(If this has ever been covered on the list, please disregard)
If you have ever wanted a co-located machine with a permanent IP
address, behind a fat pipe, with no ISP terms-of-usage-port-blocking*
here is a neat option: www.linode.com These guys are using UML (user
mode linux) to put multiple Linux images on a server. You can pick your
own distro (Debian, Fedora, Slackware, RedHat, etc.) and set-up
multiple partitions. You get (actually set) the root password, and you
have almost total control of the machine (there are still terms-of-usage
like no spamming, no DOS attacks, nothing that seemed objectionable).
You can install packages (alternate webservers, databases, IRC servers,
etc.) and even write and compile your own software (SSH access is
automatically set-up).
I just got a cheap linode ($19.95 per month = 3GB storage, 64MB RAM, and
perfomance at least equal to a 100MHz machine (if the physical server is
not busy, you might be getting almost the full performance of a 2.2GHz
machine)). If you want your linode to have a DNS-resolvable name, you
can: run your own DNS server, pay someone like gkg.net to host your DNS
($25/yr), or (if you want *a* name instead of a specific name) use
dyndns.org (my linode is heff.ath.cx). The ability to run unusual
services (like a CVS server) is especially nice. Of course, you are
taking on the headache of securing and administering *everything* on
that image.
--ronan
* Certain oft-abused ports (including Windows/Samba networking) are
blocked. For most of those services, you can run them on a non-standard
port.
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