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tptacek
on Nov 9, 2010
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We're moving. Goodbye Rackspace.
The odds of EC2 being owned and Rackspace
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being owned are astronomical.
joecode
on Nov 9, 2010
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Certainly agree. Perhaps it would be better to suggest moving to dedicated servers, depending how security-paranoid you are, anyhow.
qq66
on Nov 9, 2010
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Dedicated servers only give you the illusion of higher security.
chopsueyar
on Nov 9, 2010
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Please explain.
lusis
on Nov 9, 2010
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You have the same obligation with an EC2 AMI that you have with a physical server.
Using a cloud/vps/whatever provider does not obviate the need to secure the base OS.
cperciva
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Using virtualized hardware does expose you to vulnerabilities in the virtualization layer, though...
nphase
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Those get "0wned" on a regular basis too.
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