From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IZ9d6-0008Jo-Nd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:23:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8MIDckJ030472; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:13:38 GMT Received: from spaceymail-a2.g.dreamhost.com (sd-green-bigip-177.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.177]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8MI9O5W025599 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:09:24 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.8] (pool-71-189-1-167.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.189.1.167]) by spaceymail-a2.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A896DEE360 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:09:23 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <20070922115404.02eb83a1@pascal.spore.ath.cx> References: <49bf44f10709211437l67dfa91av64dc4df6b25fa385@mail.gmail.com> <20070922115404.02eb83a1@pascal.spore.ath.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <79B3CFC0-2523-4F9A-96A3-B04A9C273C8D@screamingdolphin.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Doug Whitesell Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Opinions on Host's Decision Please Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:09:23 -0700 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Archives-Salt: 3f736bb2-ed70-4ca8-be21-1cc8282259b4 X-Archives-Hash: 1e3a0d1d90e355db6536210a2d40e563 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 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? > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list