Re: FrontPage Uploading ALARMING NEWS

Jones said: <snip>
>I sent this inquiry to my internet provider for help with uploading
>websites created in FrontPage 98.  ......Is this a trend
and Jones ISP said <snip>
>We
(that is, your original message's ISP)
>>will support this program when we are confident that this will not cause a
>>problem with reliability on our servers.

To which I reply:

My ISP won't support frontpage server extensions because the "bots"
(prebuilt CGI scripts of sort) take up too much processing power.  If they
install the FP extensions for me, they'll have to let all the others use the
FP extensions, also...which means lots of folks taking up valuable server
processing power.
Also, the naming convention used for my ISP is like
www.essex1.com/people/mcneill .... which is bad for FP because it will only
allow you to edit from the root and one directory (i.e.
www.essex1.com/mcneill instead of the full name above).
However, the school where I serve as techie has its own webserver (NT4,
IIS4) which uses FP (with the server extensions) and it works terrific! (see
school URL in signature)  I don't notice any sizeable drain on computing
power, either....then again, we don't have a million people using the
extensions or a million people accessessing our web site.
I suppose FP extensions would be a security risk for my ISP (not the school)
because we (folks using FP) would have access to sensitive parts (CGI bins)
of their server, and my ISP would HAVE to give me a directory that FP can
handle (www.essex1.com/mcneill), which its not about to do.
You can still create sites using FP.  Simply type in a local directory as
the "server name" (or IP address or site name), and you can manage the site
from there...just don't use any "bots".  ANd then transfer the files up via
WSFTP (or whatever).
OR you can ask your ISP for a virtual server...but I digress.


John Dylan McNeill
www.essex1.com/people/mcneill/
mcneill(at)essex1.com
Technical Coordinator, Riverdale School District #14
webmaster(at)rdale14.wside.k12.il.us
http://rdale14.wside.k12.il.us ** THIS SITE HAS FP W/EXTENSIONS

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