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

Thompson, Darlene DThompson1 at GOV.NU.CA
Wed Feb 6 20:40:40 UTC 2013


Yeah, you do that.  And I'll set up a special rate to allow Irish Registrars to sit on the NARALO list.  :)

LOL

D

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From: na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Michele Neylon :: Blacknight
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Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Shared Hosting vs VPS: How safe is your website

well if you're all looking for VPS hosting I'd be happy to setup a special ALAC rate for you :)

*cough*


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From: na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] on behalf of Joly MacFie [joly at punkcast.com]
Sent: 06 February 2013 13:32
To: Robert Guerra
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Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Shared Hosting vs VPS: How safe is your website

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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