>> days while I switch over to a clean system, after that I would turn
>> the old system over to them and continue with the new system.
>>
>> My request was denied! I'm blown away by this. Was I asking too
>> much?
>>
>> - Grant
>
> Would it be unreasonable to tell us who this host is? I want to make
> sure I don't host any sites on their system; if they can't secure
> their
> work tickets, what makes anybody think they can secure anything else?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-22 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-21 21:37 [gentoo-user] {OT} Opinions on Host's Decision Please Grant
2007-09-21 22:18 ` Novensiles divi Flamen
2007-09-21 22:36 ` Grant
2007-09-21 23:21 ` Novensiles divi Flamen
2007-09-21 22:40 ` Daniel da Veiga
2007-09-21 23:16 ` Grant
2007-09-22 3:31 ` Dale
2007-09-22 16:49 ` Dan Farrell
2007-09-22 16:54 ` Dan Farrell
2007-09-22 18:09 ` Doug Whitesell [this message]
2007-09-22 23:14 ` Novensiles divi Flamen
2007-09-24 21:51 ` Grant
2007-09-24 23:21 ` Grant
2007-09-25 1:53 ` Doug Whitesell
2007-09-25 2:11 ` Grant
2007-09-25 17:54 ` Mick
2007-09-25 18:54 ` Grant
2007-09-25 21:07 ` Dan Farrell
2007-09-25 23:00 ` Grant
2007-09-25 23:23 ` Novensiles divi Flamen
2007-09-25 23:29 ` kashani
2007-09-26 1:33 ` Dan Farrell
2007-09-26 1:31 ` Dan Farrell
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