From: "Glenn Meadows" 

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.

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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>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
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>> "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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