[clue-tech] Two things

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Sat Apr 4 11:07:37 MDT 2009


Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> Keith Christian wrote:
>> I checked Bluehost a few months ago but was put off when they wanted a 
>> scan of my driver's license before granting SSH access, so I didn't 
>> proceed.
> 
> Yeah, I had to do that.  Same company as hostmonster.  Doesn't bother me 
> though.  I think it's an acceptable security practice.  At least I know 
> they take identifying users who they give that kind of access to their 
> system seriously.

That seems silly.  If the ssh key is provided with the credit card 
number they're billing it seems everything would be covered.

Dave



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