[Gllug] recommend a (web) hosting company for linux box

[Paul Lee]

Tethys wrote:
> Simon Wilcox writes:
> 
> 
>>It depends on what you need. I would suggest that for most hosting needs,
>>taking a server managed up to OS level would be the best bet as the
>>hosting provider should then be resonsible for any upgrades/patches to the
>>OS, leaving you free to concentrate on your applications.
> 
> 
> Nice theory. Beware that whatever the contract says, your service provider
> may not actually do this in real life, and you may find your servers
> unpatched against published security vulnerabilities. Not that this is
> the bitter voice of experience or anything...
> 
> Tet
> 


Joined a company who were renting four `managed` servers with a major 
dedicated server hosting company
for £500 a month  each (they were a pretty decent spec).

When I took over, discovered one had an old vulnerable version of Bind, 
another was an open mail relay, another,
for some reason was providing anonymous ftp services and apart from  one 
seemingly ad hoc kernel update, non
had been patched.

You shouldn't assume the server host will patch. If its RedHat there is 
always up2date or Red Carpet.

-- 
Paul Lee


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