fsck Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) I have recently acquired a decent amount of semi-old networking and server hardware. As a summer project, I am playing with the idea of setting up a free, remote Linux/BSD shell service using this hardware. The service would be as open as possible, allowing ssh tunneling, irc, etc, as long as it was not abused. So my question is, would the community be interested in such a service, or should I look for a different use for this equipment? *Edit: Service is now online. See http://theowned.net/ for more information. Edited May 25, 2010 by fsck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I would personally be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alias Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Definately be interested. Also can you clarify on how you mean "abused"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Nice project. :) I wouldn't have a use for one, since I have my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsck Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Also can you clarify on how you mean "abused"? Alias: I wouldn't mind ssh tunneling or light downloading. Abuse would be anyone trying to hack one of the servers, downloading blatantly illegal material (child porn, etc), or anything of this nature. I plan on having an actual list available on the site as well as printed in the motd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will-wtf Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I would be interested in this. By actual list do you mean what is and isn't acceptable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsck Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 I would be interested in this. By actual list do you mean what is and isn't acceptable? Yes. Finals are over as of last week, so I have a bit of spare time now. I plan on setting up the initial site and server this week. I'll post back with more details once I have something up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimmer Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 My advice, DON'T DO IT. It would be an awesome project, but the legal repercussions, it would be like running a TOR end node, you would be opening up a huge legal door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) I am interested too, just out of curiosity what type of internet connection are you are getting or planning in using to offer these services. Edited May 18, 2010 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Chelen Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 It would be a nice thing to do, be aware that monitoring usage and traffic can be difficult. For example, files can be encrypted before storage, making their contents completely unknown. Generally, free shell hosts focus on limiting the resources consumed, so that no one account can take up too much disk space, network bandwidth, cpu usage, or memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker07 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I would also be interested In this service. It would take a lot to maintain something like this, and yes abuse is going to be very hard to maintain. It wont be an easy task to maintain this alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl45h3R Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Access should only be given to people you think won't abuse it, and there should be clear rules set out :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsck Posted May 22, 2010 Author Share Posted May 22, 2010 I've got the initial server up and running now. Still need to run some tests and setup the portal, but the service should be online soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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