At 04:42 AM 8/10/2006, Jeffrey wrote:
Sorry, this is a bit off topic, but you are the best people to ask.
I am looking for a web hosting service based in Australia (and with
servers in Australia). Need Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP and dedicated server
hosting. Importantly, they must provide a very high level of security
(especially security), reliability and customer service as sensitive
corporate data would be saved on the application(s) hosted by them.
Feel free to e-mail me off-list.
Many thanks,
Jeffrey
Jeffrey,
This is the web - the words "web hosting service" and "sensitive corporate
data" do not belong in the same paragraph. I know you had security in
there, but security is not the first concern of most hosting services.
The first place this can break down is the server - you are usually one of
scores of virtual hosts. A misconfiguration, and your files are are exposed.
The second place is the database - usually one database engine hosts
scores, if not hundreds of databases. If the database is not correctly
configured, your data is exposed.
If there is a real concern about security, your client should establish its
own server and database, and engage appropriate security consultants to
ensure that it is secure, and to do periodic audits checks to make certain
it stays that way.
Next step, would be a dedicated server at a company like Rackspace - I know
they're not Australian, but it was the name that popped up in my mind.
After that, a virtual machine within the computer, as hub.org, among
others, provides.
Shared hosting - not if security is important.
Anything on the web is much more exposed than it is on a WAN or LAN.
So, it doesn't matter much right now who you pick, work up some budget
figures, go to your client, and find out just how important "security" is
to them. Unfortunately it's frequently seen as more important after the
breach, rather than before.
Sorry for rabbiting on, and if this is all basic stuff which you have
already discussed with your client, well maybe some reinforcement will help.
Regards - Miles
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/413 - Release Date: 8/8/2006
--
PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
