Re: [PLUG] Avoid Arvixe at all costs!

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org>]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 06:54:49PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> If you really want to specify all of this, why not rent a VM and run it
> yourself? Have a competent admin/security expert help you perform the
> initial setup, document the hows and whys of that setup, paying
> particular attention to security and the firewall, and run it yourself
> from then on.

I second this, and additionally suggest that you strongly consider
multiple VMs in order to isolate these functions from each other and
allow you to size each one per the performance/capacity requirements
of its task(s).  Yes, you could do all this on one system, but if
it's breached, then you lose everything.  Isolating functionality
-- including firewalling systems from each other as necessary -- gives
you a fighting chance of containing the damage.

---rsk
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