OT: Worthwhile *security-competent* web host?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Anyone know of a reliable, reasonably-priced web host that...and here's the 
> key part...actually understands even the most basic security concepts?
> 
> It seems like every place out there has an IT/support department that is 
> absolutely convinced of one or more of the following:
> 
> 1. Unencrypted emails are secure.
> 
> 2. PGP *signing* an email encrypts the entire message.
> 
> 3. It is somehow possible to email users their passwords without the 
> password ever being stored in either plaintext or in a reversible form (not 
> counting, of course, the process that actually sets the password in the 
> first place).

Never ever *ever* EVER *EVER* email a password in clear. I'd say, if 
anyone thinks she wants to do that, she doesn't deserve a server that 
understands basic security concepts, even if one existed.

Andrei