It's a virtual server at a regional ISP. It's their property, they are hosting our website on their virtual server. The Marketing Manager quit a few weeks ago to get a better gig and left me as one of the few (if not the only) "technical" people here. I'm just trying to take care of a problem that really, I'm not qualified to take care of.
From: William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Security and maintenance on virtual co-lo servers So, since I'm late to the game (vacation) and I have too many emails to attempt to try to catch up (vacation) you have a server you are responsible for somehow, and you don't have access? How does that work? :) (Besides the obvious answer of "it doesn't.") - WJR On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:10, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks. I am a bit suspicious of someone who finds "threats" and offers to fix them, for a small fee. :D That's why I was leaning towards Qualys. I'm trying to find out how to mitigate some of the concerns that were brought up by another free security scanner I found that scans public-facing servers. It found some "minor" security vulnerabilities I would like to plug, but at this point, I have no information on how to access the server itself so I can't do that. From: William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Security and maintenance on virtual co-lo servers We use Qualys here at the office, and have found it to be very reliable. +19 on TANSTAAFL. - WJR On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 08:48, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: Perhaps you should become familiar with the concept of TAANSTAFL. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:45 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Funny thing... Qualys didn't find anything, but securi.net found some javascript malware. Not sure which to believe. Anyone got another free scanner that isn't trying to sell you something? :) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
