Developer Servers
In a Developer Server environment, the following strengths become obvious:
- Only the hardware is controlled by site administrators (leaving the software autonomous).
- Software is controlled by the client (to enable client control over the core Internet services).
- A Developer Server is partitioned from the root of a physical server. This provides additional file security as well as Secure Shell or Telnet capability.
Comparing
|
Server
Items |
|
Virtual
Hosting |
|
Control of your own server
environment |
yes |
no |
|
Individual Web server
(HTTP) |
yes |
no |
|
Individual FTP server |
yes |
no |
|
Individual POP server |
yes |
no |
|
Individual IMAP server |
yes |
no |
|
Individual SMTP gateway |
yes |
no |
|
"Virtual Root"
access |
yes |
no |
|
Complete Telnet access |
yes |
maybe |
|
Access to your web server
configuration files |
yes |
no |
|
Full CGI-BIN access |
yes |
maybe |
|
Complete log files |
yes |
maybe |
|
Access to your password and
aliases file and sendmail.cf |
yes |
no |
