[sf-lug] VPS question: accessible by root user on physical host?

[jim]

share the risk assessment process, please. 
and thanks. 

On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 17:00 -0700, Jason Turner wrote:
> Rick Moen wrote:
> > Quoting Jason Turner (jturner at nonzerosums.org):
> >
> >   
> >> Thanks for the info, Rick.  Yep, I realize some element of trust will  
> >> always be involved if you don't have physical security.
> >>     
> >
> > Oddly enough, you end up having some element of trust even if you _do_
> > have physical security.  
> >
> > [...apt scenarios of different security risks...]
> 
> Another good reminder of the lack of 100% certainty in our world, 
> rather, just differing levels of probability.  And the methods used to 
> deal with that fact in the world of security fall around the concept of 
> risk management.
> 
> Got it.  The info and perspectives have been helpful, fellas.
> 
> Now, I'm gonna stew on the various dis/advantages of hosting my own mail 
> service[again] vs. shared hosting vs. a VPS provider.  Perhaps even draw 
> up a risk assessment on each of those options.  Guessing at a realistic 
> timeline, I should be done and decided by sometime in 2010! 
> 
> --
> jt
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