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05-01-2004, 09:38 PM #1Web Hosting Evangelist
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paranoid webmin or what
the saga continues...it was 4 weeks now it is 4 months since I have seen a hosting platform that works...shoot me.
I have sites that need attention (perl needs modification) since we moved them to a buddies high speed line; old friend, young student, works for a publisher and hates bush...profile him and if you look up the word paranoid in the dictionary, there's his picture.
I learned apache here (started here with those lessons, thanks choon) and then mail enable and in 4 weeks was hosting from home...worked like a charm...but uh, isp got bent so moved it to a dsl line at friends.
this guy...three login screens to get to the server.
passwords are cryptic and rotate daily...
claims 100 hacks from china per day on ip addy...
i can't get directly to the server but have to go through a pc and vnc in from there.
vnc isn't always up. i email him to get a session.
if i am not super nice, the profanity begins in a heartbeat...he's uh, tempermental...
he's pulled the plug twice in 2 months when I simply asked if there was an easier way to get on, get the job done, get off without using him as a gatekeeper...since he likes to explode if I can't get a session and he's 10 miles away.
so realistically, don't cha just mount the server, put up a firewall and change the passwords once a month or so? max?
or should I be thankful he goes to all this trouble yet since I can't work on the sites (4 months now I haven't gotten any LONG session times without something hosing/crashing/not rebooting etc.) would I be better to find a third party with high speed who wants a free server and space and they handle the stuff at their end? what does co-lo cost? any ideas on this?
would you enshroud your server in so much security your own development team can't work?
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05-02-2004, 12:42 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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I'm one for security but, that much security is just paranoid.
Look into getting a cheap VPS from a provider like jvds.com. It will serve you better than the box you have now.
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05-02-2004, 02:11 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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Just wondering if he's been burnt before? Sounds like he has.
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05-02-2004, 05:09 AM #4WHT Addict
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Originally posted by Knogle
Just wondering if he's been burnt before? Sounds like he has.
I agree with LifelessHost, get a VPS. There's plenty of low-cost, high-quality providers. The cost is well worth whatever time you're wasting working with this loon.
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05-02-2004, 08:46 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Does he sleep with a loaded gun under his pillow?
That guy sounds really unstable!
I would recommend moving to another provider
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05-02-2004, 11:05 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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sorry, but LOL
if you operating a on-line bank site on your server, go ahead with this guy (and probably request some others techs to protect the server and others to monitor it 24/7)
otherwise move out
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05-02-2004, 03:04 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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The funny thing is all the goofy stuff he is doing probably doesn't increase the security very much, if at all A hack usually comes in the form of a remote exploit - not often is it someone just guessing a user's password and breaking in through SSH. Wonder if he knows what he is doing or if he is just insane in the brain.
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