If you upload your website(s) to any given host provider, what security do you have? None, they are in control of your website, if you're:
1. Late on payments.
2. Publish content they don't like.
3. Exceed your limits in any other way.
They can cut you out, close you down.
The only excellent (!) way, to be in total control, is to host your own website, on a dedicated server, in your own home, with a dedicated line, right or not?
Should I trust my host with providing correct BW stats? Is there any way I can confirm those stats? (I don't have any tracking software or log analyzer installed because it uses too much resources.) The log file is tiny. Probably no more than 12-24 hours logged.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedJust wanted to stop people to become they target of scamming and reported this right now while my server is with them and they dident answer me when it get down about 2 days ago until now...
People, DONT EVER TRUST THEM!
They prices are cheap but they are totally Untrustworthy!
You could pay more than that to have a real server not 15 days a month server!
In case of knowing my issue:
I have bought one of they september offer server, its a core2due 2.13Ghz and 2GB RAM and 2 x 160GB HDD about 14 days ago and my server is now down like 48 hours or more and I have placed 4 - 5 tickets now with every language I know either respectful or swearing, and no answer at all!
they simply ignored my tickets, they live chat is mostly offline (maybe online only 2 - 3 hours a day)
and I have no choice of having control on my server, even the reboot port is a ticket placer as emergency priority and actually no one answer you or even read you ticket!
Guys, you better dont fall in they scamming program by seeing they cheap prices and being tempted.
RBLs are a key part of blocking spam, what RBLs do you trust now? Spamhaus? Spamcop? Obviously, with hosting companies themselves being the victim of renegade RBLs who list people inappropriately you know which you trust or not..which are they?
My numbers show nearly 80% of mail (read: mail, not spam) is blocked by a simple RBL entry of Spamhaus.
I tend to trust Spamhaus, with enough precautions in place, which others?
Here's what I asked a sales rep:
Quote:
It would be a slam-dunk to go with HE if the limit was 2.5 AMPS- so I have to ask one more time: is is 2.5 or 2 AMPS that I am limited to? Reason I ask is that in a 4/6 email you said:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks checking it out. I think Dell can only spec it out configured
> >>> fully loaded. 600Watts So it looks like your server will not be fully
> >>> loaded. Like you said, you can get, check it your self or just go with
> >>> our $200 7u special, rack and read the kill-a-watt meter we provide. If
> >>> its around 2.5A, it should be no problem, if its higher, we can
> >>> immediately upgrade you to the full 15A cabinet and 1Mbps for $600.
> >>
But everything else you have said and I have read says 2 AMPS."
And here's the response:
Quote:
> > Keep in mind its not the start up power usage its the operating power
> > which is much less than start up. If you are at 2.5 Amps you will not be
> > asked to upgrade. 3 Amps yes but not 2.5..
> >
> > Let me know if you would like go forward with the services. My quote is
> > good for 30 days even if the marketing dept decided to eliminate the
> > special pricing.
To which I replied:
Quote:
Thanks,
Then I’m ready to sign-up, if we can amend the contract to state the
following (changes in bold):
“7U customers are provided with one metered outlet with a limit of 2 amps.
If customer exceeds 2.5 amps, customer will be allocated a full cabinet,
asked to move their equipment to the cabinet, and the full cabinet rate of
$600/month will be added to the monthly bill for the remainder of the term."
Let me know if that’s acceptable and I’ll amend the copy I have, sign it and fax it back to you.
To which I receive the response:
Quote:
> Hello,
>
> Unfortunately I cannot amend the terms. I can only assure you by email
> that 2.5 Amps should not be an issue. As an example, we had one customer
> with 2.8 Amps and didn't ask him to upgrade until he hit 3.4 Amps.
>
> I would say to consider getting started with the one server now and when
> you add your second one, we can look at the power usage then. We will
> work with you and are reasonably flexible.
>
> I look forward to your reply.
Would YOU sign this contract? I've only heard good things about Hurricane Electric on this board, but I hate having to trust someone who probably works on commission.
I am in the process of upgrading from apache 2.2.21 to apache 2.4.3. I'm using apache lounge's compiled 2.4.3 by the way. I'm working on a windows 7 SP1 64 bit workstation.
My old 2.2.21 was configured to use ssl with client pki authentication. When I configure 2.4.3 with the ssl options and move the CAs, private key and server certificate from my old 2.2.21 instance I get the following error.
I am starting a online sotre. Someone told me to keep third party seals for good response.
Please recommend me which seals to be used
Hacker Safe, TRUSTe, BBB, and Trust Guard
I think Trust Guard seal give a multi package for all security,privacy and business verification. Shall people know it? Is it worth money?
I'm configuring a website for a client who has moved their web hosting to downtownhost, but is keeping their email hosting with their current provider. They do not want to configure an MX entry on DTH to autoforward email back to their current provider because they don't want their email to pass through DTH.
In order to do this, do I keep the nameserver entries on the current provider the same, and configure an http redirect to point to DTH? Or is there something else I should configure on the current provider?
i am considering moving over from a dedicated server to a VPS solution, but host files via a CDN provider.
Can people give me their experiences of CDN providers please.
In particular i am looking at:
The prices they are paying
The quality of their bandwidth
The speeds they are getting (average)
Is your provider a reseller of another
Am looking to make available a variety of files from PNG, PSD, Vector and ISO files. Some of the files are as big as 10GB in size. I know some providers only manage certain file types.
I've shortlisted 5 VPS providers for hosting a user-generated news site, please post your insights on them, particularly on these issues
1.Support
2.Upgrade features and scalability
3.Performance
1.mxhub.com - 12GB 250GB 128M Ram $19/mo
2.dediwebspace.com - 30GB 400GB 256 MB (Gauranteed) $20/mo
3.jaguarpc.com - 10GB 150GB 128MB (Gauranteed Ram) 512MB (Burstable) $20 /mo
4.knownhost.com - 10GB 256 MB(768 MB Burstable) 200GB b/w $30/mo
5.vpslink.com - 20GB 500GB bw 512MB Ram $40/mo.
Anybody know a very good Xen VPS provider in the UK? All I can find (and I have look around a lot) is either a brand of VaServ or has a website is completely built with images and is just too stupid to be of a real hosting company.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedI got a VPS, I have
ns1.mydomain.com 123.123.123
ns2.mydomain.com 123.123.124
For all my sites I used the first Ip until recently I tried to use the second ip for a particular site
Every thing went alright, I thought my site with second ip is working until yesterday I received a Call from India and the guy told me that he could not view my website because he got some thing like Network error DNS failed
I checked my site it was loading, I asked my provider and he says nothing is wrong and he can view my site
I checked
[url]
I got this Error
ERROR: Although you have at least 2 NS records, they both point to the same server, resulting in a single point of failure. You are required to have at least 2 nameservers per RFC 1035 section 2.2.
I talked with my provide but the response was this
''''''''''
This message will show up always when dnsstuff is able to detect that both nameserver names are pointing to the same physical system. This message doesn't affect connectivity and/or performance.
'''''''''''''''''''
Do I have two IPS or One IP Is this a common practice? I do not want to feel suspisious of the host and those guys are nice and supportive
Is Xen really as good as claimed?
Who is the best provider with Xen VPS offerings.
I'm wondering if you can tell me something about your experience with a host/server in a different country or overseas.
My webpage will be mostly frequented by Australians.
What do you think is the advantage and the disadvantage of having a host in your own country and having one overseas?
I'm thinking about stability, traffic speed, peak hours in different time zones, customer service, ....
What are your experiences?
I was with Blue Host and their support and service was pretty bad. Servers going down all the time, and chat support was terrible. Then I moved to Host Monster and received the same kind of service/support. I later then figured out that Blue Host and Host Monster is runned by the same people. For example, I opened up a tech support ticket with Host Monster and then they replied signing their signature with Blue Host. So I got the same service: terrible tech support and servers kept going down. Now I'm looking for a new web hosting. I a few people here gave Host Gator some good reviews. I hope Host Gator is not run be the same people that runs Blue Host and Host Monster.
View 15 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone have a preference for Host Excellence compared to Blue Host?
Do you think their basic offers are the same?
This is for just a couple of simple domains and sites to be hosted.
with this being my first website goddady's website tonight or there blog site plan seem pretty good as I do not know how to build a professional looking website nor do I have a knowledge of HTML. Are there other hosts that offer better services such as these?
Also I would want to register with 1&1 as to register privately is free but with godaddy it costs around $15 and I've heard of godaddy stealing persons domains when they haven't even expired yet i.e. familyAlbum.com?
Is it allowed for instance to register my domain name with 1&1 and host my site with godaddy?
im interested in selling SSL certificates, but i dont want to resell them, i'd like to sign them myself. What is out there to do this and how would i go about doing it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am looking for a VPS to host some personal sites.
Data is very important.
My budget is under 20 dollar per month. DirectAdmin is preferred. ( No lxadmin or webmin)
The VPS provider must be in business for more than 1 year.
Anybody know such a provider?
What is the best hosting provider? Host Gator?
View 24 Replies View RelatedI've been having a rough morning with my hosting.
They're claiming that the problem is with the upstream provider.
So I had a question for all you smarter than a 5th grader guys.
When there's a problem with the upstream provider, shouldn't all my IPs go down?
I have a /24 with hosted with these guys, but some IPs are up while others keep going up/down.
Does anyone have experience with a good IRC VPS provider? I want to run an couple of BNC's. Unmanaged is fine. My budget for this would be $20/month.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI've been thinking about getting a dedicated server in the EU, as the UK is just to expensive to rent a dedicated server.
I've read reviews of the two hosts I found on the net (OVH and 1&1) and none were all that favourable. (Especially 1&1 heh)
anyone recommend some alternative EU providers? or perhaps any reasonable priced UK services?
Has anyone else here experienced terrible support responses.
Over a week ago I submitted a request to resubmit new CSR requests for 2 SSL certificates. I've ended up emailing 2 departments and trying to phone for a response.
When I phone the only response I've ever had is an answering message saying leave a message or email for a faster response!
The only email response I've ever had is a single reply saying I need to email a different department and a request has been forwarded to the correct department.
I aprreciate these are budget products but this is a dreadful support level and I'm seriously thinking I'll never purchase any of this company's products again, what if I purchase on a clients behalf, delays like this arent going to look good at all. I also appreciate its a seasonal period but come on, over a week!
I have a budget of around $400/m for a Dedicated Servers in LA. I Understand there are a lot of options but I was hoping you guys could point me in the correct direction for the best global connectivity. Im assuming since LA is so diverse in its x connects there should be one provider out there with outstanding bandwidth and a lot of connects to different providers.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have been researching the vps market for a month or so now and have started to compile a list of questions to put to vps providers who get short listed. I would love some contributions!
1) What is the cpu and how is cpu capacity distributed, by account number limits, by assigning a certain number of mhz, is the asisgned capcity burstable?
2) ram is usually clearly advertised but who scalable is it? Can you add just extra ram or do you need to upgrade to the next package. Is it burstable and with what constraints.
3) are there any limits for the number of processes (shared hosting providers may limit processes to only a few, 15 for instance before terminating them). This isnt advertsised but need to be answered for dynamic sites with high traffic.
4) Number of simaltanious connections, both from individual Ips to the sites/account or to pop3 accounts. If the pop3 account sim con is low its will be annoying when trying to donwlaod email from several of your sites at the same time....attempts after the X number will fail.
5) Will your account have assigned bandwidth or will you just be sharing whatever connection 10/100mbps with the other uses on the server. This isnt such a big deal as a lot of servers will be streched to output 100mbps of data. If the connection is a 10mbps one then its much more important.
6) if you're used to a certain type of control panel make sure they have it and at what possible extra cost.
7) Check their terms and conditions for liability regards lost data. I chose a hosting company beofre because of their superior back up system, turns out they didnt use it and I lost 5 weeks of data (about $4000 loss for me). Their t & C avioded libility for any losses inspite of the fact that they advertises the b/u facility as a special feature.
8) quiz them on "Monitoring" and "Management". Us hosting novices may see these as the same thing but hosting companies do not. Monitoring is knowing that something is wrong, management is doing something about it. Many vps providers advertise full management but wait to be asked to fix problems that could have been lossing you money for days till one of your kind users lets you know.
9) What is their infrastructure...power, location, connectivity redundency like (ie how many T1,2 or 3 do they have and is that enough).
10) Support. Is it in house or outsourced....the later is bad as they are usually given little power to do anything and you have to wait longer for an inhouse guy to get off his lazy boy.
11) Do they limit the number of emails per period (ie like 500 per hour). This wont affect some but for those of us who have large memberships to send newsletters to this is a non starter.
I am currently on shared hosting (i will not mention who with) however since I have been with them my site has been down about 4 times. The good thing is my site hadnt launched it was just a placeholder page so nothing critical.
Due to the above issues, I think i might want to get a VPS, it is essential there is no downtime, its a new site and I dont want our reputation to suffer due to downtime.
One of my client is ask me what is the difference between an INDIAN hosting provider
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