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GortWillSaveUs:

--- Quote from: limetech on June 02, 2012, 07:26:33 PM ---My web host provider, vps.net, decided to suspend my account without warning because it was "consuming too many resources."  No email telling me, "hey you better check your resources or we might suspend you", nothing.  Just wham, no more soup for you.  So even though I specifically moved to vps.net for a flexible solution to adding additional resources as necessary, they just decided to suspend the entire account.

Is there any web hosting service worth a damn?  That's what I want to know.

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I used to have a web-site, and the first provider was pretty decent,...perhaps because I didn't have them for very long,..I didn't experience any horror stories. They were brought out twice over. The two new companies were a pain in the,......

They both would send me e-mail they essentially said that "if I didn't respond to the e-mail, they would add a few important additions to my account". I would fume at them that is no way to make an offer to a customer.

They also would drop service from time to time with no explanation.

But the worst was when a hacker dumped a bunch of files in my web area and scammed people into believing I was a well-known bank. Fortunately,..I haven't run a web-site in a long time!!! Nor would I recommend any site!

WeeboTech:

--- Quote from: GortWillSaveUs on June 03, 2012, 09:20:24 AM ---But the worst was when a hacker dumped a bunch of files in my web area and scammed people into believing I was a well-known bank. Fortunately,..I haven't run a web-site in a long time!!! Nor would I recommend any site!

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This is what happens when you use shared hosting and the hosting provider does not handle user account security correctly.


I've seen this over and over. In fact in one case a website was accepting Credit Cards over ssl, but dumping them in clear text on the disk on a shared host. It so happened that the permissions allowed any user to access his account and access the credit cards.


VPS or managed hosting is the best way to go for a more complex full service website.


I've wrote many of nagios plugins to monitor security on my friends hosting service.
If the accounts sneeze out of line an alert is triggered and they are informed.
This is actually good.. If someone attempts to hack the site, hack a php hook or a php program goes awry they get informed.

Johnm:
Have you thought about just going with a co-loc? I am not sure what your current tab is. but if they are even close in price, you might consider it.

Just grab a 1u and host your own.

mgithens:
+1 for Dreamhost...

you guys scared me there, I litterally paid for my license at like 8pm on Friday night and then went AWOL all Saturday...  NOOOOO!!!   Glad you're back!!

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