Nikhil,
When you say shell account n socks proxy, people get scared if you going to run ssh password scanner :) or irc chat server, both of these are a complete no no with any web host, 95% of them run web panels and got no idea how to give you restricted shell access, it's too expensive as well as risky to run shell accounts for them.
You can always pay a decent web host with good reputation with your credit card on file with them instead of paypal, atleast our host allowed us cc on file after we paid them with paypal for almost 6 months. It really depends on what you trying to do an how comfortable is the web host to have you as their customer. They don't like cc on file from a new guy from day one, simply since there are too many cc n paypal chargebacks to worry as well.
Again these are my views it can be different for others.
Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions Pvt. Ltd., The Enterprise Linux Company (r), http://www.enterux.com http://www.entVoice.com
On 06-Nov-2009, at 14:31, Nikhil Marathe nsm.nikhil@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This isn't related to linux as such, but since we are all geeks, I thought people might no the answer.
I'm currently looking for shell accounts and web hosting. I am ready to pay, but all hosts in Europe/USA accept payment via Bank transfer. Now from what research I've done it's not worth sending money out of India due to the bureaucratic hurdles. As for Paypal, that requires a credit card, but I only have a debit card. Does anyone here use webhosts outside India, or say VPSes. What do you do then?
Is there any good provider of a shell account/VPS in india which will allow me to run a SOCKS proxy using SSH? It will be purely for personal use. That way I can pay within India.
Nikhil