[TYPO3-english] Provider forces customers to update their software

[Peter Kühnlein]

Am 29.05.2013 13:08, schrieb Robert Wildling:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to know your opinion about that:
>
> The Swiss provider hosttech.ch recently sent out an email telling 
> their customers to update to newer software or get the current 
> installation deleted because of too old and too insecure scripts that 
> potentially endager the whole eco system of hosttech. So customers who 
> are running e.g TYPO3 4.2 are forced to update to 4.5. Hosttech 
> further says that this is a step that many providers undertake. Yet I 
> do not find any other providers that act accordingly.
>
> Does anybody of you guys out there know about providers that act 
> similarly?
>
> What do you think about such steps?
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Hi Robert,

I bet you wouldn't like your installations ruined by some out dated, 
insecure system another customer using the same provider still has 
online. So I think if there are any security issues that threaten the 
servers (of any) of my provider(s), I would be happy if they pointed 
that out and encouraged and finally forced others (and myself) to update 
their software. Honestly: 4.2 is quite outdated.

I had the reverse case where a provider made a server update without 
duly checking if all the systems would still run there and without early 
warning - and of course one of my old TYPO3 installations crashed. This 
is not acceptable of course.

However: security first. So although I'm not aware of any provider 
acting that way, I still find it at least acceptable, if not recommendable.

Cheers, Peter

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