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Which software is most secure for web-based webhosting?
I'm trying to set up a webhost account for my friend on my own connection, and I'm running the default install of OpenBSD 5.0 with -stable patches.
So far I'm probably going to install PHP/MySQL because my friend wants to run a forum. I know how to run my own webserver, but I don't know how to make it usable for someone else, while keeping the system secure. He doesn't know what SSH is, so I need to make the hosting all web interface, logging into my own site and setting up all his website stuff there, etc. Which software would be best to run on my webserver that is user-friendly but is also the most secure? |
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Secure in a manner that if the event of my adding additional users ever arises, that the users will not be able to interact with each others' files, nor gain access or information to the rest of the system beyond the web interface that they use to manage their website/files.
SSH would not necessarily be necessary, since I only want this for the user to manage static content pages of their website in an easy to use web interface. Basically solely for adding/deleting .html or .php pages (generally speaking). Actually, I'm not sure if SSH is required for something like an installation of a vBulletin or phpBB forum. The way I usually do it is via CLI, so I'm not sure how that'd be done otherwise, or if it's possible. |
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When you use an application's internal security system, you must rely on their code for whatever security it has, or does not have.
Here's an example, just posted here in the News section today. Bugs that impact integrity and security or that provide for additional access vectors are always possible. With OpenBSD's FFS, at least the access controls are audited. http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=6652 |
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