Hi,

I'm looking at rackshack.net and 4webspace.com, has anyone got experience of how good or bad they are? which one is best?

also does anyone run without a firewall without problems? (currently I'm reselling from a shared machine behind a firewall)

I hvae servers at both RackShack.net as well as 4webspace.com and both are excellent services. Althuogh Rackshack charges a huge setup fee, they offer 4x the bandwidth that 4webspace.com does :) I run a firewall on all my RaQ's with no problem. If you need help setting a firewall up, pm me or email me at josh@webtechsoftware.com

Is it worth the cost of the firewall though?

Does anyone run without one?

Do you get a shared one anyway with raqshack?

Doesn't need to cost - if you are going for a Linux box you know :)

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39508

explains some software included or free stuff to download

so would you advise running firewall and web server on the same box?
that sounds good to me!