in reply to WEB host for Perl/CGI based site

Your requirements sound as if you had to buy a server for yourself, and depending on your notion of "secure", even have it in house.

For "secure" as in "how medical data should be protected" I wouldn't trust an external hosting service - unless you can find a very trustworthy one.

In some countries banks offer server space where your server is really well protected.

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Re^2: WEB host for Perl/CGI based site
by vit (Friar) on Jan 16, 2008 at 17:15 UTC
    Thanks Moritz,
    What I need is to run a perl script to process data file before showing results, which takes time.
    Why do you think I need buy a server for myself?
    If I take one, say what yahoo suggest, can I be free to create my directory system and can I run perl/cgi if they say it is supported.
    Do you know if host's admin has typically an access to my data?
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      Well, if you don't control physical access to your server, the data isn't safe.

      Do you know if host's admin has typically an access to my data?

      Typically the admin has access to all of your data, if he wants to. Even if he doesn't have by default, he can gain access to it far too easy.

      That's OK if you want to host a private bulletin board, but not if you have a lawyer's data on your server.

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