This is an old revision of the document!
Tips for self-hosting
Security levels of hosting methods
This section gives a list of methods in which ways it is possible to setting up own services and describes its advantages and disadvantages. Besides that, it gives information about which threats are higher or lower by using the corresponding method. We distinguish between 6 threats[0]:
- Confidentiality is keeping assets or knowledge about assets away from unauthorized parties.
- Integrity is keeping assets undamaged and unaltered.
- Availability is the assurance that assets are available to parties authorized to use them.
- Consistency is when assets behave and work as expected, all the time.
- Control is the regulation of access to assets.
- Audit is the ability to verify that assets are secure.
Using services on free service providers (e.g. wordpress.com)
DESCRIPTION
- Confidentiality:
Advantages
- easy setup
- costs no money
- no expert knowledge on security needed
Disadvantages
- no full control over your service
- security is dependent on security competence of provider
- advertisement
- privacy issues