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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by samfriedman on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:24AM (#18120853)
I'm always hearing good things about Hetzner and especially the value on their auction servers.

Tried buying one on the auction once, went through a whole rigamarole to confirm my identity, send them ID pics, etc. In the end they decided to cancel the order due to "suspicious activity". I was baffled by that as we hadn't had any conversation besides sending them the order info & credentials. I assumed it was a weird false positive... wonder if I should try again sometime.

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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by m0nty on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:43AM (#18120979)
I don't remember providing them with ID but I've been a customer for a long time, maybe it's a recent requirement. It's worth opening a dialog with them if you're having issues - you'll be conversing with a real person and they can probably be persuaded.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by hoffs on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:07AM (#18121193)
A couple of months ago I purchased a VPS from them. They also required ID (passport) to verify identity, but what was surprising that they suggested using their gpg keys to encrypt the image before sending.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by nielsole on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:56AM (#18121658)
Their argument is, that requiring an ID has solved most of the fraud problems.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by BslSJDIz1gqWxXq on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:29PM (#18126250)
They lost my business when they required a passport. Like hell I'm showing you that. If they wanna see my face they can look up my name on social media.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by zaarn on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:31AM (#18128511)
They don't want to see your face they want to see official papers proving you to be a unique person.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by askmike on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:57AM (#18122831)
I don't see any advantage over using SSL (especially if they serve the public key on the same website)
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by perlpimp on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:47AM (#18121008)
about 5 years ago had to give them a scan of my passport
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by vidarh on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:39AM (#18120946)
Basically you only need to go through their ID hassle once when you submit the first order on an account, at least that's been my experience. After that it's generally entirely painless to order further servers.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by interfixus on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:38AM (#18121496)
Yeah, that's what I thought. Went through the passport routine, got approved, started mucking about. At one point, as part of experimenting, I deleted a VPS which happened to be the last one remaining. And bang! Account closed for lack of active instances. So I went elsewhere, and have been the ever since.

Elsewhere highly recommended, by the way:

https://lunanode.com/

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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by nielsole on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:59AM (#18121682)
They deactivate accounts after a couple of months without activity but can be easily reactivated (I went through this earlier this year after having been inactive for multiple years)
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by Hamuko on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:37PM (#18123252)
Weird. I got a server some months ago and I didn't do anything to confirm my identity. Maybe it was because I was getting a cheapo bidding server, which is only 25 euros a month.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by mladen5 on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:29AM (#18130513)
They requested me in an email to confirm my identity, i sent them requested IDs and never heard back from them.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by caymanjim on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:47AM (#18121006)
Is this ID verification some European/German regulation?
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by samfriedman on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:01AM (#18121706)
I assumed it was a security measure to prevent spammers, botnetters, etc. from buying server time via fraudulent means.
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Re:Hetzner removes traffic limitation for dedicated servers by vertex-four on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:51AM (#18121036)
No.
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