Jerry 🦙💝🦙Jul 26, 2023

Due to popular demand, here is a list of the fedi-services that are part of the infosec.* family:
1 - https://infosec.exchange - Glitch-soc fork of Mastodon (this instance does not block threads.net)
2 - https://relay.infosec.exchange - Activitypub relay
3 - https://video.infosec.exchange - Peertube instance (like youtube)
4 - https://infosec.press - WriteFreely blog*
5 - https://pixel.infosec.exchange - Pixelfed instance (like instagram)
6 - https://matrix.infosec.exchange - Synapse (with sliding sync) homeserver*
7 - https://infosec.place - Akkoma instance (like mastodon)
8 - https://infosec.town - iceshrimp instance (like mastodon)
9 - https://infosec.pub - Lemmy instance (like reddit)
10 - https://fedia.io - General interest mbin instance (also like reddit)
11 - https://fedia.social - General interst Iceshrimp instance
12 - https://elk.infosec.exchange - Elk web interface for Mastodon
13 - https://books.infosec.exchange - Bookworym instance (like goodreads)
14 - https://meetups.infosec.exchange (mobilizon)
15 - https://infosec.space - Glitch-soc fork of Mastodon (this instance does
block threads.net)
16 - https://convo.casa - Glitch-soc Mastodon instance
17 - https://ioc.exchange - Glitch-soc mastodon instance

*indicates the instance authenticates against Infosec.exchange

Infosec Exchange

A Mastodon instance for info/cyber security-minded people.

Mastodon hosted on infosec.exchange
Show threadCoo-Ops
@jerry do you have a breakdown of your approximate expenses and hosting arrangements? This looks like at least half a rack of gear in a colocation data centre somewhere. Do you recoup costs?
Asking as someone who would like to host my own one day.
Jul 27, 2023 at 4:39amWeb
Show threaddeltatux Aug 2, 2023
@cooopsspace @jerry If you're looking to host a single user instance, consider Oracle Cloud's Free Tier.

Gives you:
- 4 ARM vCPU cores
- 24 GB of RAM
- 200GB storage
- 10 TB egress bandwidth

All the above for free.

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free
Show threadCoo-OpsAug 2, 2023
@deltatux already had a run in with that lot, I wouldn't use them for anything in production. They denied my free tier account without cause or explanation. Scummy company (that's well known), and it needs to be understood that free tier can disappear at literally any moment with no warning.
I'd rather pay Vultr than use Oracle.
Show threaddeltatux Aug 2, 2023
@cooopsspace oh that sucks, to get around losing free tier, you can upgrade to "paid tier" but keep within the free tier limits, which is what I did when they warned that my free tier would evaporate.

Oh nice, how's Vultr? Heard some great things about them. Though their pricing seems higher than Hetzner, esp. now that Hetzner has some ARM instances that can be had for pretty cheap.
Show threadCoo-OpsAug 2, 2023

@deltatux Vultr are great, doesn't seem over provisioned at all. Means you get to use the resources you pay for.

Vultr also give you OIDC support so if you have an OIDC provider you can just use that. That's an A tier feature right there.

Their web interface is fast for me as an Australian unlike OVH that's sooo slow (single region in what I assume is France).

You've really got to watch the low cost providers because I've seen a few awful ones.

Show threaddeltatux Aug 2, 2023
@cooopsspace Oh that's very good. Ya Hetzner isn't too bad, the infosec.exchange infrastructure is hosted there & performance seems pretty good.

I agree with the low cost providers, been using some from #LowEndTalk and well, you get what you paid for, a lot of them are oversubscribed & only good for non-production stuff lol.