Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ 3 and Web Pages being served

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nicholas Irving wrote:

> I have implemented a solution like that, but I am not 100% happy with it, as
> there is still the admin site @ xxx.xxx.xx.xx:81

To de-implmenet (my word) siteadmin and useradmin access for a site,
simply comment out all the lines beginning with "Rewrite" for the site. 
I've been doing this for some time, as I don't offer access to "admin"
to my clients.

> Why did Cobalt implement it this way? Surely it would not be too hard for
> them to add an extra line to the service saying ' donot display web pages
> for this site' Or are they trying to get you to use their professional
> services? I am thinking the latter.

You're presuming Cobalt is sinister.  I don't know but I don't think
so.  I find in most cases where companies implement features or policies
that don't work in the real world the reason is plainly and simply that
they never did a proper analysis.  Of course I've taught college-level
systems analysis; it's possible that rather then Cobalt under-analyzing,
I'm over-analyzing <wry grin>.

> People buy RAQ3 because of their ease of
> use <G> and that they are 1U high, meaning colocation costs are low and they
> can fit more into less.  Big companies by the RaQs for both reasons; small guys (who tend to be the majority on this list, probably only for the former.

Jeff
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