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by cubesnooper 1509 days ago
> the main thing you're getting out of the VPS is the static IP.

Yes, that and RDNS.

> If you're paying for that, why not just pay for a static IP at home?

That’s a good question. I too hear that mail providers consider IP blocks assigned to VPS providers less trustworthy than others. The reasons I don’t take the ISP/dedicated server route, aside from price, are:

• VPS providers are not tied to my physical location. If I move, I probably can’t take my ISP’s static IP with me (I may even move to somewhere they don’t service). Conversely, if I want to switch away from a local ISP, the selection of alternatives is extremely limited.

• Risk of neighboring IPs reducing the reputation of the block exists with server companies and local ISPs as well. I concede that the problem is probably worse with VPSes, but I hope to mitigate it somewhat by avoiding bottom‐of‐the‐barrel providers and by the fact that my own IP will never be used to spam.

• I’m somewhat worried about the possibility of DDOS, and VPS companies provide a lot of cheap bandwidth, so in case of attack I might be able to salvage the situation with careful firewalling on the VPS.

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That all makes sense. Although in my experience, if you're really being careful about not sending spam, you've got a lot more to worry about from your VPS being blacklisted than your own IP personally.

>> I’m somewhat worried about the possibility of DDOS

The one time I got severely dDoS'd, because I'd let a friend run a tiny static website off my server that attracted that kind of attention, the hosting company I was with shut my account down immediately and asked for $5000 in reparations. I had to backdoor into the server and salvage whatever I could. That was a hardened box in a military grade facility. I don't think a VPS is going to be kind. Push comes to shove, if it's in your house you can pull the cable.