Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:50:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hosting and servers and security

  Hi Jigme -

  > As for the security concern, our website will have ...
  Part of those things will depend on Drupal.
  Access to the documents will depend on Drupal and
  also on security of the server.

  > So you think we should be Okay in terms of security with TibetBridge/HostGator?
  I think HostGator is as secure as any you can get outside of special
  cases like security-maniac, or large governments.
  Given that, i can give information, but i can't give recommendation --
  each person's security needs are their own responsibility.
  i can't think of any more to say than the info i sent you,
  including the excellent page at
  http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/06/27/prevent-sites-from-being-hacked/

  There is no system that is 100% secure.
  It is like walking down the road -- just by being there you are open
  to robbery, car accidents, dust, and cowshit -- so you take precautions
  according to your tolerance for these things.

  So given a reasonable safe server (road), security is even more dependent
  on the site developer and users (the people walking on the road), than it is
  on the server itself. If you allow any of your passwords to be like 'freetibet',
  or anything with '1959' in them, i wash my hands of you   :D

  > And our website is built with Drupal CMS and I have no idea what difference, ...
  I haven't researched the security differences (if any) between
  the different CMSs. I imagine a google for something like
         security  cms  drupal wordpress joomla
  would bring up good info.

  Just curious ...
  > Krystal but it is at least $75/month as opposed to $5-8/month (A huge difference!!!)
  Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla are the most popular CMSs around
  these days. They are all free and open source.
  Is this monthly charge for the software, or is it the web developer's charge?

  And a thought ...
  Who is going to support the CMS (fixes, plug-ins, upgrades, security issues)
  after it is all up and running?

  Best,

  -- james

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