Sunday, October 16th, 2005, 5:21 am
Permissive Web Hosts
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The command-line is the front line
OT many Linux hosts permit SSH access to one’s own Webspace. There are concerns that the extra freedom and flexibility of the *NIX shell might lead to servers going down. If servers are shared, the problem is somewhat magnified and the threat is just not worth it.
There are, however, workarounds if you use cPanel as I revealed hack. I have also recently been told about PHP Console by its author. That shell can be installed on your Webspace and allow you to do what you otherwise could not.
It is neither the time nor the place to post promotional links, but I am very satisfied with my host that helped me combat the recent zombie attack on 2 of my sites. The attacks have now ended fully and I removed all my defences, namely filtering through re-directions. If you experienced some locational oddities recently, this must have been the cause.
