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	hello friends,
</p>

<p>
	I was torrenting since 2007, I have so many accounts and invites, I also have LF premium account, now DOLLAR became rarely found in our country, I just seek a way to have a seedbox, if you help me against, I am thank you.
</p>

<p>
	,regards
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">59623</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Seedbox Really Worth It? Or Just Leave Computer On? VPN W/ Proxy!</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/2487-seedbox-really-worth-it-or-just-leave-computer-on-vpn-w-proxy/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is a seebox really worth it or should I just leave my computer on with VPN and Socks5 Proxy. Is there really a difference?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Wouldn't I save money because Seedbox's are kind of expensive.</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2487</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:43:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Is 100 MBps Enough for SeedBox?</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/4226-is-100-mbps-enough-for-seedbox/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hi,<br>
my question is if 100 Mbps is enough for seedbox? Tracker prefers peers with higher speed for seeding, right?</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4226</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:10:33 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>justseed.it</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/13209-justseedit/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hi,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Did someone have any job with thees seedbox? Who youse, did have problem in privat tracker, or some tracker bann it?</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">13209</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:56:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Favorite seedbox ?</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/1788-favorite-seedbox/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>So whats your favorite seedbox ?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>post link; speeds; customer support; downtime problems etc</p>
<p><img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt=":)" data-src="https://www.invitescene.com/uploads/emoticons/default_smile1.gif"></p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">1788</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:10:56 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How Much Storage Space Do You Have in Your SeedBox?</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/11001-how-much-storage-space-do-you-have-in-your-seedbox/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have OVH with 500GB space, how about you guys?</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">11001</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:51:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Gbox Value seedbox - review (Cheap but awesome)</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/11243-gbox-value-seedbox-review-cheap-but-awesome/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>ive been using this seedbox provider since 2010 and theyve been amazing, the speeds and the general seedbox are great but these guys i dont think are very popular so i thought id spread the word about them, ill leave some info and a link to the site below.</p>
<p>Im on the $15 per mth plane and get 11mbps with 300gb of space and its made my ratio skyrocket but even theyre basic plans are awesome.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.gbox.me/client/aff.php?aff=040" rel="external nofollow">http://www.gbox.me/client/aff.php?aff=040</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Gbox</p>
<p>Our servers are fine tuned to provide you with the maximum throughput at the lowest cost. Each slot comes pre-configured with FTP/FTPES access, the latest versions of rtorrent and rutorrent, and with a host of plugins.</p>
<p>We offer both metered and un-metered options to meet all needs. Every seedbox slot comes configured with the basics.</p>
<p>- Guaranteed Support<br>
- 100/100Mbit Line<br>
- Unlimited Torrents<br>
- rtorrent/rutorrent<br>
- SSL Web Traffic<br>
- FTP/FTPES File Access<br>
- HTTPS File Access</p>
<p>Rutorrent Plugins:<br>
- Auto-dl Irssi<br>
- Create<br>
- RSS<br>
- Disk Space<br>
- Unpack<br>
- Plus more</p>
<p> </p>
<div>Metered
<div>
<img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="slot1.png" data-src="https://www.gbox.me/images/slot1.png"> M-075
<p>75GB<br>
1TB Traffic<br><br>
96 hour setup</p>
$5
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="slot1.png" data-src="https://www.gbox.me/images/slot1.png"> M-150
<p>150GB<br>
1.5TB Traffic<br><br>
96 hour setup</p>
$7.50
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="slot2.png" data-src="https://www.gbox.me/images/slot2.png"> M-300
<p>300GB<br>
4TB Traffic<br><br>
96 hour setup</p>
$15
<div> </div>
</div>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>Un-Metered
<div>
<img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="slot2.png" data-src="https://www.gbox.me/images/slot2.png"> U-150
<p>150GB<br><br><br>
96 hour setup</p>
$15
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="slot3.png" data-src="https://www.gbox.me/images/slot3.png"> U-300
<p>300GB<br><br><br>
96 hour setup</p>
$20
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="slot4.png" data-src="https://www.gbox.me/images/slot4.png">   U-600
<p>600GB<br><br><br>
96 hour setup</p>
<p>$25</p>
<p> </p>
</div>
</div>
<p><a href="http://www.gbox.me/client/aff.php?aff=040" rel="external nofollow">http://www.gbox.me/client/aff.php?aff=040</a></p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">11243</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 01:13:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Inquire About Seedbox.io</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/10144-inquire-about-seedboxio/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>did someone used a seedbox from this provider ?</p>
<p>can post some info ?</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">10144</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:30:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Seedboxco.net -50% OFF Your first Month! ENDS Sept 1st!</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/8277-seedboxconet-50-off-your-first-month-ends-sept-1st/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p><strong>Limited Offer get 50% OFF Your first Month! ENDS Sept 1st!<br>
 For a limited time only you can redeem a 50% discount on your first month (or Trial) on ALL of our seedboxes.<br>
 To redeem this offer simply enter coupon code HIGH50 during the order process, New Customers only!</strong><br><br>
 </p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">8277</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:03:19 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Easy Seedbox Install Guide</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/2317-easy-seedbox-install-guide/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">I have been through a lot of different seedbox setups but I have to say this is by far the easiest, most stable, uber small footprint, and fastest I have ever used.  </span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Props to dashboardy, he is the one who told me about this config and I am glad he did. Pick your favorite distro in my case I used Ubuntu Server.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">In the case of Ubuntu Server, OVH will give you root so we need to create another user for security.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">adduser user</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Pick a password of 10 characters they are nearly impossible to hack.  Do the same for root by using passwd</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Next lets add your new user into the sudoers list:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">nano /etc/sudoers</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">under root ALL=(ALL) ALL add</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">user ALL=(ALL) ALL</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">now login as user</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Now for updates etc:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo apt-get update</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo apt-get upgrade</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo apt-get clean &amp;&amp; apt-get autoclean</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Now secure SSH (? means choose a port number) :</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Port ?</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">AllowUsers user</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">PermitRootLogin no</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Restrict SSH by IP:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo nano /etc/hosts.deny</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sshd: ALL</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo nano /etc/hosts.allow </span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sshd: 99.99.99.*</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sshd: 88.88.88.88</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Important you keep your existing connection in case something goes wrong and that way you can fix it.  </span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Restart SSH and then try and connect with a foreign IP and then one in the allow list to make sure it is working correctly.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">If your prefer to run the beta releases of wine do the following:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">wget -q </span><a href="http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg" rel="external nofollow">http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> -O- | sudo apt-key add -</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo wget </span><a href="http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/jaunty.list" rel="external nofollow">http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/jaunty.list</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Fluxbox, Wine, and VNC install:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo apt-get install xterm fluxbox vnc4server wine</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">vncserver :1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">vncserver -kill :1</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">cd .vnc</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">nano xstartup </span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">This includes a line to auto start uTorrent</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">#!/bin/sh</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"># Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"># unset SESSION_MANAGER</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"># exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] &amp;&amp; exec /etc/vnc/xstartup</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] &amp;&amp; xrdb $HOME/.Xresources</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">xsetroot -solid grey</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">vncconfig -iconic &amp;</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &amp;</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">fluxbox &amp;</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">env LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.utf8 WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine" wine "/home/user/Apps/uTorrent/uTorrent.exe" &amp;</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">make it executable: chmod +x xstartup</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Restrict VNC by IP:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5900 -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -j ACCEPT</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5900 -j DROP</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Start vncserver (0 means the port would be 5900, 1 would be 5901):</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">vncserver :0 -depth 16 -geometry 1200x700</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Depth is the color depth 16, 24, 32  and 1200x700 is the screen resolution so adjust according to your preference.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">If you want to auto start VNC at boot (Change user to your id):</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">nano /etc/crontab</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">@reboot user vncserver :0 -depth 24 -geometry 1200x700</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">ProFTPD 1.3.2 with FTPES Explicit SSL/TLS:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo apt-get install proftpd</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">nano /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf  (proftpd.conf example </span><a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/316434/" rel="external nofollow">http://paste.ubuntu.com/316434/</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">)</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">nano /etc/proftpd/tls.conf        (tls.conf example </span><a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/316436/" rel="external nofollow">http://paste.ubuntu.com/316436/</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Certs:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">cd /etc/ssl/certs/private</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 1024</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -key ca.key -out ca.crt</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">wget </span><a href="http://frodubuntu.free.fr/ubuntu/sign.sh" rel="external nofollow">http://frodubuntu.free.fr/ubuntu/sign.sh</a><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">chmod +x sign.sh</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">./sign.sh server.csr</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">cp server.key server.key.org</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">ProFTPD useful commands:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">/etc/init.d/proftpd start</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">/etc/init.d/proftpd stop</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">/etc/init.d/proftpd restart</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">IP Restrict FTP port:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -j ACCEPT</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -j DROP</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Save iptables in case of reboot:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">su</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">iptables-save &gt; /etc/firewall.conf</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">echo '#!/bin/sh' &gt; /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">echo "iptables-restore &lt; /etc/firewall.conf" &gt;&gt; /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Log into VNC:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">In Fluxbox right click on the Desktop to get the menu.  </span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Screeny:</span><br><a href="http://i33.tinypic.com/dylkcn.png" rel="external nofollow">http://i33.tinypic.com/dylkcn.png</a><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">If you want the folder type feel of Ubuntu Desktop for example you can install Nautilus: </span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo apt-get install nautilus</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">right click Desktop | Applications | File Management | Nautilus</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Screeny of Nautilus</span><br><a href="http://i36.tinypic.com/kb9icl.jpg" rel="external nofollow">http://i36.tinypic.com/kb9icl.jpg</a><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Nautilus Empty Trash doesn't work so be sure to change the gui.delete_to_trash to false in uTorrent Preferences | Advanced.  If you do send something to trash you will find the files in the following:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">~/.local/share/Trash$ dir</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">files  info</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">By default Nautilus overwrites Fluxbox desktop and this is how you get around it:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo nano /usr/local/bin/filebrowser</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">---------------------------------------------</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">#!/bin/sh</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">nautilus2 --no-desktop</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">----------------------------------------------</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filebrowser</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo mv /usr/bin/nautilus /usr/bin/nautilus2</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo mv /usr/local/bin/filebrowser /usr/bin/nautilus</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Tweaks:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf add to the end </span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">user hard nofile 8192</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Reference this site for the below network tweaks </span><a href="http://www.santa-li.com/linuxonbb.html:" rel="external nofollow">http://www.santa-li.com/linuxonbb.html:</a><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">vm.swapiness=0</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.core.rmem_default = 524288</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.core.rmem_max = 524288</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.core.wmem_default = 524288</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.core.wmem_max = 524288</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 87380 524288</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 524288</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 524288 524288 524288</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337 = 1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc = 0</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_fack = 1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">net.ipv4.route.flush = 1</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">sudo sysctl -p to apply</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">I am still testing the network tweaks but things seem snappier than before.  Top end I don't see much difference but it gets to top end quicker.</span></p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2317</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:44:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Introduction To SeedBoxes</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/2313-introduction-to-seedboxes/</link><description><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Lots of people ask questions about seedboxes in the forums. But there are so many things to cover so we have been putting off writing this. We decided to start with a 'Very Short Introduction' to Seedboxes and then add to it bit-by-bit. (turned out to be quite long but still shorter than it would be if we'd tried to cover everything!)</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">What is a seedbox</span></span></span>?</strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> - Broadly there are two types of seedbox:</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">1) It is a server, old PC, NAS connected box which is separate to a person's main PC and is connected to your own home connection. The advantage of this type of setup is that you can use your main PC for other things/store the seedbox away in the basement so that the sound of it running 24/7 doesn't bother you. (The concept of a home seedbox is based on the amount of time you keep a torrent running)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">2) Is a 'rented' server based in the datacentre of a hosting company. The advantage of this setup is that the datacentre will have an extremely fast connection to the internet. Generally your server will have a 100mbit (or increasingly these days a 1/10gbit connection). This guide is primarily focused on this type of seedbox which is known as a 'remote seedbox' (The concept of a remote seedbox is based on the amount of speed you can attain in terms of both upload and download)</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Types of servers</span></span></span></strong><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">These are primarily sold by companies whose main customers are people hosting websites so we will use that terminology.</span><br><br><strong>Shared Hosting</strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: This is the most basic type of hosting used for websites. Normally you get access to a control panel and FTP access to upload your files. Some hosts also offer SSH access which gives you some more options. Generally you can only run php based bittorrent clients on these servers. However due to the fact that it is 'shared' the amount of resources you will end up using means your account will get cancelled. Not recommended for use as a seedbox!</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Dedicated server</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: The word 'dedicated' basically means that you get access to an entire server of your own! You have full access to the server OS and can install any programs that you like. </span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Co-located server</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Similar to a dedicated server except that instead of renting the actual server from a hosting company you buy your own and ship it the datacentre where they connect it to their network. You then pay for bandwidth/electricity/etc. We wouldn't recommend this type for a seedbox as the initial costs are high, bandwidth allowance on a co-located server is usually less &amp; more expensive than dedicated (The reason for this is that most customers do not use all of their allowance with a dedicated server but colo customers do hence the bandwidth cost to the provider is higher for colo customers leading to higher pricing/less inclusive bandwidth) and it limits your options for upgrading.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Virtual Private Server</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Commonly abbreviated to VPS/VDS (or semi-dedicated) - this is designed for people who need more than shared hosting but don't need/want to incur the cost of a full dedicated server. The hosting company will split a dedicated server into parts (virtual machines) using VMWare/Xen/etc. and sell each one to a different customer. i.e. if the original server has 1000GB of space and they split it into 10 equal parts each person will get 100GB disk space. The experience is usually very similar to using a dedicated server but with less resources and cheaper (though in recent years some very powerful VPS's have become available)</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Shared seedboxes/seedbox slices</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: In recent years as seedboxes have become more popular some companies have started selling servers designed for use as a seedbox rather than for webhosting. There are a number of different variations of these and you will need to check with the supplier to determine what exactly they are offering:</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">- Some are just VPS's</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">- Some are VPS's with torrent/FTP/etc. clients already installed</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">- Some are just dedicated servers</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">- Some are just dedicated servers with torrent/FTP/etc. clients already installed</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">- Some only give you access to the torrent client's web UI and ftp download (i.e. you do not have direct access to the OS)</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">- We expect there are more options aswell but as we don't use one we don't know (if you use a shared seedbox/slice which is different to the ones listed please post a reply and let us know)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">An alternative to a VPS/Shared seedbox is to get together with some friends and split the cost of a dedicated server. If you don't know any p2p'ers post in the forums more/talk on irc and make friends!</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Cloud Hosting</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: One of the problems with Dedicated Servers/VPS is that you have fixed hardware (dedicated hardware can be upgraded but you will have downtime). A cloud server is basically a Virtual Machine except that it has redundancy and scalability. Redundancy - if the server your website is running on breaks down within seconds your Virtual Machine can be loaded and running on another server. Scalability - you can quickly and dynamically add Disk Space, RAM, CPU to your server (useful for fast-growing websites which need to upgrade often). For an example have a look at the </span><a href="http://www.vps.net/" rel="external nofollow">Node configurator here</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">At the moment Cloud Hosting is generally more expensive than a comparable VPS/Dedicated and we don't know of anyone running a seedbox on it nor of any reason why anyone should.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Hosting Companies vs Seedbox companies</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">:</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);font-size:12pt;"><strong>Hosting Companies </strong></span><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">exist primarily for selling services for the use of webhosting - however these servers can be used for many other purposes aswell such as torrenting. Generally these companies own datacentres or rent space inside one. For legal reasons they do not advertise themselves as seedbox provides but on the whole don't mind if you use them as a seedbox. In fact some companies have grown a lot thanks to people buying their products as seedboxes. If they receive a DMCA complaint about your server they will generally forward it to you and just ask you to delete the material in the notice.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);font-size:12pt;"><strong>Seedbox companies</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> - these companies buy servers from the above companies and then 'resell' them to the seedbox market. Features include pre-installed clients and guides for torrenting this makes them attractive for a first seedbox. However they may be less reliable than hosting companies.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Duration of Contract</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Most hosts will have monthly/3-monthly contracts. Though you can usually get discounts/no setup fee by signing up for longer periods.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Once you don't want to use it anymore just give notice, pay anything due and it should stop working on the day the notice ends.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">It is generally recommended upgrading a dedicated server every year as hardware gets better and prices come down. Though this does mean that you have to transfer your data and set up the server again.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Payment Methods</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Most hosts accept Paypal, Credit cards and Bank Transfers. If you wish to use some other payment method contact them sometimes they can accommodate you.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">You may also be required to pay VAT/Sales Tax.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">ID</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Some companies might want you to scan/fax them some ID (this is a reason why some people prefer to buy from a reseller)</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Managed vs. Unmanaged</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: If you have a managed server (and also pay a management fee) the server providers staff will help you install a webserver, configure your firewall etc. (They can do a lot more depending on how much you are willing to pay!)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Unmanaged - you do all of the above yourself. This option is better for seedboxes.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Public Vs Private trackers</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: You have similar risks using public trackers on a seedbox as you do at home the main difference being that if someone gets your IP it isn't really yours but that of your server.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">It is not recommended to use public trackers on a seedbox as if you get too many DMCA notices from using them the host might cancel your server. On the other hand some people use public trackers on their seedbox and have never had any problems.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">You may wish to install blocking software such as </span><a href="http://www.peerblock.com/" rel="external nofollow">Peerblock</a><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Connection</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: The idea of a remote seedbox is so that you can seed faster than your home connection. Most seedboxes come with 100mbit ports. Some come with 1Gbit ports (however watch out as some providers who only provide 1Gbit connectivity within their own network outside it is limited to a lower amount such as 200mbit). 10Mbit is virtually finished but a few VPS providers offer it.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Remember just because you have a gbit network card in the server it doesn't mean it is connected to a gbit connection - it may just be 100mbit.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Also just because your server is 100mbit doesn't mean you will get full speed download to your home connection as other factors such as network load/peering have an impact on this.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Bandwidth</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Some providers provide unlimited/unmetered bandwidth. Some provide unmetered until a certain limit and then reduce the speed of your connection beyond that limit. Most providers have a bandwidth cap i.e. 5TB/month.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Reasons for choosing a capped provider over an unmetered one include - better peering to the provider, better prices, less congested network etc.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Some providers offer 'free' internal bandwidth within their own network. This is one of the reasons why some providers are popular than others.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Most providers offer a Bandwidth Graph or counter to monitor. It is worth running your own app aswell incase of any disagreements with their stats.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Windows: Netmeter, BWMeter, PRTG or Networx</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Linux: VNstat, cacti (rrdtool), mrtg</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">CPU</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Pretty much all modern CPU's can handle a torrent client. If you plan to do other things with your seedbox too then CPU choice is important.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">RAM</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: If you want more users logged onto the server you will need more RAM. More RAM also helps with disk caching and HD usage (especially on a gigabit server).</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">RAID</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Some providers offer some form of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID" rel="external nofollow">RAID</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> - You can ask them to turn this off for a normal seedbox so that you can have more usable space on the server.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">When you get your server always check that the hardware provided is that which you have paid for (they might 'accidentally' give you a single core CPU instead of a dual-core etc. [or in some cases you might get a better spec than advertised! this can sometimes happen when the host uses whatever CPU it has in stock instead of waiting for the exact one the website lists to be available).</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">IP Addresses</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Most providers offer more than 1 IP address. It can be useful to have more IP addresses if you want to run other services on the server to keep them separate from your torrenting activities.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Hardware firewall</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: You do not need this for a seedbox</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">KVM</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Allows you to connect directly to the server during boot-up and use your keyboard to control it. Helps to troubleshoot problems. Not generally needed for a seedbox.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">However there is also a type of VPS which is sold using the term KVM which is something slightly different - have a look at:</span><a href="http://wiki.frantech.ca/index.php/KVM" rel="external nofollow">http://wiki.frantech.ca/index.php/KVM</a><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Remote Reboot</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Allows you to reboot the server from the control panel if it isn't responding - physically cuts the power and restarts the server - generally included for free. It's not needed to pay for it as you can just open a ticket and ask a tech to reboot it if you are not in a hurry.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Operating System</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: The most common operating systems used on servers are Windows Server, Linux distro's and Free/OpenBSD - I, the writer of this article, am not familiar with the latter so won't talk in detail about it.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Windows</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: The great advantage of a Windows server is that for most people it is just like using your computer at home as the interface is the same!</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Most hosts are now selling Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 however some hosts are still only offering Windows Server 2003.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Windows Server comes in a number of different editions such as web, standard, enterprise etc. For most people Web/Std is fine. </span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Windows Server allows 2 people to be logged in at the same time. To allow more people to be logged in you need to buy Client Access Licenses (CAL's) - these do not work on Web edition you need Standard or better. In Windows Server 2003 you can use the /admin switch to log in a 3rd user (must be an admin account) - the admin switch does not exist in Windows Server 2008. One way to get around the limit without paying MS is to run some virtual machines in VMWare and have people connect to them.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">There is usually an extra monthly Windows license charge if you wish to use windows on your server. (Some hosts waive the fee if you can provide a legit license key - do NOT provide a hacked/cracked key - unless you want Microsoft asking the hosting company what your billing address is...)</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Linux</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Most hosts offer a wide variety of Linux distributions - however the most popular are Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. If you are new to Linux, Ubuntu is a recommended startpoint as it's popularity means that a lot of programs and support is available for it.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">You will usually be given a CLI server edition. But you can install Gnome/KDE as a GUI.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Being free Linux doesn't lead to any extra monthly charge!</span><br><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Re-installs</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Hosts with automated re-install systems usually do it for free, others which require manual intervention may charge a fee.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Restarting the server</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: You should be able to do this in the same way as a normal computer i.e. on windows: start menu --&gt; restart - you will rarely need to do this (sometimes with windows updates etc.)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">DO NOT shut down the server you probably won't be able to turn it back on and will need to open a support ticket!</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Connecting to the server</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">:</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Windows - you can use 'Remote desktop connection' (mstsc.exe) in Windows to connect to a Windows server.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Linux - you can install a vnc server on the seedbox and a vnc client on your home pc and connect to the GUI via this or use putty to connect to the command-line if you prefer.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Some providers offer a remote desktop version of Ubuntu which you can connect to with x2go - </span><a href="http://www.x2go.org/" rel="external nofollow">http://www.x2go.org/</a><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Clients</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: If you have access to the OS you can install any client that is available for your OS.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">If you only have access to a webui then you will need to wait for your provider to update the client.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">If your client supports encryption enable it.</span><br><br><strong>Getting torrent files onto the server</strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: There are a few options:</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">1) Log into the website using a browser on the seedbox</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">2) Download at home and upload via FTP</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">3) Upload through a torrent client webui</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">4) Run some type of rss/auto-download script on the server or at home </span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Accessing the files</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Ultimately you will want to get the files that you have seeded on the server from the server to your home PC.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">The most common way of doing this is to install an FTP server on the seedbox and use an ftp client on your home PC.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Windows FTP servers: Filezilla Server, Serv-U</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Linux FTP servers: VSFTPd, Proftpd, glftpd, Pure-FTPd</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Windows FTP clients: FTPRush , FlashFXP, Filezilla client</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Linux clients: Filezilla client, gFTP, KFTPGrabber, lftp</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">(You can also use something like SCP/WinSCP to download from a linux server using your SSH login details)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">You may wish to use </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS" rel="external nofollow">ftps</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> (encrypted ftp).</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">You can also use this in reverse to transfer files from home to the seedbox.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Anti-virus</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: Most servers don't come with AV and most people don't install one - you can if you want (especially if you use public torrents).</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Support</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: In terms of software/OS support most good hosts will give you some help but it isn't really their job unless you are paying for a managed server.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Hardware - they will replace failed hardware free of charge (unless it is a co-located server) on a 'best effort' basis i.e. when they have the time to do it.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">If you want them to do it immediately (even if it is at 2am in the morning) you can usually pay extra for a 'Service Level Agreement' of which there are many types.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Some hosts have better support than others - so consider their record when buying a server.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Encrypting your hard drive</span></span></span></strong><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Commonly used is </span><a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/" rel="external nofollow">TrueCrypt</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> on Windows Server 2008.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">This is optional but can provide some extra security incase the server company's technician's need to log onto your server to fix something. But if you choose not to encrypt the drives, the techs generally don't seem to look at the files and even if they would, they probably wouldn't care.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">The best idea is to change all the passwords on the server when you get it. You can also create a special account for tech's so that you don't have to give them my password (but if it is an admin account as it probably has to be they could change your pw and log on as you in theory).</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Passwords/Passkeys etc.</span></span></span></strong><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">By using a secure password, you normally won't have any problems with the security of my passwords or passkeys - however there is always a small chance someone may be able to access these.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">As long as you stick to recommended companies you should be fine. It is a bit like internet credit card fraud - statistically there is more chance of someone breaking into your house and stealing your card than getting it via the internet.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Also if you are sharing the box with someone else make sure you trust them!</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Other uses for a seedbox</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: (these mainly apply to dedicated and VPS)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Run websites - the original use for a remote server - just install something like apache or lighttpd and serve your website! (You might also need php and mysql)</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Connect to IRC - you can use the server to connect to IRC (and be connected 24/7) and take advantage of sitebots/IRC RSS etc. (Most hosts allow IRC but a few do not so check before buying).</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Encoding - You can use the server to encode episodes/movies freeing up your home PC for other things.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Proxy - you can proxy your traffic through it so your ISP can't spy on you. Also it can be used to access TV streaming sites which are geo-blocked i.e. Hulu or BBC iPlayer if your seedbox is based in a country which allows access to them.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">FTP - You can run an FTP server for friends and family to download from.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Distributed Computing - join SETI or Folding@Home</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">As mentioned a Dedicated server is just like any other PC and you can do lots of different things with it.</span><br><br><strong><span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Choosing a location</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">: You should consider a few points when choosing a location</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">1) Generally the closer the server is to you geographically the better the peering/speeds are likely to be.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">2) If the torrent site you wish to use it on has a lot of a certain type of server,  you may be disadvantaged by having a seedbox in a different place. You can check what boxes are popular by looking in the peer list in your client - you will see the DNS.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">3) The legal status of torrenting/filesharing in your country and the country that the server is located in.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">4) Some countries just have better internetz! - netherlands for example (mainly because a number of major european internet exchanges are located there and that server companies and their infrastructure is quite well developed)</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">5) Some routes have bad peering/speeds - i.e. from France to the U.S.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">6) If you want to use it as a proxy consider which country the endpoint will be in</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">7) Exchange rates - normally you pay in the currency of the country that the provider operates in (euro and $ being the most common). If your currency fluctuates a lot against this it may be an issue. </span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">One way to tackle this is to pay upfront for an extended period (then you don't get affected by your currency depreciating but also don't benefit if it appreciates - also a small risk that they company folds and you don't get a refund).</span><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Some firms may also agree to a fixed price in your own currency for a set period.</span><br><img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" title="Cool" alt="cool.gif" data-src="http://blu-evolution.org/smf/Smileys/default/cool.gif"><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> Timezones - if the time difference is large you might not be able to get efficient support.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);">Generally it is a good idea to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping" rel="external nofollow">Ping</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceroute" rel="external nofollow">Traceroute</a><span style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(25,28,31);"> a test IP before buying - you can get a test IP from the host.</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.seedroots.com" rel="external nofollow">www.seedroots.com</a></p>
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<p>Saw this on a tracker today If any of you planning to check or is using seedroots then you can use this code to get 13% discount.</p>
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<p>Code : <strong>Blu Evo</strong></p>
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<p>Hello.I just found this seedbox provider tal0ne.co.uk and I was wondering if someone used it before</p>
<p>I looked for a couple of reviews and have seen only good words about it.price is pretty cheap,speeds are awesome compared with other seedbox providers,and most of the seedboxes have dedicated ip</p>
<p>I'm thinking to rent the1Gbps seebox <strong>Sidewinder plan</strong> but in the past days unfortunately they are out of stock</p>
<p>Now I was wondering if someone use any plan from there already,please post here</p>

	 

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2738</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:09:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UltraSeedbox Promor</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/2711-ultraseedbox-promor/</link><description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;">You don't believe Santa exist? Well, I have surprise for you, they do. and He brought 25% of </span><strong>recurring</strong><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"> discount on Storm,Tornado and Armageddon plan at UltraSeedbox. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:medium;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pricing will be like:</strong></span><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Storm - 900GB Space on 500Mbps with 5TB upload traffic - 14.97EUR</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tornado - 1350GiB space on 1Gbps with 8TB upload traffic  - 22.47EUR</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:medium;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Armageddon - 3TB dedicated HDD  space on 1Gbps with 12TB upload traffic  - 41.25EUR</span><br><br><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">More information at: <a href="https://www.ultraseedbox.com/seedbox/" rel="external nofollow">https://www.ultraseedbox.com/seedbox/</a></span>
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<div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hurry up, this promo does exist only till <span><span>5th Jan</span></span> and till stock lasts. It's almost an year since we ran any promotion <img src="https://www.invitescene.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt=":)" data-src="https://www.invitescene.com/uploads/emoticons/default_smile1.gif"></span></div>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2711</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2013 12:51:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pulsed Media Special Offer 1Gbps Seedbox Christmas Special!</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/2238-pulsed-media-special-offer-1gbps-seedbox-christmas-special/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Released first </span><em>only to</em><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> Free Seedbox signuppers! You get the first pickings of this </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><em><strong>special limited run</strong></em></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> seedbox!</span><br>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Can't find better <a href="https://pulsedmedia.com/clients/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=125" rel="external nofollow">Unmetered 1Gbps Seedbox</a> at this price than our 1Gbps Bursty Starter! Special Arrangement, Limited number of servers!<br><br>
Each servers have a nice Xeon E3 CPU, 8Gigs of Ram and 2x1Tb RAID0 and connected at 1Gbps!<br><br><strong>150Gb HDD burstable to 187.5Gb</strong></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><strong>500Mb RAM dedicated to <em>your</em> rTorrent instance.</strong><br><strong>Unmetered bandwidth usage.</strong> Expect capability for terabytes upon terabytes <em>each month!</em><br><br>
Best of all: Price is <a href="https://pulsedmedia.com/clients/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=125" title="PM 1Gbps Bursty Seedbox" rel="external nofollow"><em>just</em> 9,99â‚¬ per month</a>!</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">And <span><strong>delivery within 3 business days</strong></span> - only available as long as stock lasts!<br><br>
All the goodies of a normal Pulsed Media Seedbox:</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, SFTP, WebDav Access!</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">rTorrent + ruTorrent with MANY plugins!</div>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2238</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:13:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 on servers type OVH/KIMSUFI</title><link>https://www.invitescene.com/topic/715-windows-server-200320082012-on-servers-type-ovhkimsufi/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:18px;">I installs and configures Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 on servers type OVH/KIMSUFI.</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><u><span style="font-size:18px;">You don't must pay ovh/kimsufi for windows licence every month !!!</span></u></strong></span></p>
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