Re: [cobalt-developers] RaQ replacements

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I have worked extensively with Ensim and a fair amount with Plesk.  Both
have short comming but are far easier to secure than a cobalt Raq.  Ensim is
now much better about timely release of rpms for software that they have
modified.  Plesk RPM versions are usually easy to maintain.  You just have
to know what rpms are customized.

I find users can generally move over to Ensim easier than the can plesk.
It's overall layout and design is more akin to the Raq interface.  As all
raqs have or are expiring, I have urged all of my client to move to other
systems.


Jeff



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Stauber" <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] RaQ replacements


> Hi John,
>
> > What about moving some of the older RaQ4rs to Linux servers using Ensim
> > control panels?
>
> I worked a little with Ensim and Plesk boxes and from my security minded
> perespective there is one crucial problem:
>
> You take a basic linux installation (RedHat, Debian, or whatever you
prefer)
> and put the control panel on top of it. Plesk then installs its own mailer
> daemon, own web server, it's own MySQL and so on.
>
> Now what do you do in regards to security updates? Sure, Plesk provides
> security patches for all the software it brings aboard. But updating the
> underlying OS is up to you.
>
> On a RedHat box you then need to be really careful with "up2date" when you
> fetch your patches for the OS. Or you risk that your Plesk installation
(or
> parts of it) might get toasted once you install needed RedHat updates.
>
> All the Plesk boxes I've seen so far had horrible security leaks half a
year
> down the road, because the underlying OS was either never updated, or not
> updated properly.
>
> An interesting alternative (aside from the Qbalt project) could be EnGarde
> Secure Linux:
>
>
http://store.guardiandigital.com/html/eng/products/software/esp_overview.shtml
>
> I'll be trying it out within the next two weeks, but I like their security
> minded approach. However, the price tag on it is almost as impressive as
the
> feature list.
>
> -- 
>
> With best regards,
>
> Michael Stauber
>
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