Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-02 Thread Robert Munn
> Firewalls don't even come near the top of my security list. Much more > important are: > - procedures / paranoia (don't email passwords, call back on the > agreed phone number) > - configuration (no null-sessions, no remote registry service etc.) > - patches > - services (no unencrypted protoco

Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-02 Thread Robert Munn
>Regarding other DNS entries on the mail server IP causing problems, I've >actually never heard that, I'd like to read more on that, I have a number of >names going to a single IP for mail. Do you have any more info on that? What Jochem said, you can't have additional reverse DNS entries. What I f

Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-02 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Rob Munn wrote: > > Security > > You must have a firewall if you plan to host anything that you would be > upset about/in trouble over if it got hacked. Firewalls don't even come near the top of my security list. Much more important are: - procedures / paranoia (don't email passwords, call back

RE: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Nick McClure
the files? -Original Message- From: Rob Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:46 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Hosting Considerations DNS I don't host my own DNS. TW hosts one domain for me. I have my other domains registered with Yahoo! and they maint

Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Rob Munn
have any tips for buying a server? > > At 06:04 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: > > >Subject: Hosting Considerations > >From: "Adkins, Randy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:23:12 -0500 > >Thread: > >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists

Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Jeffry Houser
into his house, although he was thinking of cancelling. The reason was to try to spin off a hosting portion of his business, which he only had moderate success with. Anyone have any tips for buying a server? At 06:04 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: >Subject: Hosting Considerations >From: &q

RE: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Erika L. Walker-Arnold
I understand the shared concerns. We're running dedicated machines now, and loving the secure cozy feeling of knowing who is on our boxes, and of course the ability to access and do whatever we need when we need to. My question was more of why run it out of the house - co-lo or get a dedicated bo

Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Let me start with the most important question: What server administration experience do you have? Webservers? Mailservers? DNS servers? Have you ever been responsible for a server that if it went down at 4 AM you had to make it work at 8AM, no matter what? Jochem ~~

RE: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Nick McClure
y 01, 2005 6:18 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Hosting Considerations Well, I've been doing it for some time now. ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.ho

RE: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Paul Vernon
> With hosting as cheap as it is ... Why? For us, the why was simple, security, stability and generally an all round cosy feeling that we know exactly what is going on with the boxes our sites are hosted on That plus we get more control over our own destiny as a business. The last reason is r

Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread ColdFusion Developer
The hosting provider I have now is having problems with CFMX and CFObject usage with CardServices eCommerce files. All their other servers run fine except the server I am on. This has been going on for about 2 weeks or so now. I have about 5 clients and a few sub-domains. Even though the hosting

RE: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Nick McClure
more than happy to answer any questions about this you have. > -Original Message- > From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Hosting Considerations > > No this is not a question about what hosting

Re: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Yves Arsenault
Hey there, I had a couple of DNS servers (I still maintain some for a client) and a server, I remember seeing some DNS services, easydns.com comes to mind, can't think of any others off hand... you can always google for dynamic dns services (for cable, dsl..etc connections). I was running on a Li

RE: Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Erika L. Walker-Arnold
My question is why? With hosting as cheap as it is ... Why? Cheers, Erika -- ##| -Original Message- ##| From: Adkins, Randy ##| ##| I am considering hosting my own site on my own server. ~

Hosting Considerations

2005-02-01 Thread Adkins, Randy
No this is not a question about what hosting provider that you use. :-) I am considering hosting my own site on my own server. Here are things I am thinking and looking for insight. Running a server, I would imagine I would use a DNS service or what do I need to setup a machine as a DN