I just want to say, mysterious ’rsync’ person, your evangelism of your company is top notch. From this and other comments you have made on this site, rsync.net is a service that I will sign up for without hesitation the instant I have offsite backup needs.
I will say that that sounds fragile and non performant but … at the same time, the whole point of our service is to be a “dumb” primitive - in the classic Unix sense.
So, of course this is within our terms and we see plenty of folks doing things like this.
Anecdata: Hetzner does not care what files are on their servers as long as you don't also serve them publicly from their servers. So if they only use it as a network storage for another server, it should be fine.
How is this abuse? You're paying hetzner for a VPS. If running a proxy server is an abuse of their TOS, then in my mind their service doesn't seem much more than a scam. I'm glad to know to avoid their service.
It’s important to note, however, that sshfs has been archived by its creator. What this entails with regard to the future of the project is uncertain though.
Is there a way to get a test account/download file to test bandwidth/latency? On top of this, are there plans for nodes closer to or preferably in Australia?
By the way, your personal websites certificate has expired today :)