Server hosting
RackNerd privacy rating
US provider of budget KVM VPS, dedicated and shared hosting in many North American and European datacenters.
Summary
RackNerd scores 33 out of 100 (grade F) on the server hosting criteria. It meets 4 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, mail-friendly (port 25), IPv6 and anonymous payment. It partly meets TLS configuration and Reverse DNS. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade F.
Score 33 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The home page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Tawk.to (automated test).
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid hosting, and the privacy policy says personal information is not sold.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
Mail-friendly (port 25) Weight 1 of 3
Is outbound port 25 open by default, or opened on request?
Open by default.
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Partial
Reverse DNS Weight 1 of 3
Can reverse DNS (PTR) records be set for IPv4 and IPv6?
rDNS can be set in the VPS control panel; IPv6 rDNS is not documented.
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Yes
IPv6 Weight 1 of 3
Is native IPv6 included?
Native IPv6 is allocated free on request in some locations.
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Yes
Anonymous payment Weight 1 of 3
Can servers be paid for with cryptocurrency or without identity checks?
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and stablecoins are accepted.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade F (0/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.