what is the cheapest i can get for a dedicated server?

On 29 May 2010 14:20, comb <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for your detailed answers pghotariu & rooster (Russ),
>
> I have a managed server for my business projects, but for a more or
> less private page I have a shared host, too. They use mod_php5 +
> chroot jails + open_basedir and no ssh. So this is ok with me. The
> mentioned performance issues seems to be not symfony-related.
> My deployment isn't critical, since it's a small page, with decent
> updates! :)
>
> Thank you!!
>
>
> On 29 Mai, 12:46, "rooster (Russ)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The biggest issue is security... You have a cache folder with 777
> > permissions which anyone else on the same host can write to and
> > execute arbitrary PHP code.
> >
> > Some shared hosting providers get round this by using chroot jails and
> > a number of other tricks, but you need to make sure the one you are
> > using also takes these measures.
> >
> > Try navigating to /home and seeing if you can list the other home
> > folders... Then think about guessing /home/somewebsitename/cache/
> > frontend/.../etc
> >
> > Also if the cache folders not 777 but are owned by the "web" user
> > (normally www-data or something like that) then are the other users of
> > the shared system using the same user? I could write a php script on
> > my site which runs as the same user and uses file_put_contents to
> > throw php files into your cache folder (if I can guess the path) since
> > my script also runs as www-data.
> >
> > There are a bunch of posts about this stuff, have a look around - best
> > to find a hosting provider that gives you a virtual server so you are
> > isolated from the other users, or at least takes measures to protect
> > you from the kind of issues above (by giving each user their own
> > Apache user/process for example).
> >
> > Russ.
> >
> > On May 29, 9:46 am, comb <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> >
> > > Obiously it takes some tweaks to run symfony 1.4 on a shared host, but
> > > what's wrong with it?
> > > One can add a .htaccess files to prevent unauthorized access for the
> > > hole symfony project folder, another one for the web/-directory to
> > > enable normal access there and then pointhttp://domain.comtothe
> > > web/-dir.
> > > Why not?
> >
> > > The only thing I can imagine is that the uploads mostly have to be
> > > done by hand, but that's ok with me since it'll usually be a small
> > > project if it runs on a shared host.
> >
> >
>
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