Telnet Support & Web Service
Telnet access is not included as part of our normal web service. It is
a utility which can be used by those experienced with UNIX to manipulate files
directly on the server. Because of the flexibility it offers it represents
a unique security risk to server operations. Many other providers do not
support any type of Telnet access because of this; however, we do still support
it as an add-on feature.
| Telnet Service Setup and Cost |
Telnet access to your site files can be activated at a cost of $5/month,
billed as a part of your regular service. If you have signed up for mySQL
database service, telnet access is included at no extra cost (just request
activation). If telnet is active on your account, you can click here
to launch a telnet session. As part of receiving access please pay
special note to Security items in our terms &
conditions. Please be aware that your activity during a telnet
session may be monitored by staff, down to the keystroke level.
For existing subscribes effected by this change: We
apologize for what will be a rate increase! Current industry best
practices label telnet as a real security problem for providers and our
experience confirms that. Hackers are growing more and more
sophisticated and unfortunately some of those are service
subscribers. The $5/month rate does not reflect the cost of providing the
service in "computer usage", but represents the cost in special
security monitoring it requires. It also allows us to reduce the overall
access to telnet services, allowing for much closer monitoring.
Click Here to request telnet service.
| How do I compile/install special
executables I need? |
Telnet access can be turned on/off at the monthly level, there is a minimum
fee of $5. This should allow you to complete any special
installations. Most of the new Linux distributions do support a dual-boot
option, if you just need to do "compiles", we recommend installing
Linux on your PC (please check with us for the current version we are
running). This will allow you to build an executable and just upload to
our servers.
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