When you say your servers are "managed out in California", I assume you just
mean that they're located in California. If they're managed, then you
shouldn't be responsible for security.
Realistically, if you're a developer and don't have at least 8 or 12 hours
per week to devote to managing your web servers, follow up on security
bulletins, install patches, run security scans, you should outsource this
operation. That could be as simple as contracting managed servers (rather
than colocated servers with minimal management) from an ISP or IPP, or could
involve hiring a full or part time contractor to take care of your machines.
Like you, and I'm sure as in many small organizations, I do development and
system administration also. Either I'm constantly being pulled away from
pressing development projects or else I can only address security and server
issues minimally. It's doable, but far from optimal.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!
> Sorry to open an additional can of worms, but our servers got nailed and
> they're managed out in California (I'm in Chicago). I'm not a sysad, nor
do
> I have any experience at managing a server. Are there courses or
> certifications that I can get to help me stay on top of these things? I'm
> the only programmer in my office and the de facto IT guy so when stuff
like
> this happens, they all look at me like I know what the heck I'm doing.
I've
> been at this for less than two years and just don't have the experience to
> deal with this appropriately. Any tips?
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Michael
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Gruen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:43 PM
> Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!
>
>
> > It comes down to responsible administration. We have watched this come
and
> > still going on without incident and several IIS servers.
> >
> > Tony Gruen
> > sfnetworks
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