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Ask HN: how should I protect my web source code?
I am currently developing a marketplace startup that is ready to launch, but I am curious to know if I should install a firewall (that means upgrading my current shared hosted to a dedicated server) or should I just use a regular shared web hosted like 1and1, godaddy, etc?
Can hackers really break easily into shared hosted server like 1and1 and godaddy and steal source code? Should I be worry about this?
I am currently bootstrapping, of course in ideal situation, I would do what it takes to secure it, etc, but I am not sure if it would be necessary to start. Of course, if things pick up, I would upgrade my package or possibly move to AWS.
Please advise, and thanks again for the input.
- wmf 13y agoNo, you don't need to worry about this because the value in a marketplace is not in the code. You do need to worry about passwords being hacked, though.
- testme4ever2 13y agoThank you for your response. So how should I protect the passwords? I assume you mean the users password? Why source code is not the value? If they could hack it, then they can just deploy the same code in a matter of weeks? oh, any suggestion on how to implement the admin backend access? Currently my admin access is just a subdomain, which I think is not secure access (although it requires admin credentials to access it). Thank you.
- wmf 13y agoIf someone deploys your code you could notice and sue them. Also, they wouldn't have your brand name, your marketing, your userbase, etc.