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VPS in Iceland
As the title states looking for vps in Iceland and the company must not be doing business elsewhere or be located elsewhere (insane much?).
Minimum Requirements:
- CPU: 1 core
- RAM: 256MB
- Disk: 10GB (SSD pref but HDD will work fine too)
- Line: 100Mbit
- Traffic: 100GB
Don't mind if it's openvz / xen / kvm etc, also no blocked ports.
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Well that just limited your options to 1 I think.
http://www2.advania.com/datacentres/solutions/virtual-cloud-services/
1984.is
nice nice thank you both, 1984 looks tinfoil-ish enough so far.
If anyone knows any more do keep posting them.
Edis?
I have heard of https://www.orangewebsite.com/vps.php (Using ThorDC network) but the price is on the high side.
Another provider is http://www.datacell.com/hosting/virtual-servers/ , but they seem quite controversial and do not offer small configurations.
Edis hosts in multiple countries. oranges offers looks similar to 1984
Edis
http://www.edis.at/en/server/linux-vps-solusvm-openvz/iceland/
http://www.edis.at/en/server/kvm-vps/iceland/
@alessio Read first, post later.
Your point is?
see:
We are not based in Iceland and do host in other countries.
I dont find the problem here.
@Nihim what's your threat scenario, what are you protecting against?
The VPS provider leaking your data to a government?...
Shutting you down due to some controversial content (but you mention no requirements to the ToS)?...
My point is, maybe rather than overpay for a $30 VPS from a crazy icelandian company, consider a dedicated server in one of the "regular" EU countries such as France or Germany, and then use full-disk encryption on that server.
My point is that Edis has already been mentioned and does not fit his requirements. Read the thread and post something relevant.
And you always officially object and complain when someone dares to second someone else's opinion/recommendation?
As for the requirements, it is not quite clear why the OP specified them that way, but location-wise the mentioned offer would fit the bill.
Good luck in your endeavour to police the Internet, let alone LET.
no drama in my thread pls, though I do appreciate both of your posts.
The reason that it has to be Iceland and only Iceland is that it is (currently) the country with the least surveillance. Theoritically if the hoster is hosted or has servers elsewhere he could be forced by that country to ... bla bla bla -> tinfoil.
The vps will be used for vpn -> browsing, so nothing illegal. @rm_ @alessio
http://www.x.is/vps/verd - Only real Iceland based provider. But bit pricey.. from 18 EUR/23USD Best choice if you handle that..
I see, thanks, but you have to consider that most if not all of Iceland's internet comes via the UK, and that one is far from being the freest and the most privacy-respecting country.
Bandwidth from Iceland goes through the UK, where GCHQ tapped into bandwidth providers fiber optic lines and mirrored the data. Your vpn encryption is also easily decrypted in real time. Sorry but you're just another kid thinking he's outsmarting the authorities but you really have no idea about privacy. I don't mean to dig at you personally, it's just a common theme here on LET to think that having your crapo $10 vps in some other country affords you privacy.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/18/world/britains-gchq-the-brains-americas-nsa-the-money-behind-spy-alliance/#.VDl9BdR4phw
Privacy is complex and yes, bandwidth to iceland goes through the UK so well..
And if you have the VPS and a private IP, even someone who can't decrypt your VPN traffic but can spy on the traffic in both your end the the VPN's end will be able to correlate your browsing with you own IP... (A shared VPN would theoretically be better even though you have to trust the VPN provider & the encryption)
Want real privacy? Get off the internet!
It is possible to improve your privacy via the use of a VPS+VPN. But you have to consider more factors than just the VPS location. And I said improve, not "make it perfect".
1984hosting.com - English form of 1984.is.
Solid servers, good guys (siggy and mordur)
There longer than THOR ever was, and up through several THOR network wide outages (different uplinks)
The clean air in Iceland is good for your data I have heard.
now if the GCHQ taps into the lines from Iceland that's one thing.
Well since it will be used for normal browsing I don't see how I am just another kid trying to outsmart the authorities. I just don't like this snooping on whatever you do and trying to find a way to minimize it.
As for the realtime decrypting I seriously doubt it (doing it that realtime on every encrypted connection would be just be impossible), if you got some reference to that do post it.
That would require someone getting really interested on my vpn traffic and having DC access would it not? .is seems the less possible candidate.
Yes it isn't perfect, it's a matter of choosing a legislature that sucks least.
In the end yet again, if they succeeded in doing that, nothing is lost, atleast I made them work for it :P
That is very much true :P
Seriously what the hell is wrong with people.. you think the government care if you're watching porn or downloading music? Unless you're plotting to blow up a building or something I really doubt they care enough to do anything. If it wasn't for "snooping" your countries wouldn't really be better off..
Not necessarily, it can (will) be fully automated when the traffic crosses the UK (it will cross one time from your home to iceland (encrypted), and then from iceland to the server you're connecting to (USA, EU, whatever) not necessarily encrypted this time).
Anyway if it's just to add an extra layer for your 'normal' browsing activity so that your ISP don't spy on you, that's probably more than enough.
Depending where you live, some other country could be a better option though.
Have fun
I would like to better understand @Nihim's application and threat model. Can I safely assume that @Nihim wants to use it for a VPN and his threat model involves a large, well-funded adversary (such as a government agency)?
If so, then Iceland might be ideal from a legal standpoint, but may not be the best choice for other reasons. Iceland is a member of NATO, and may have unpublished or unwritten technical assistance and security cooperation agreements in place with other NATO countries. Furthermore, they are perceived by foreign (non-Icelandic) law enforcement as a digital haven for criminals. With limited servers and Internet connectivity, they are the ideal target for hacking by non-Icelandic government agencies who may be searching for criminals and terrorists.
It has been well-publicized recently that Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road defendant) claims that the FBI must have used illegal hacking techniques to uncover the Silk Road servers in Iceland. See this article:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/08/silk-road-hack-suspicion-fbi-server
And this article, whose title may sum it up for you:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/14/4836994/dont-host-your-virtual-illegal-drug-bazaar-in-iceland-silk-road
Perhaps you would be better to choose a different larger country with many many hosting services, where your VPS would be a needle in a large haystack, rather than a small country such as Iceland, where your VPS would be a needle in a small haystack, one that may have lots of other interesting needles, too.
That's an interesting read.
It's more of a principle thingy, having the vps in a place that still respects privacy a little. The "enemies" would more likely be google, my isp etc so small fries compared to what you are referring to.
But you make a really valid point. Being a "frontier" of privacy and a small one at that, instead of increasing privacy it would reduce privacy because anything .is is suspect and under scrutiny.
Sadly makes sense.
Guys - if you have a dedicated enough opponent who is doing things like eavesdropping on and actually analyzing your data or monitoring traffic to and from your super-secret VPS in Iceland (which you paid for with a no-name prepaid card funded from a bank account opened in the name of nominee fiduciary in an uncooperative country) to match incoming traffic with outgoing... The solution to actually getting your data costs about $5. https://xkcd.com/538/
Offshore VPS used for semi-anonymous VPN/proxy can absolutely improve your privacy online, but it is not enough to protect you if things get political or serious crimes are being committed.
That was basically a long-winded way of agreeing with previous posts about managing your expectations in terms of privacy. By all means go with Iceland if that makes you feel comfortable.
Just get a VPS in Russia. Although, as others mentioned, it won't help you. For one thing they will find it suspicious that there is only one connection going from your IP to the VPS and will start intercepting the traffic out of the VPS IP at all the routers they have hacked (in many countries). May be your best bet are two VPS in Russia, in separate datacenters. Then you will be connecting to one IP but your traffic will be coming out of another, so technically it will be more difficult for them to correlate the two.
Yet, often times people overlook the obvious: they have your "digital fingerprint" which is to say your browser configuration + websites you visit. It won't take long for them to identify you, no matter the IP. The true way to get back your privacy is to replace all your connected devices, do the dual-VPN idea above, then completely change all your online activities, never visiting the sites you used to visit before, using a new email, new account for everything, etc. That's the price to pay for privacy nowadays.
lol