On Dark web forums, repeatedly, one can come across questions regarding bulletproof hosting services. Young people are looking for a secure hosting service. Moreover, they need the cheapest options. And what is even funnier, they seek bulletproof domain registrars, naively believing that some beautiful elf would risk his buttocks and business, for the sake of an unknown John from the cloaks of the Deep web who holds a rumpled five-dollar bill in his hand.

Every schoolboy asking about bulletproof hosting, for some reason, believes that it should be cheap, fast, located in Eastern Europe or Russia and protect from all threats.

Therefore, the discussion about bulletproof hosting services should be started with the dogma: THERE IS NO ABUSE RESISTANCE in countries with the human Internet. That is, neither the United States nor Europe nor China or Russia can provide truly bulletproof hosting services, just a priority.

Of course, there may exist some dodgy companies, who are located in Baltic states (former USSR), positioning themselves resistant to any abuses. But all this showing off, in the end, turn into the removal of equipment by police, and what actually happened to them a few years ago. 

Best countries to set up your servers 

The ability to resist abuses is associated with the specifics of the legislation of a particular country. So, for beginners, you need to clearly answer the question, what exactly do you want to abuse?

For example:

• In France or Germany, it is impossible to run websites that offer dodgy services, but in the Czech Republic or the Netherlands, nobody would care.
• In the United States, you can go to jail for restricted substances websites, but the Swedes may host such sites easily.
• In Ukraine, they do not care about DMCA (The Digital Millennium Copyright Act). You can also find hosters that tolerate outgoing spam.
• Chinese are also quite tolerant to spam, which is a criminal offense in the United States.

Canada is the most tolerant country when it comes to hosting different content and where a court decision is required for taking servers down. Sweden, for some reason, is very good too. They just do not care. The Czech Republic and the Netherlands allow a lot. Well, and Ukraine is also good because of the mess with lows and their abidance. 

There are some other countries to host your servers too. For example, those where it is difficult for the US or EU police to get in contact with local police like Iran or the wilds of South America, like Colombia or Mexico.

IMHO, the best bulletproof hosting service, does not require a passport and also does not suspend the server for the slightest complaint. It should give you some time to move out or deal with the complaint. 

By the way, the existence of websites with branded clothes is a good indicator of buletproofness. If replicas of Nike, Adidas are prohibited on a specific “bulletproof hosting service,” then they try to fool you, and this is actually a regular hosting service that tries to fish in troubled waters.

How much do bulletproof hosting services cost?

Returning to the costs of bulletproof hosting services, such things cannot cost $5 – $10, because owners risk their equipment, reputation, etc. So, be prepared for the fact that the price starts from $50 – $60 for the minimum configuration of VPS, and dedicated server may well cost $300 and more.

You can save money, for example, using “loyal” hosting with a frontend on a CDN, but here you need to clearly understand that, for example, Cloudflare passes its customers to police very quickly within a blink of an eye. For spam mailings, any suitable server will do, but it is necessary to use a proxy or VPN.

Bulletproof domain registrars

Regarding bulletproof registrars, this is generally a fairy tale, akin to Santa Claus. In human areas everything is regulated by the American ICANN. It can easily deprive an obstinate registrar of accreditation.

Conclusion

Summarizing all of the above, the best way to get a bulletproof hosting service is to search for servers in exotic locations. Another approach is to get a loyal hosting provider who requests good money for loading part of the problems on his shoulders. Either way, it is still necessary to backup all the websites and take care of anonymity, because if law enforcement agencies will have solid reasons they can cope with any hosting provider.