Re: Setting up a testing server "in the cloud"

[Tony Turner <tony_l_turner () yahoo com>]

There's also http://www.hackingmachines.com/ based in Belgium which provides a VPS with BT5 preloaded and GUI access 
through nxserver. Not a lot of management capabilities here if your VPS goes down but their support is relatively 
quick. It's a quick and painfree way to get a BT5 box on the internet but at $800 USD/year (What it cost a year ago) 
there are certainly cheaper options out there. Interesting thread, I'll have to look at some of the others listed here. 
Thanks!

-Tony


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 From: Jack Daniel <jackadaniel () gmail com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Setting up a testing server "in the cloud"
 
Late to the party, but...

I have been extremely happy running labs at CloudSigma for a few
years.  They are a Zurich-based company, with datacenters in Zurich
and Las Vegas.  They run an open network, and let you upload and run
any OS you want.  And they are great folks to deal with.  Last time I
looked they still had a seven day free trial, so they are probably
worth a look.

Jack





On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Josh More <jmore () starmind org> wrote:
> To through my completely-biased two cents in, I'd suggest you chat
> with the folks at http://www.infobunker.com/ .  Yes, they are personal
> friends of mine (though I have no financial interest in their
> company).  They have recently branched out into renting out dedicated
> blades (for those of us who don't need an entire rack of equipment.)
>
> I have had clients in their facility, and they are, frankly speaking,
> phenomenal.  They're provide power, connectivity and physical security
> and are 100% hands off for everything else.  Physical security is top
> notch, and unlike others, don't ask don't tell does NOT apply here.
> Just tell them that you want to rent a blade so you can run security
> assessments and pentests off of it, and it should be fine.
>
> It'll likely be somewhat more expensive than a VPS, but 1) I like
> supporting small businesses that provide good service and 2) without
> the V, VM Escape isn't an issue and shared hardware is much less of an
> issue.
>
> Anyway, they may not exactly what you're looking for, but I think
> they're worth considering in case you're a bit flexible.
>
> -Josh
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 1:37 PM, k41zen Me <k41zen () me com> wrote:
> > Robin,
> >
> > This question has come up many times in another mailing list I'm a member of
> > and these three always get recommended for customers like us who run the
> > tools that we do:
> >
> > 1)  http://www.goscomb.net/
> > 2) http://www.linode.com/
> > 3) http://www.memset.com/
> >
> > I've had personal experience with the last one and was open from the outset
> > at
> > what I needed them for and what tools I was running on them. Their support
> > team were very quick at responding to any queries I had.
> >
> > Hope these help.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > k41zen
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2 Jul 2012, at 10:56, Robin Wood <robin () digininja org> wrote:
> >
> > For when I'm back freelancing I want a server "in the cloud" that I
> > can run my tools from. I was thinking a dedicated server but trying to
> > find a hosting company in the UK who would let me run tools is turning
> > out to be hard.
> >
> > So I was wondering, am I going over board insisting on having a
> > dedicated server or would I get away with a VPS?
> >
> > For my budget a VPS would be better but I don't want to get one then
> > have an incident caused by another user of the box and be found to be
> > negligent.
> >
> > What do other people think?
> >
> > Robin
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