[NA-Discuss] Shared Hosting vs VPS: How safe is your website

Eduardo Diaz eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 13:06:01 UTC 2013


You can also use services like rackspace, amazon and others that will allow
you to own your own server and do anything you want to do there.

-ed

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Recently I setup the ISOC  Canada  WordPress site at a  Shared Hosting
>  website due to price but  upon research and discussion with Joly and
> others  I discovered that  Shared hosting  opens your  site to potential
> hacking.  Research revealed that the site is shared with 3,500  others.
> Here is some research on the risk
> http://www.epicwinhosting.com/blog/is-shared-hosting-secure/
>
> *Question:  Is it worth the difference?*
>
> Secondly,
> Upon discussion with the hosting company they don't have a VPS service to
> upgrade the account.
>
> Thirdly
> When I did a  WHOIS on the name  this was the first thing I found. No
> response yet from the hosting company, Ticketed the item with their support
> on this issue as well.  Almost feel  hostage.
>
>  Name FastDomain Inc. (R1455-LROR) StatusADDPERIOD, CLIENT TRANSFER
> PROHIBITED, TRANSFER PROHIBITED
> Fourth
> In conversation with  Joly he recommeded  a  VPS  site  called GANDI for
> more secure hosting
> https://www.gandi.net/domain/buy/result/
> Also I found  gatorhosting.com   as well
>
> Glenn
>
>
>
>
>
> Glenn McKnight
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
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