Re: Can anyone recommend a reliable hosting service for web pages?

I would beg to differ.  A shell account (telnet) can be a security problem.
If telnet is not available for this reason then a "good" web interface is
necessary.  Also if you need services beyond a www and cgi-bin directory (
database, datasource, servlet zone to name a few) then an interface for
those services is necessary.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Jon Muehlendorf" <haoka(at)wi.tds.net>
To: "Jim Tom Polk" <jtpolk(at)texas.net>; <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Can anyone recommend a reliable hosting service for web pages?


>
> Hello Jim!
>
> IMHO, it is a gimmick. I have used several hosting services that offer
this
> as an "extra", and I even played with some for a while, but I found them
> cumbersome, and, in some cases, buggy. Perhaps it does help those web
> developers that are telnet / ftp challenged, but I honestly don't see
where
> the advantage is. I'd be curious to know how many of us use hosting
> services that offer the web interface, but ignore it.
>
> As to the security issues involved, I would be talking out of school if I
> commented on that, so I'll just take your word for it. :-)
>
> In any case, HAPPY HTMLing!
>
> Mike
>
> At 01:20 PM 9/6/00 -0500, Jim Tom Polk wrote:
> >I've always wondered this:
> >
> >How important is it to have a Web Interface to administer a web site?
> >The reason I wonder is that I've always considered them a security risk,
> >yet every service I see that is boosting their hosting on the Internet
> >has some form of a web interface. Is this a gimmick or do people just
> >accept the security risks?
> >
> >later...
> >--
> >
> >
> >Jim Tom Polk -:- jtpolk(at)texas.net -:- http://camalott.com/~jtpolk/
> > ''You might as well fall flat on your face as
> >   lean over too far backwards.''      --James Thurber--
> >   "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three
> >          elements: energy, matter and enlightened self-interest."
> > - G'Kar  "Survivors"
> >
> >

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