On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:59 PM, David Njuki <njukey@gmail.com> wrote:
Are these guys serious? Hosting the database server on the same machine as
the web server?
Not affiliated with Safaricom but what is the issue you have with hosting dbase and web on the same server, I know most people do that. I do it without any complications.
Its not about the complications, its the risk you expose yourself to.
In Utopia, the database server is different from the web server and set up such that it can only be accessed from the IP address of the web server. Therefore, for someone to get unauthorized access to your database, they need to hack the web server first, then hack the database server from the web server. Two levels of obstacles.
But then again, thats Utopia.
Yes, that's Utopia:-) It's actually okay to have the same on the same server when you consider the security of the apps you deploy! As much as I can see, the only security threats are likely to emanate from poorly programmed web apps, not the SQL server (I mean MySQL or PgSQL, not M$ SQL!) which is pretty easy to secure. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube