Glenn On the security issues .. Shared hosting - yes your site sits on servers with other sites, but that doesn't mean it's more secure than a VPS VPS or dedicated etc., - your site sits on a server (virtual or physical) that you control In the case of a VPS you have a lot more freedom and you can do all sorts of "fun" things if you want, but you also end up being responsible for keeping the VPS server up to date and patched. If you use shared hosting, however, the service provider is going to be looking after the servers for their entire customer base. Of course the more common issues we see are site defacements where hackers take advantage of exploits in plugins / themes for popular CMS, such as Wordpress or Joomla. It's quite rare to see a server level hack with the bigger hosting providers, though it can easily happen with some of the smaller operations which are run by one or two people etc., Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://mneylon.tel/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Locall: 1850 929 929 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Fax. +353 (0) 1 4811 763 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 ________________________________________ From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] on behalf of Glenn McKnight [mcknight.glenn@gmail.com] Sent: 06 February 2013 12:52 To: NA Discuss Subject: [NA-Discuss] Shared Hosting vs VPS: How safe is your website Hi All Recently I setup the ISOC Canada WordPress site at a Shared Hosting website due to price but upon research and discussion with Joly and others I discovered that Shared hosting opens your site to potential hacking. Research revealed that the site is shared with 3,500 others. Here is some research on the risk http://www.epicwinhosting.com/blog/is-shared-hosting-secure/ *Question: Is it worth the difference?* Secondly, Upon discussion with the hosting company they don't have a VPS service to upgrade the account. Thirdly When I did a WHOIS on the name this was the first thing I found. No response yet from the hosting company, Ticketed the item with their support on this issue as well. Almost feel hostage. Name FastDomain Inc. (R1455-LROR) StatusADDPERIOD, CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED, TRANSFER PROHIBITED Fourth In conversation with Joly he recommeded a VPS site called GANDI for more secure hosting https://www.gandi.net/domain/buy/result/ Also I found gatorhosting.com as well Glenn Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn@gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org ------