On Sat, Nov 28, 2015, at 07:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > For web-hosting, I am looking for one which allows me to upload and download > web pages and other files to my site via SSL-encrypted FTP, whether implicit > or explicit SSL I don't care, so that passwords sent across the internet > cannot be intercepted by a sniffer. > > Obviously, low cost is important too. I'm not a business. My web site is > providing a public service for free. There are no ads on my web site, and > there is no money coming in to pay for the web hosting. Another important > consideration is that I don't want the service provider, e-mail or > web-hosting, > selling information about me to anyone.
> > On Saturday, November 28, 2015 09:49:47 Stephen Powell wrote: > My old web site was pure HTML. No ASP, no PHP, no SQL. It's just pure > information, with some links for downloading files. I'm not a business > trying to set up a web site so that customers can order stuff from me. > I just want to publish free information for the public. It's mostly tech > stuff about Debian. > > When I created my old web site, All I did to manage it was use FTP to upload > and download files. By convention, the home page was "index.htm". Any other > pages could be linked to from that page. The only thing that I would like to > change is to use SSL-encrypted FTP, so that my password won't be sent over > the network in clear text. I must admit that I don't understand this brave > new world of web hosting. Stephen, for email you can't do better than FastMail. Everything you might expect from a long established and highly regarded provider that takes security and privacy seriously, with excellent spam protection, many advanced features, multiple 2FA options. For the simple web-hosting FastMail's included "file storage websites" should meet your requirements, as you've described. https://www.fastmail.com/help/files/website.html So, advanced email + simple hosting for 40 bucks a year. DNS included! pjw
