Afaik the vast majority of ISP's aren't doing this. "any decent ISP should" -- perhaps -- but by and large ISP's don't take the time to really learn about the ins and outs of the server -- they're just trying to pay the rent, so it's a numbers game to them, and they often don't earn enough on shared hosting accounts to want to take the time to expand their knowledge of the server, and/or to take the time to set up a sandbox for each new account, particularly with their target market continually demanding lower and lower hosting fees. "I need CF, SQL 200 and unlimited bandwidth - but if you charge $7 and your competito charges $5, I'm going to use your competitor" ... it really doesn't encourage them to want to spend more time working on that account. Although there is something to be said for the old addage "you get what you pay for". I'm not saying your wrong -- I'm just saying, it's not necessarily as black and white as it might seem.
> Unless they are using sandboxing on CF Enterprise, like ay > decent ISP should. > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, 6 March 2005 3:23 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFQUERY accessing MS SQL DB on another CF > server > [snip] > Many shared hosting providers don't include the username / > password in the > DSN definition in the CF Admin (forcing you to use them in > your > code) because that would allow anyone with a hosting > account to > theoretically access another one of their client's > databases by guessing the > DSN. Which could be a particularly dangerous thing if the > DSN names happen > to be formulaic. > [snip] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197612 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
