ToS question

[n0name]

Hello,

not sure if it's my not-that-good English skills or a misunderstanding, but I am not quite sure about this point:

+ Run a tunnel or proxy to a server at another host

From the gameservers hosted on the machine, I would like to connect to my MySQL DB residing on another host (in Germany).
The only thing is that I don't allow incoming connections on the DB server, so I have to open a SSH tunnel in order to get connection.
Is this still allowed by the ToS?

[soja]

You should just be able to add the game server IP to a mysql whitelist.

If your host doesn't allow that, you might just want to find a different host for your website/mysql.

[n0name]

It's not about adding the IP to the whitelist, but rather NFO's ToS about tunneling (I will open a SSH tunnel from the gamevds to my MySQL server) - see quoted text.

[soja]

I understand what you said, but most hosts allow you to add IP addresses to a whitelist so remote addresses can use the MySQL server.

[n0name]

I understand what you said, but most hosts allow you to add IP addresses to a whitelist so remote addresses can use the MySQL server.

Ah, now I get what you are saying.
Actually, the host on which the MySQL stuff is running on is managed by me and I would rather not change the setup only for that.
So I would instead be interested if NFO allows SSH tunnels to other servers (to access services hosted on that server).

[soja]

Are you managing MySQL yourself, or is it part of a software package like cPanel?

It should be as simple as adding a new user like 'user'@'1.2.3.4', so only 1 IP needs to have access to your MySQL server.

If you are using srcds, even different srcds instances bound to different IPs will still use the primary IP address for the OS.

[n0name]

Are you managing MySQL yourself, or is it part of a software package like cPanel?

It should be as simple as adding a new user like 'user'@'1.2.3.4', so only 1 IP needs to have access to your MySQL server.

If you are using srcds, even different srcds instances bound to different IPs will still use the primary IP address for the OS.

Well, I am mostly managing myself, but can also administrate over Froxlor.
And yes, I know that, but MySQL only listens on localhost (security measure) and in order to connect, I have to open a SSH tunnel to the server.

Now, with the line I quoted above, I am not sure if NFO allows that. (I am already using this setup since 1+ year on my 2 other machines).

[Edge100x]

If you contact us directly, we can likely authorize this.

The rule was created because some were using our services to act as a DDoS mitigation sponge in front of cheap dedicated servers from other providers.

[n0name]

If you contact us directly, we can likely authorize this.

The rule was created because some were using our services to act as a DDoS mitigation sponge in front of cheap dedicated servers from other providers.

Will do, thanks for your answer!