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The Strongbox Security Systemtm - Compatibility

Please also check our technical requirements page for more details.

Operating Systems

Strongbox is compatible with most every network operating system, including:

  • Linux
  • Unix
  • FreeBSD
  • OSX
  • QNX
  • Amiga
  • AIX
  • Irix
  • Solaris
  • System 7
  • NeXTSTEP
  • NetBSD
  • Hurd
  • any other POSIX style system
The *only* systems Strongbox is known to not run well on are the Microsoft consumer PC systems,
DOS and Windows. The Strongbox Security System tm is developed on Fedora Linux systems, but all
features should work 100% on any POSIX style system. We no longer sell nor support Strongbox on a
server with any Windows Operating system.



Software

and most other software.

Processors

Strongbox works with most processors. We have had excellent experience integrating with the following:


Wildcards

A couple of Strongbox users have had trouble getting their web host to enable the catch-all (wildcard) "sub domains" used by the Strongbox Security Systemtm. Hundreds of different web hosts have enabled this for Strongbox users with no trouble, and some web hosts do it by default. However, just a few hosts have refused to enable it, either because they are unwilling to take three minutes to do so, or because they don't know what a wildcard is, and lacking basic system admin knowledge they are afraid to follow our simple instructions.

We have just recently began keeping a list of some good web hosts who will set them up and therefore let you use the Strongbox Security Systemtm and those few who will not. If you're shopping for a host and use the Strongbox Security Systemtm or intend to use the Strongbox Security Systemtm you may want to choose from any of the hundreds of hosts known to support the wildcard. AmeriNOC (formerly "Phatservers") is particularly good, should you happen to be looking for a host. Their tech support normally completes tickets within about 10 minutes, even at 2 AM.
For clusters or high traffic / high performance systems, consider iweb.

Hosts (alphabetically) who do support the wildcard:

Hosts who do NOT support the wildcard:

  • ace-host.net shared accounts
  • futurequest.com
  • globat.com
  • godaddy.com accounts under $20 (Compatible on virtual dedicated and dedicated accounts only)
  • oneandone.com (1and1.com)
  • valueweb.com shared accounts (Compatible on dedicated server accounts only)
  • velcom.com

Third Party Feeds

Some third party feed providers base their entire security on the referer header sent by the user. While this is poor security in the first place, some of these feed providers also fail to allow for sub-domains and therefore are not as easy to use with the Strongbox Security Systemtm as others are. All 3rd party feeds we have tested can be made to work with the Strongbox security systemtm, but some are much more convenient than others. Every feed we have tested will work OK when redirected through our sbredir.php to change the referer, except for one company which makes it very difficult, justspecialty.com. Some feeds will work fine without changing your links all.

This list of feeds work with no adjustment at all. These are companies who either used very high quality code in the first place or who really went the extra mile for their webmasters and adjusted their code to work more easily with the Strongbox Security Systemtm: These feed providers can flag your account to allow *.yoursite.com as the referer. Again these are companies who have gone the extra mile to make it easy for the Strongbox Security Systemtm users: These feeds are particularly annoying, as their "security" mechanisms are broken:
  • justspecialty.com