Planet SoC

personal, technical
13:50 -0400

It appears that on October 8,
VPSVille got hacked,
which resulted in data loss for many of their customers, including me. I have
a copy of my own website, since I edit it on my own computer, then copy it to
my server, but a lot of other stuff has been lost, including my brother’s
website.

I am in the process of setting up a new server, this time at
UltraHosting, but it’s taking a while, since
I’ve lost all my configuration. Last time I set up a new server, I had my old
server up, so I could just copy the configuration. I’m starting first with
getting my email up, then the web server, then Jabber, and then my version
control. It looks like email is by far the most complicated, because of all
the filtering that needs to be done. The web server is probably the simplest.

Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed that I had to switch hosts. VPSVille seems
like a good host. They have a nice control panel that lets me shut off the
firewall in case I lock myself out, reboot my server, set up my PTR record,
etc. UltraHosting’s control panel gives me… information on my order, and
profile information. But it seems like VPSVille is too inexperienced yet, and
they’re expanding at an insane rate. Personally, I’d give them a couple of
years, and then maybe try them again.

As for myself, I’m going to keep backups of everything on my server from now
on. (I’m working on my own backup software. More on that later.)