Comment Name and Shame (Score 3, Insightful) 539
If you have some reason that you haven't moved to a different provider, at least let the rest of us know who to avoid. Name and shame, please.
As others have pointed out
- If they have physical access, you can make things a bit tougher for them, but never impossible
- If all they wanted was access to your logs, then create a user for your providers that is in a group that can read your logs
- Check with your local ISPs to see if you can get a business account (for a static IP address) and self-host. I'm fortunate enough to have FiOS where I live, and while Verizon is really confused about having a business account at a residence, the headache is worth it. I've got about an hour's worth of UPS at home.
- At least consider the possibility that your diagnosis is wrong. Maybe you've been rooted maliciously and not by your provider. Or maybe what's going on is your own misconfiguration. At least be open to this possibility (and so give them access to your logs to assist in diagnosis).
- And, of course, consider changed providers.