From: "Gary Britt" 

Well your requirements are so large that it might be better to be in house
with your stuff.  Just a simple website for a small company makes sense to
outsource.

I won't be considering Rackspace.  I will be considering BlueHost and
WestHost.  I'm sure there are many other good ones for my simple needs.

Gary

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> Because the inhouse security guy would have most likely prevented the root
> in the first place.
>
> It's all in what you're willing to Pay Gary.  See my prior post as to what
> we pay RackSpace, and the fact that the server security is still our
primary
> responsibility.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:4377c73b{at}w3.nls.net...
> >I didn't say it necessarily would.  Just that if you don't have or want
to
> > spend the money for dedicated full-time people to handle these kinds of
> > things, stay on top of everything security wise, and handle all the
> > associated hardware costs, then it is far more likely that with a little
> > research you could find the few firms who do have quality experts and
> > would
> > do a better job at keeping a secure server going than some part-timer
> > inside
> > the company could do.
> >
> > You said it yourself.  You've been doing it for 12 years and are still
> > learning.  Some people don't have 12 years to wait until they are ready
to
> > put up their website.
> >
> > What's the difference between a form letter from the hosting company,
and
> > a
> > form email from your in-house part-time server security guy saying the
> > same
> > thing.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Geo"  wrote in message
news:4377afa3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> >> news:437774a4{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> > Why don't you just outsource the server setup/security
stuff by using
a
> >> > dedicated server or virtual dedicated server from a good hosting
> > company.
> >> > Its so cheap these days its almost not worth trying to
learn to roll
> > your
> >> > own??
> >>
> >> ROFL!! What makes you think that using some rent-a-server is going to
> >> mean
> >> you are secure? Where is Glenn Meadows? Hey Glenn, show them that form
> >> letter you got for when a hosted server gets rooted. I mean it's bad
> > enough
> >> if a server gets rooted but to have a form letter for it? And they do,
I
> >> can't believe how many places just email clients and tell them the
server
> >> was rooted please reload your site..
> >>
> >> Geo.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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