Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-05 Thread Patrick Geschke
I thought this wasnt a matter for the security mailing list. Would you mind taking this to a 1:1 discussion? Am 05.03.12 20:19, schrieb Stayvoid: >> Why? Where is the connection between "no encryption" and the use as a MTA >> and web server? > I don't know really. I've thought that data should be

Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-05 Thread Stayvoid
> Why? Where is the connection between "no encryption" and the use as a MTA > and web server? I don't know really. I've thought that data should be available. Tell me more about it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-05 Thread georg
> I don't think that I can encrypt it. I want to use that machine for > MTA and a web server. Why? Where is the connection between "no encryption" and the use as a MTA and web server? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-05 Thread Stayvoid
> I think that a dedicated server is far more secure than a VPS if you > encrypt the drive. I don't think that I can encrypt it. I want to use that machine for MTA and a web server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-05 Thread Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez
On 05/03/12 10:30, Bedwell, Jordon wrote: > This is not true in any case, including a dedicated server. It takes > but a minute and your drive to get access to your server, root > password or not, adjusted grub bootloader or not. Saved in a control > panel or not. This is a quite talked about su

Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-05 Thread Bedwell, Jordon
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Timh B wrote: > Hi, > > This should probably be discussed off-list, anyway - the one that has the > most dedicated resources and has the best security policy. Generally when > it comes to keeping the kernel/system tools updated it's all about your > own OS since it'

Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-05 Thread Timh B
Hi, This should probably be discussed off-list, anyway - the one that has the most dedicated resources and has the best security policy. Generally when it comes to keeping the kernel/system tools updated it's all about your own OS since it's usually "independent" from the hostnode. Except kernel i

Re: Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-04 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 5 Mar 2012, Stayvoid wrote: > Which one is more secure? The one that is run by the most skilled people who devote the most resources to making it secure. But this is nothing to do with the debian-security list. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Bloghtt

Dedicated server vs. VPS

2012-03-04 Thread Stayvoid
Hello! Which one is more secure? VPS is usually cheaper then DS so I don't really want to pay extra money for nothing. I also want to restrict hoster's access to my machine. Is it possible with VPS? There was an accident with Linode. [1] An intruder accessed one of Linode's services and customers