Subj : monitoring access to vserver with a gui
To   : all
From : warmfuzzy
Date : Tue May 07 2024 17:29:26

There are many good reasons to outsource your server hosting to a server farm. 
There are simple to advanced servers that can be acquired for a small fee.  
The issue with servers located outside your physical base is that the hosting 
company can view what you place on that server.  In this particular scenario 
the server was setup on a vServer that had a GUI installed and contained 
remote access software called RealVNC.  This RealVNC had a popup message that 
the removal of the USB stick inserted was "safe to be removed."  This was a 
clear indication that someone in the server company had accessed my server and 
did something in terms of copying files to that USB Flash Drive.  On a 
standard vServer this wouldn't be noted at all, but with a GUI and all of its 
notifications, this was easily detected.  It's something to be considered 
anyhow.  Sometimes the basic stuff is all you need to detect intrusions.

Cheers!
-warmfuzzy

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