Is my host being ridiculous?
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- sparker0
lol.
unfortunately, it's not illegal. unethical, maybe...but they're probably well within their contractual right to fuck you raw in the ass.
selecting hosts and providers is an important choice. it is a process that should be well researched and debated by someone with IT experience and knowledge.
also...
it literally took me 2 minutes to log into my server at home, install proftpd, change the config to only allow jailed logins from physical users on the server and restart the daemon.
no anonymous ftp access. only users set up on the server can access it via ftp...and the user is jailed to his/her "/home/~user" account...meaning they can't cd to a parent directory higher than their own user dir. means they have to try pretty hard to get out into the / or /root dirs to fuck with shit.
and, unless you use a shitty password, the probability a brute force cracker will gain user access to the box is slim. and, even if they do...if the server is properlly configured then that user doesn't have access to the system, anyway.
although, i did just realize. i bet it's windows iis and .net, isn't it? that would explain the lack of easy config changes. and the "software lockin."
sorry.