DNS and Cloud Technologies
Author: Martin Pramatarov
//Any now and then, when we are browsing the internet, we get one of those – error 500 or error 404. What does this number mean? How many other numbers are there? In this article you will see the different categories of HTTP status codes, what do they say and some examples.
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//Australia is the 13th largest economy in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund. So you can expect a highly developed country in every sense, right? Not really! If you have business there, for sure, you have the pain to use the slow internet there. Its speed is 55th in the world (State of the Internet report)! And to make the matter worse, the Australian government is not pushing the local ISPs strongly. So what could the local businesses do to provide a good service – Australia DNS!
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//We often try to have a side business to get some extra income. Most common activities are related to the creative industry. Many offer graphic design services, video edition or copywriting. Why don’t we just sell domain (domain flipping) and make massive profits? Domains like Insurance.com, VacationRentals.com, and PrivateJet.com have each made more than 30 million USD in profits.
Sounds very attractive but how can we do that?
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//With the introduction of content management systems (CMS) many of us have become brave enough to start their own website. WordPress and its alternatives sure are good, but to manage them properly and to get to the first page of Google is not easy at all. Google has two main criteria to judge your SEO. The first is speed. Everything must be fast to load. The second is the mobile optimization, which means your site must look good on mobile. To manage to get that so desire first-page position, we want to share with you 5 of the most effective tips to speed up WordPress:
//There are different security methods out there, but when it comes to data filtering, there are two widely-used ones. You can use either whitelist (allow, give a permit) or blacklist (block, put in the list of forbidden). There is a big debate in the IT community which is better. Whitelisting vs Blacklisting.
Many IT specialists say that whitelisting leads to better protection, but it has too many limitations. It takes too much time and needs continuous changes. This generates more expenses. On the other side is the blacklisting. You simply put all the problematic devices in a blacklist and they no longer can engage with your network. But can you block all of them?
Let’s check them out and we later you can make your choice on the “Whitelisting vs Blacklisting” debate.
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//The DHCP server has changed the lives of all administrator forever. It has given them the commodity of automatic IP assignment. After the introduction of DHCP, there was no need for some IT specialists to spend countless hours providing IPs for every device connected to the network device. But how exactly does DHCP work? Let’s find out!
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//If you want to make a website for your business, the first obstacle that you face, even before the actual creation of the site is the domain registration. How can you choose the right domain? You want something that represents your company appropriately. It is not easy to choose between so many combinations of top level domains and domain names. Just make a short search, and you will see plenty of possibilities.
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//WordPress has taken the internet by storm. It is the most commonly used CMS (content management system) out there. Plenty of people are using it. With this popularity, the competition is fears. There are a lot of speed up WordPress optimizations that you can do from within, like using a barebone theme, optimizing the content or using caching plugins but all of that request that you have SEO knowledge. You can speed up your WordPress from outside by using CDN (content delivery system).
//To get to the meaning of DNS Delegation, first, let’s see two things. One is the DNS itself (Read this article), and the second is the definition of delegation. To delegate, it means to give the right to manage, the control of some resources or tasks to another.
//If you are searching already free DNS, you know what DNS is and for what it serves. The DNS will resolve your domain name. If you have more DNS servers and they are spread around the world, this process will be faster, and it will reduce the load. It will even add an extra level of protection, imagine if one of the servers is down, the users can still find your domain using the rest of the DNS servers.
Different companies offer such a Free DNS plan like us from ClouDNS.net. With this plan, you can manage your DNS. It has many of the features of a professional DNS plan. You can use up to 4 DNS servers and 3 DNS zones. You will have three mail forwards. This plan is popular among people who need Dynamic DNS for their connected devices like CCTV cameras and other security measurements. It is used for personal blogs or parked domains.
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