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

[Robert Wildling]

Thanks for oyur responses!

I agree: the interest of a provider in the software I use and looking 
out for is most welcome.

But shutting down an installation arguing that the provider's security 
in general could be harmed, causes strange feelings...

@Rudy: which other providers do have such a policy? I only worked on 
about 10 providers so far, but none - except hosttech - is behaving that 
rigorousely.

> Hi,
>
> Well - if your provider is not able to secure your customer environment in
>> such a way that running an outdated PHP application won't harm other
>> customers or the rest of their "ecosystem", they should immediately look
>> for better admins.
>>
>
> "Harming the rest of the ecosystem" is a weak term to use.. It can be a lot
> of different issues.. A hacked extension/core, which may cause the server
> to send spam, having the whole IP-range blocked in spam filter could be a
> "harm of the ecosystem".
>
> So I dont't blame the provider - actually I will take it as a signal of
> interest in the software you are running.
>
> Regards
>
> Søren
>