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Handbook of Information Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities, Prevention, Detection, and Management, Volume 3
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Handbook of Information Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities, Prevention, Detection, and Management, Volume 3

by Hossein Bidgoli
January 2006
Beginner
1152 pages
75h 49m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Handbook of Information Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities, Prevention, Detection, and Management, Volume 3

Web Hosting

Doug Kaye, IT Conversations

Introduction

Categories

Components of Web Hosting

Shared and Dedicated Servers

Volume and Standardization

Three Tiers of Shared-Server Vendors

Dedicated Servers

Shared- and Dedicated-Server Security

Colocation

Open Racks

Locked Cabinets

Cages

Colocation Security

Managed Services

MSP Segmentation

Vendor Flexibility

Facility Neutrality

Service Levels

Managed Security Providers

Security Audits

Root Access

Security and Web-Hosting Architectures

Data Recovery: An Important Defense

Firewalls

Back-End Firewalls

Shared Firewalls

Administrative Networks

Back-Door Firewalls

Conclusion

Glossary

Cross References

Further Reading

INTRODUCTION

Web-hosting services (like Web sites) come in all shapes and sizes. The chart in Figure 1 shows the distribution of annual Web-hosting budgets for U.S. businesses. The average budget is on the order of $1,200 to $1,800 per year ($100 to $150 per month), but note that more than 10% of all businesses surveyed spend more than $100,000 per year.

Because of this tremendous range of offerings, one might think that the services at one end of the spectrum are very different from those at the other end. In fact, these services are far more alike than they are different. For example, all Web sites, no matter how small or how large, require Web servers, domain name services, backup and recovery, and connections to the Internet. It would be nearly impossible to analyze as a single group this wide range of offerings that fall ...

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