To everyone else :

Funny most of the time people blame the tunnels for getting hacked. My opinion is that your were already infected.

Packet "sniffing" is a well known online hazard and tool for hacking, and due to that most programs that involve sending sensitive information outside the computer have built in some sort of encryption system to encrypt that data, just the same way your browser uses SSL for some websites. So this means that the data travels encrypted and only WoW login server has the key for it when you use a SSH Tunnel, providing it was setup correctly..

Although, like with everything online, caution is obviously necessary, nobody ( maybe TM and your gaming addiction )force you to use and/or purchase a tunnel service.

My team is constantly keeping an eye out for unusual activities going on the servers ...

Be wary and alert on programs Tunnel service ask you to install. If you do need to get, ie PUTTY or Proxifier or whatnots, get it from the original site.
Like I tell my users, if you download the registry editing putty server configs for the tunnel service, open it up in notepad and take a look before you install .

But one thing to think about, you think i would ruin my name and business over hacking WoW players? Too much work ! I rather sit back, buy new tunnels, have my team administer and i sit back and relax ...

This post has been edited by Raichu: Dec 3 2009, 04:25 PM

cause u can™

not sure on the whole semi-long defensive post, as far as i can tell, he is complimenting you.

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Added on December 3, 2009, 4:20 pmwhat, you still butthurt cuz you have to pay for vpn and i dont?



dont be hatin'

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Dec 3 2009, 04:20 PM

Only the " " was meant for kEazYc.

The rest was my general opinion to all.

Little grumpy, my LA dedicated HD kaput, so getting the dang thing replaced and they taking their sweet time.
Just ordered a new dedicated server with BIGGER bandwidth in Dallas, waiting for that to setup... So im a bit antsy right now
I will be unveiling something different by christmas, something to " GIVE BACK " to the community ... just WAIT ! All that im saying for now : D
Damn LA server going down was bad timing, delayed everything 2 weeks =(

This post has been edited by Raichu: Dec 3 2009, 04:28 PM

fair enough heh. didnt thoroughly gone through his post, IINM he was pointing to that particular service name. instead of vpn in general.

Yeah, I had to edit that post to seperate...

y would i be butthurt IF i can afford to pay for it lol...
it saves me time n effort to jz get a vpn service after all...

on ya i cant™ btw

edit: spoiler

This post has been edited by evofantasy: Dec 3 2009, 04:37 PM

WAIT A SEC !!! Come to think about it... MY BUTTHURT for buying these servers lol !! Wait till my wife see's this months Credit Card bill

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Added on December 3, 2009, 4:55 pmrented service? or you actually directly own those servers?

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Dec 3 2009, 04:55 PM

Back to the original story - I think the TS's implications is that he downloaded a proprietary software from the lowergameping service which contains the trojan virus which resulted in his character getting hacked.

So, just exercise a bit of caution when you download any software from any sites and in our case of providing tunnel services; if it's one of the more common software; you can always get it from the original developer site to be sure that it's virus/trojan free.

The New one in Dallas, I own the machines, just renting space at thier datacenter

the one in LA is Leased.. Still not cheap runs me about $400USD a month

This post has been edited by Raichu: Dec 3 2009, 05:45 PM

haha that would be a total pain in the ass on maintainence. well, is the cost of directly owning it vs renting cheaper? id assume so as you chosen the former. Either that or you'd ignore the cost and prefer the flexibility of directly owning it?

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leased and you have to headache over its hd kaput? lolwtf service

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Dec 3 2009, 05:47 PM

Well with owning i have the whole dedicated pipe to myself. I have to have my ppl service the machine myself. My brother lives 2 miles from the datacenter... and his fiance's dad is a partner there.. Gave me offer i couldnt refuse... , now if only my wife believes that...

Leasing is kinda shared 100mbps advertised, you lucky if you get 25-30... and im at the mercy of the company who owns it to fix it... =(

This post has been edited by Raichu: Dec 3 2009, 05:54 PM

haha no wonder, then shouldnt bother leasing at all wut, or thats what you started out with?

I started all this with the Lease machine .. and was just running the service for LoTh raiders ..
Since I started playing Rappelz, many ppl ex SEA players asked to use it.. then word got around and it grew and grew.

I nvr thought i would have so many servers for tunneling...
With this new rig and setup.. now might head into the VPN service lol

Makes better money and less headaches than a webhost company !


But to be honest, this is still more like a hobby than business . Why i say that, not really profiting besides owning more servers. I take the subscribers money, pay for the servers, extra goes into new servers since my promise from the begining was NVR overload. So far all my servers is alloted to about 40% capacity. so everyone is at least guaranteed 1.5mb line and then some. Once a use is assigned to that server... the space wont be alloted to someone else, use it or not. I hate lag, and i'll be damned to pay for a tunnel and lag lol.

I guess i am running this more as a gamer / hobbiest rather than a business owner...

My wife thinks im nuts .. but oh well

This post has been edited by Raichu: Dec 3 2009, 06:10 PM

haha i see that explains it