Recommendation for FreeBSD virtual private server vendor?

Wed Jun 1 09:48:16 PDT 2005

Feeling guilty about the spam and diskspace load I'm putting on my friends' 
home/DSL server, I'm looking into affordable alternatives and Virtual Private 
Servers are looking interesting.  I prefer FreeBSD over Linux.

What I'm concerned about is how to get one set up with packet filters (pref. 
ip_filter) before the thing goes on-line.  How do vendors handle that 
chicken-and-egg problem?

Any recommendations for vendors or what to look for in services?  RackSpace's 
DDS looks interesting.

Is anybody reselling VMWare-based virtual machines?

Thanks.

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