On 14 April 2015 at 02:34, Shachar Shemesh <[email protected]> wrote:

> If I just reinstall the server (both time consuming and expensive, as I
> need provision a temporary server to make a smooth transition), I'm still
> going to be open to the same attack vector unless I do something.
>

Don't you have a DR plan?
How about automating the server setup, so you can both test changes (ever
heard of Vagrant?) and get it back to life without worrying about it?

Remember - todays servers should be treated like cattle, not pets:
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/cerndatacentreevolution-sdcd2012-121119074533-phpapp02/95/cern-data-centre-evolution-17-638.jpg

(from http://www.slideshare.net/gmccance/cern-data-centre-evolution, origin
at
http://www.slideshare.net/randybias/pets-vs-cattle-the-elastic-cloud-story)

--Amos
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