Re:DigitalOcean Receives $50M in Funding
by butwhy on Friday December 12, 2014 @08:03AM
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They've been hit with a coldfusion 0day in the past, but the stuff that has happened to them could happen to anyone. I wouldn't have much to critique about their security practices.
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That's incorrect along a couple different axes. The biggest problem is, most providers wouldn't be hosting ColdFusion code at all; ColdFusion is archaic and has a terrible security track record. But even if they'd built that UI in Scala, the onus is on the hosting provider to make sure the code is safe.
Being a hosting provider is a big, big deal. They have less margin for security errors than almost any kind of tech company.