[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
>
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> Glenn McKnight
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
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