Re: ISP for WO

Hi,

On Dec 5, 2005, at 6:42 PM, Denise Eatherly wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone recommend an ISP that supports WebObjects?
>
A number of the companies on this list, including mine, offer  
WebObjects hosting.  I have also used Maccius (http:// 
www.maccius.com/, talk to Ben Toker) and been very pleased with the  
service.   WebObjects does not seem to be their area of greatest  
strength, but they certainly know Apache, databases, and OSX.


> WO seems more secure than using PHP for an e-commerce app.  Is  
> there any truth to that or is it just wishful thinking?

I don't think I know enough PHP hacking to answer that.  A well  
written WO app is quite secure in my experience.  They are vulnerable  
to http sniffing to get the session ID and then session hijacking,  
but so are most / all other platforms.  I've written e-commerce apps  
and apps hosting very confidential medical data.


Chuck


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