Yeah, basically what happened is I had asked a client I was trying to get rid of to move to Dreamhost so they could manage stuff themselves. I created a shell account with a password that I also used at a couple important places. Usually I wouldn't have done so but it was the first really secure password I typed and I never would have thought the next thing would have happened.
Anyway, they sent an email to the client with the username and password in clear text and after I had deleted the account he emailed me asking why he couldn't get in. I flipped out, and emailed Dreamhost and trashed them on twitter and all kinds of stuff. Never heard back. Luckily there would have been no way to just guess the username+password combination had someone gotten the password, but I was seriously bothered by it and had to change a bunch of passwords. This was one of those situations where you know better and because you are under pressure and a time crunch you do what is fastest. I should never have used an existing password for the account. This isn't a reason to avoid them entirely, but it can be a huge problem for me. The price and what they give you they are decent you just need to make sure you don't create any accounts under someone elses account since the passwords and usernames will get sent. If you aren't at a place where you have the time or experience to securely manage a VPS, Dreamhost is one of your better options. Their control panel is pretty good. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Greg Nolan <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of dreamhost, security and Peter...I remember seeing a post on > facebook about dreamhost giving away your password. > > -g > > On Sep 23, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I see that dreamhost secures the VPS for you. Now that looks like something > I can use. I am going to look into dreamhost PS. This may be what I'm > looking for. > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Paul Saenz < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> okay, enough about cheep. I never said I wanted cheep web hosting. I just >> wanted to know if those companies were really offering what they claimed to >> be offering. Obviously, they are not being entirely honest. Now if I compare >> those prices to, say, $11.00 /mo. then it is no problem. I'd much rather pay >> the extra $7 /mo. to get something that I know what I'm getting. I'd much >> rather have a company tell me up front what I am really getting. So this is >> not about me getting web hosting for cheep. I just wanted to know if they >> were going to provide what they claim to provide. >> >> As for VPS, I would much rather do that, but I'm afraid that I don't have >> the knowledge at this point to secure a server. I would probably get hacked >> instantly, and then go through a crash course on security, which I don't >> have time for right now. As much as I'd love to do it, I don't think that is >> an option. >> >> Nevertheless, you guys have provided a great deal of knowledge that gives >> me a much better picture of what I am dealing with, so that I can make an >> educated guess. Especially Roger, who has helped me to realize that even I >> can compete in the web hosting arena. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Jeff Lasman < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, September 23, 2010 01:57:21 am Paul Saenz wrote: >>> >>> > Take a look at this web host review. Some of these companies claim to >>> have >>> > unlimited bandwidth and disk space for $3.50 per month. >>> > The website also claims that ipage has a 72% positive customer review. >>> > Anyone care to comment on whether they believe these reviews are really >>> > accurate, or even close? >>> >>> As some (maybe most) of you know, I'm in the webhosting business. >>> >>> So I know a bit about how to do this. >>> >>> Read the fine print. These companies all limit you based on machine >>> resources >>> you use. >>> >>> One of them (not necessarily reviewed on the link) has in their terms of >>> service that you can't use them to store files; only for websites, and if >>> they >>> find files that aren't being accessed in what they call webhosting, will >>> delete the files. Yes, it's actually in the fine print of their terms of >>> service. >>> >>> You do get what you pay for. >>> >>> Jeff >>> -- >>> Jeff Lasman >>> Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 >>> Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only >>> Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "<http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html> >>> http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> <[email protected]>[email protected] >>> <http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers> >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
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