[BUGS] Shell accounts

[Dean Hamstead]

most home routers support dyndns which means that changing ips is a 
non-issue.

then just port forward.

Dean

Andrew Reilly wrote:
> 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
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