Shell and VPN providers for testing purposes

[mike.mikemiller at gmail.com (Michael Miller)]

I would go with a VPS provider.  I've used linode for about a year.
I'm happy with the services they provide.

mmiller

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Professor Thread
<professorthread at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am developing certain tools that use raw sockets to produce arbitrary tcp
> packets. The thing is that the place where I work from, has strict firewall
> policies and I can't do proper testing of the tools or even access a SVN
> repo.
>
> Basically I need this:
>
> 1. A remote shell with root access so I can run apps with privileges. The
> system should have a default accept firewall policy, as I also need to set
> different instances of netcat and tcpdump.
>
> 2. A way to bypass firewall issues like SVN access or raw packet egress
> traffic. Something like a VPN service I can use under linux..
>
> So my question is. Where can I hire those services? Are they affordable? (i
> don't have any cpu, mem or disk requirements at all). Ideally the VPN
> provider and the remote shell provider should be different so I can do
> inter-network testing. It would be great if providers where european (as I
> like in europe) but it's ok if you only know US providers.
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Elisabeth.
>
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