On Mon, 30 May 2016 06:48:34 PM David Zuccaro via luv-main wrote:
I'm not much of an expert on security, I've seen it stated that so system can ever be 100% secure. I just do what I can and use lots of different passwords.
I've done quite a bit of work on Linux Security. While security of hosting companies isn't an area I'm an expert in it is something I know a bit about. Firstly companies with a bad history of security won't improve overnight. The problem with not wiping data was a wake-up call for DO but that won't change things in the short term. Next there needs to be an incentive for doing the right thing. If the C*O level of companies notice that security problems don't hurt them then they have no reason to invest in doing it right. Mess up security and have trouble making sales for 10 years is a good incentive for doing the right thing. On Mon, 30 May 2016 07:08:45 PM Brian May via luv-main wrote:
Seems like this power button event might be a deliberate attempt to reset my VM. I can't see how they could accidently generate a power button event. If so, ignoring the event might cause them to forcibly shutdown the VM...
That's a plausible theory. Maybe you should file a support ticket and ask why they are doing it. For other services Hetzner gives advance notice of planned outages and reports on unplanned outages. On Tue, 31 May 2016 12:40:09 AM Tim Connors via luv-main wrote:
Erm, it might just be that they want to reboot the host, don't have live migration, and don't have very good change control/notification procedures in place. What did the contract say?
Hetzner has excellent notification procedures for their dedicated servers. It could be that they have less for VMs and your suggestion that Brian checks his contract is a good one. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/