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Robert
05-15-2000, 03:05 PM
Hi, does anyone know anything about www.whhq.net? (http://www.whhq.net?) they plans look good (dedicated servers), i just wanted to know if they are reliable or a legitimate company(as in they wont take my money and run).

thank you.

Jim
05-15-2000, 05:51 PM
Well, here is what I discovered after messing with them all day:

1. Will not answer email.
2. Will not answer the phone (except for an answering service).
3. Part of their site is copied from dialtoneinternet.net (look at the source code)
4. Their order form is not secure (Just a form to email)

Think I'll stay away from this one.

Gordon
05-16-2000, 01:06 AM
To Jim :

1. Will not answer email. (Bad host)
2. Will not answer the phone (except for an answering service). (Bad host)
3. Part of their site is copied from dialtoneinternet.net (look at the source code)(bad host)

From 1 to 3, i advised that anyone that are interested in signing up with them have to consider seriously before signing up.

4. Their order form is not secure (Just a form to email)

For #4, I don't agreed this is not secure. If you see carefully, they use https (SSL) therefore i doubt the form is not secure.

sigmapair
05-16-2000, 08:45 AM
Originally posted by Gordon:
To Jim :
For #4, I don't agreed this is not secure. If you see carefully, they use https (SSL) therefore i doubt the form is not secure.


Look at the source. His point was that
the "secure" information gets sent to a
script called formmail.pl, which probably
just sends it, unencrypted, via e-mail to
their system. Credit card information
should never be unencrypted on any Internet
server. There should be a real backend
that re-encrypts the information for
storage and processing. Of course, lots
of sites, not just Web hosts, mess this
part up.

Mike G
05-17-2000, 05:43 PM
I was thinking about getting whhq for my dedicated host. I am still thinking about doing business with them. I like there plans and there prices are cheap. If you have any problems or reports about whhq.net please tell me so I don't get caught in there trap.