--- On Sat, 11/8/08, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Apache 1.3 in base or 2.2.8 from ports ? > To: "Francisco Valladolid Hdez." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:17 AM > * Francisco Valladolid Hdez. wrote: > > Hi folks. > > > > I need a recomendation for using one or other web > server for a shared web hosting for a small company. > > > > Always prefer using Apache from base, whenever I watch > that Apache 2 include best performance compared to 1.3 > (included in base), and best reverse proxy for dynamic web > sites. > > > > Which must be the best choice for web hosting company > having web 2.0, mod_perl and rails app's ? > > Keep in mind that the Webserver in base has seen a lot of > security and other > improvements like chroot() by default etc. It is not a > stock 1.3 Apache, > it is only based on Apache 1.3.
Thanks for this suggest! > > Apache 2 in ports was only imported to make it possible to > test certain > thinks. > Ok > If you care for security, go with the one in base. Huge > and highly loaded > websites are served with it. I think use the minor posible programs from third party (aka ports), and only the necessary, most from base. > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > --- > > > > ----------------------------------- > > ficovh - http://bsdguy.net > > In the beginning God created the heavens and the > earth. Gen. 1:1 > > > -- > Marc Balmer, Micro Systems, Wiesendamm 2a, Postfach, > CH-4019 Basel, Switzerland > http://www.msys.ch/ http://www.vnode.ch/ "In God > we trust, in C we code."
