Re: How to monitor a hosted web server

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Mikhail A. Utin
<mutin () commonwealthcare org> wrote:
> You will never get your hands on what you outsourced. If you want control, host it yourself. By my personal 
> experience, my sites were down one-two hours in a year connected to Comcast business Internet (5 IPs and very good 
> support). $75 for 5MB pipe. I bet you cannot get it better from an ISP. Physical security and power? You can solve 
> that as well. $500 power backup generator is much less than ISP wants for the same protection level.

There's a lot to be said about physical security in post 9/11 america
with legislation such as the PATRIOT act, secret warrants, and
warrantless searches. I have such as distaste for for the abuses that
I moved my stuff to my house to make sure I could keep my email server
in my control (STARTTLS is a great thing at times). There's no need to
throw a net so large that you catch nearly 100% law abiding citizens.

Jeff

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> From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of fl0w3r
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 2:23 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: How to monitor a hosted web server
>
> Hello List,
>
> How do you usually monitor websites that are externally hosted?
> I have called several web hosting companies, but any of them offer the alert service (email or sms) when the website 
> does not load (due to hardware, software or attacks).
>
> How SMBs that have e-commerce websites  that have to be up and running all the time deal with monitoring thsoe 
> websites?
>
> Thank you.
>
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it benefits your company and how your customers can tell if a site is secure. You will find out how to test, purchase, 
install and use a thawte Digital Certificate on your Apache web server. Throughout, best practices for set-up are 
highlighted to help you ensure efficient ongoing management of your encryption keys and digital certificates.

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