Hosting/File Structure/Security

Peer1 was recommended to us for our dedicated hosting needs. They appear to be one of the best that I’ve come across and I trust the person who made the recommendation. They are expensive but you get a lot for the money. I was also impressed that Plenty of Fish and Vonage are hosted with them. I have to stay at a hosting company located in Canada. Comments anyone?

Second question I have is regarding file structure on the server. Where should I place my paid content? Originally I was just going to place it one folder below www root and build my structure out from there (Year/Month folders according to when I upload them.) I then thought maybe I should place a folder in my web root (same level as the public or www folder.) The only way that I know of accessing the files is from a local link/call. Your thoughts?

For web security there seems to be two players Phantom Frog and StrongBox. I’m leaning towards StongBox but that purely on what I’ve been reading and not from users. There seems to be some verbal sparing between the two developers and StrongBox just comes across as the winner in my opinion.

Looking forward to hearing what you have to say.

Best Regards,
Jake