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

[Joly MacFie]

There is a similar discussion going in the NCUC right now. There is
consensus there that http://gandi.net is a good cheap VPS provider.

j

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:
> Using low cost hosting is to be avoid due to security issues and/or attacks that - will - take place.
>
> Would recommend instead getting a domain name and then configuring the DNS entries so that site can be hosted via Google sites or blogspot - which is free.
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> Robert
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> On 2013-02-06, at 7:52 AM, Glenn McKnight 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
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