Few pre-sale questions.

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nybble

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A. Does DA support djbdns?
B. Does DA Apache2?
C. Does DA support PHP5?
D. Does DA 'update software' when needed? For example, will it update bind or mysql on-demand?
E. What does it use for mail? qmail, exim, popa3d?
F. What does it use for FTP?
G. As far as security goes - how does this hold up? cpanel has holes out its' head.. DA the same? I see you use it on the main website which shows me you stand behind your product.

Please feel free to comment and flame me. Thanks in advance! :)
 
I think I asked this before and got flamed and called cheap this and that - but I didn't really get an answer as I recall.

Can I get a free copy of Directadmin to install on a private box to adjust settings, and just see how it works? The demo is very limited and doesn't include root access (go figure).
 
A) no, but you could write some scripts to make it work.
B) yes, its in beta I think.
C) No, but should work any way.
D) No, you need to update software manually, only the control-panel is updated on-demand.
E) exim
F) proftpd
G) The control-panel is very secure, I have not seen any problems at all with it. But overall your box is only as secure as you make it.

You might be able to get a demo license, I am not sure about that.
 
True enough :)
I like that fact I see directadmin.com using the control panel.

I doubt you would ever catch cpanel.net doing that.

Thank you for your comments toml :)
 
My understanding is that you can get a demo license; you need to contact DA sales.

Jeff
 
nybble said:
A. Does DA support djbdns?
B. Does DA Apache2?
C. Does DA support PHP5?
D. Does DA 'update software' when needed? For example, will it update bind or mysql on-demand?
E. What does it use for mail? qmail, exim, popa3d?
F. What does it use for FTP?
G. As far as security goes - how does this hold up? cpanel has holes out its' head.. DA the same? I see you use it on the main website which shows me you stand behind your product.

Please feel free to comment and flame me. Thanks in advance! :)
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Some extra addings by myself :) :

A: DA uses bind so you could setup djbdns as caching or something. Enough to find on the internet to setup djbdns with bind and we could help out with other things DA specific.

B: Yes, Beta but I use it and works like a charm.
C: Yes, I have made a simple howto on the forum and works perfectly
D: As said before, the panel is updated only, but in the versions thread people post howto's how to upgrade manually if you find it needed.
E: Exim and vm-pop3
F: ProFTP ;) offcourse
G: DA is one of the most secure panels in it's kind, because of the architecture. CPanel has a bunch of lazzy addons that make the holes.

For support you really have to use the forums :) And like said before your box is as secure as you make it :) (So with DA you can still set all your files World Readable :p)
 
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