[BUGS] Shell accounts

[Andrew Reilly]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 02:08:42PM +1100, Joshua Bromfield wrote:
> Do any of you guys know some good shell providers that are in Australia?
> Doesnt have to be free, I dont mind forking out for it.

I had a shell account associated with my Zeta (now Pacific
Internet) dial-up account, and I maintained it for years
after I stopped using a modem, just for the shell account.  I
only cancelled it in the last couple of months or so.  It was
quite useful, particularly for remote check-ups on network
connectivity and name service for my home system.  I'm afraid
that I have no idea if the new management would sell you one,
though.

> My reasons for not running shell from home are:
> 
> 1. I dont have a static IP (using dyndns & noip sucks sometimes)

I've not found it to be such a terrible bother.  Every so often
they drop off the net, but that hasn't happened for a while.  On
the other hand, my cable IP address has not changed for longer
than I can remember, now.

> 2. Security, although i use denyhosts & dont use a standard SSH port... Its
> just something I dont like.

Well, that's up to you, of course.

> 3. It would be slow anyway, I use torrents to get down all those legitimate
> Linux/BSD distros during the day haha ;)

That's also up to you.  These days my shell packets have to
elbow themselves past all of the spam that's landing on my
system.

I can't think of much reason for wanting shell access to
anywhere *other* than home: that's where all my "stuff" is.
That's ultimately why I dropped the Zeta account: it was costing
me by the month, and I'm never going to need dial-up again.

You mean you don't get your BSD by cvsup, and your linux by
git?  :-)

Cheers,

Andrew