And yet in spite of this the majority of abusive traffic we receive is from Hetzner.
What’s the point of these draconian identity measures if criminals are abusing others through your service anyway?
What’s the point of these draconian identity measures if criminals are abusing others through your service anyway?
The less strict they make their identity checks - would abuse increase, decrease or stay the same do you think?
Meanwhile, what have they done to catch and ban malicious actors who passed verification long ago and have been abusing other services on the internet from the safety of Hetzner's network for months or years?
While I do run a mail server with them I've never had any reports so I can't say anything on that but I'd assume theyre equally or even more strict with email abuse reports they get.
Although I’d be sore too if I were turned away in the signup process, I’d just as soon learn early that they don’t want my business, before I invest more time and effort getting moved in.