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I just want to run irssi to leave it connected to a couple of benign channels - I'm not running a server. It's surprising how many unmanaged VPS providers forbid all IRC traffic. E: They are pretty cheap though, may try one out. Thanks! Comradephate fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Apr 11, 2012 |
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Ohh, if thats all. You could probably use any of their server locations.
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Comradephate posted:Looking for VPS hosting (proper virtualization, not a chroot jail) that allows IRC traffic and isn't totally lovely. Are my choices pretty much wait for buyvm.net to have more stock, or Linode? The website(s) won't be mission critical or high traffic, 512MB RAM should be plenty, don't need them to keep backups. Bonus points if they have Centos 6. amdwebhost is popular but I've been using TailoredVPS (they run Debian)
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Will check out both of those, thanks! Incidentally, this just got posted on http://linuxadmin.reddit.com (not trying to spread heresy to this fine forum, just giving credit) http://vps-list.cryto.net/index.php?action=list Pretty cool.
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Apr 12, 2012 01:47
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Comradephate posted:Will check out both of those, thanks! Yeah, I've seen this before but never really use it, because the most important thing to look for in cheap VPS providers is finding someone who doesn't have 20% downtime or won't disappear overnight. edit: Do a quick search on lowendtalk/lowendbox before signing up with any of them, basically
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text editor posted:Yeah, I've seen this before but never really use it, because the most important thing to look for in cheap VPS providers is finding someone who doesn't have 20% downtime or won't disappear overnight. Oh, absolutely. webhostingtalk occasionally has decent information as well. It's just nice to have so many providers grouped together like that.
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http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1140746 Do not host with fluidhosting (steadfast at the time I tried to cancel my account) they seem to have trouble with the idea of canceling accounts. Also they'll send you to collections over 15 bucks without even mailing you a bill, a very classy outfit if I do say so myself. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Apr 14, 2012 |
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Apr 14, 2012 21:54
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Bob Morales posted:MySQL encryption There really isn't a way to do this in the way the auditor is looking for. They should realize that, but I know what auditors should do and what they actually do is generally not even in the same ballpark. Filesystem encryption on a server is pretty much worthless when you're talking about leaving it accessed all the time. The server is designed to be online 24/7 which means that some process is going to be unencrypting the data in order to work with it. Is this for PCI or HIPPA compliance? If that's the case, I'm reasonably certain (not positive) that encrypting your filesystem doesn't actually meet the requirement to encrypt PII. Your application needs to handle that. There should also be provisions in the audit for people who are allowed access to the data; sysadmins, developers, etc. It's likely that the contract you have with the hosting company includes a provision that outlines their confidentiality procedures concerning customer data and PII.
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dolicf posted:It's likely that the contract you have with the hosting company includes a provision that outlines their confidentiality procedures concerning customer data and PII. They're (the auditors) too stupid to realize any of that. We might end up doing the Gazzang thing and that will satisfy them.
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Bob Morales posted:They're (the auditors) too stupid to realize any of that. Man, I should become an auditor. That must be the easiest loving job in the world. Kick off scan, email PDF, mark disputes rejected, go home.
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Duck and Cover posted:http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1140746 Oh do read this thread it's a barrel full of fun. The scummy company tries to defend themselves.
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Quick question. I designed a website for a client, and launched it with said client's Management approval. It turns out that one of their employees used IMAP exclusively, and didn't pull down a local copy before the name servers were changed. The site was originally with Network Solutions. They tell me it's impossible to access any of the email accounts without switching the DNS back over for a short period. This seems off. Is it literally impossible to access it via IP and/or editing the HOSTS file? mail.domainname.com had to have an IP associated with it right? Ugh 
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eightysixed posted:Quick question. I designed a website for a client, and launched it with said client's Management approval. It turns out that one of their employees used IMAP exclusively, and didn't pull down a local copy before the name servers were changed. You could do some hosts file trickery, that should work. Does NetSol not provide a webmail interface of any kind that you can access from the portal? Also, the mail server should have a its own DNS name(s) that you can access without using the hosted DNS name.
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DarkLotus posted:You could do some hosts file trickery, that should work. Does NetSol not provide a webmail interface of any kind that you can access from the portal? Also, the mail server should have a its own DNS name(s) that you can access without using the hosted DNS name. They said it's not possible to release an IP because there are many mailservers yadda yadda. But that doesn't even really matter. When you login to their portal, there is a button for 'Access Webmail' or whatever, but it points directly to 'mail.domainname.com' I really don't want to go through the hassle of switching it back over, pulling it off, and switching it back, and hope everything switches and switches back outside of regular business hours. edit - For what it's worth, looking through old server logs, mail that was sent to that domain was received by inbound.domainname.com.netsolmail.net - Don't know if that means anything. eightysixed fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 20:09
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eightysixed posted:They said it's not possible to release an IP because there are many mailservers yadda yadda. But that doesn't even really matter. Would setting a short TTL ahead of time make it go faster? Edit: wait i may have misunderstood. Changing nameservers or changing dns records?
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80k posted:Changing nameservers or changing dns records? Nameservers. For what it's worth, looking through old server logs, mail that was sent to that domain was received by inbound.domainname.com.netsolmail.net - Don't know if that means anything.
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That's just the MX record. The POP/IMAP servers may be something else. If you remember what you changed the nameservers *from*, just do a host lookup against those servers for mail.domain.com, then point the IMAP client to that IP. You could probably just choose any of NetSol's nameservers, though. If they resolve with some IP other than what your new nameservers resolve to, then you know that that IP is likely correct.
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optikalus posted:That's just the MX record. The POP/IMAP servers may be something else. It was ns##.worldnic.com. I don't remember the numbers though. Is that a deal breaker?
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I'm switching over all my sites to WiredTree, and have discovered the beauty of cPanel backups + SCP. The only thing I have to worry about is changing the DNS records of the domain names. The servers have better specs than the ones I used at Inmotion for the same price as well, so I'm hoping to squeeze in some more sites into one machine. Is WiredTree actually a large company though? Every time I call I get the same guy. I'm not saying this is a bad thing as he remembers me and the hold time is less than 2 minutes... it's either a crazy coincidence or they are no where near as large as Inmotion.
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Wiredtree isn't *fortune 500 large* per se, I know I've definitely gotten at least three different people before..eightysixed posted:It was ns##.worldnic.com. I don't remember the numbers though. Is that a deal breaker? Can you PM me the domain or something? I may be able to sniff around a bit
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eightysixed posted:Nameservers. For what it's worth, looking through old server logs, mail that was sent to that domain was received by inbound.domainname.com.netsolmail.net - Don't know if that means anything. Try using inbound.domainname.com.netsolmail.net and replace the domainname.com. Most likely their system won't know that you aren't using their DNS servers and it will still honor requests to that name for mail.
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I'm thinking of registering a domain name for general screwing around with etc. if I was to get a .net.au address (the ABN requirement is fine) anyone know what's a good registrar for it? Namescout looks cheap, is it alright? My main question/concern though is if it'll be associated with my ABN and my personal details, can I get whois privacy or something to obscure my details from public view? Or am I just better off overall registering some generic .info domain as this will just be for personal stuff anyway - would rather get a good one to hold onto though. Edit: Found the answer to my whois question for .net.au, some fields automatically protected some have to be available: http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2010-06/ VodeAndreas fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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I just picked up a .ca from Namecheap, there was an option there to obscure my details from WHOIS when I was registering. I don't know if an option like that is TLD specific or what.
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DarkJC posted:I just picked up a .ca from Namecheap, there was an option there to obscure my details from WHOIS when I was registering. I don't know if an option like that is TLD specific or what. Don't namecheap domains come with 1 year whois protection? That said, I think .ca domains are also automatically protected. I'll be launching a website soon that is somewhat image heavy (and mostly static). While I don't expected to be pounded with visits, would it improve loading times if I hosted the images with a CDN? http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_products/files/ https://www.cloudflare.com/ http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ http://www.cdn77.com/ I know it's a bit of an overkill for a low traffic site, but at only a couple dollars a month, is there a reason not to do it?
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rawrr posted:Don't namecheap domains come with 1 year whois protection? Some TLDs are not allowed whois protection.
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DarkLotus posted:Try using inbound.domainname.com.netsolmail.net and replace the domainname.com. No dice, thank though. Ugh, I guess I'm really going to have to do the "double switch" one late night. Seems very unneeded.
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eightysixed posted:No dice, thank though. Ugh, I guess I'm really going to have to do the "double switch" one late night. Seems very unneeded. If you know which nameservers you need to switch back to, dig for MX @nameserver or for A record for mail.yourdomain @nameserver and then use the ip as your host in your mail client or imapsync.
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Is it recommended that I don't register a domain and host the site with the same company? I remember reading somewhere on here, think it was the good porn site thread, that you shouldn't, i.e. register with godaddy and then host your site there.
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Bondage posted:Is it recommended that I don't register a domain and host the site with the same company? Correct. The idea is that if you have a problem/issue with your hosting company, they can't hold your domain hostage. If you control your domain, you can point your stuff elsewhere if you have a dispute or poor service, etc.
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Bondage posted:I remember reading somewhere on here, think it was the good porn site thread, that you shouldn't, i.e. register with godaddy and then host your site there. I think it's a pretty good idea to not register with godaddy OR host your site there.
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How do you backup your sites? I have a Linode VPS and I'm thinking about making backups offsite, namely to my computer and then to Crashplan. What is the best way to do this? A script that dumps the databases to a file and then sends them to my email? What about the other files?
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gmq posted:How do you backup your sites? i scp the backup files to another server
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gmq posted:How do you backup your sites? I have a cron job that runs every night for each site that dumps the database to a non-web accessible folder. I then have a server that runs rsync for the public web directory and that database dump directory. Finally I have it take snapshots of the backups every 2, 4, 7, and 30 days onto an external drive.
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3spades posted:If you know which nameservers you need to switch back to, dig for MX @nameserver or for A record for mail.yourdomain @nameserver and then use the ip as your host in your mail client or imapsync. Actually Biowarware was able to find a work around for me. Thanks though! 
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I was wondering if someone can help me figure out what is going on with the wp_mail() function in Wordpress. I have a few sites running Fast Secure Contact Form plugin. The Wordpress mail did not work. I'd prefer to get the PHP mailer to work. (I was able to find a workaround by using a SMTP plugin in WP but prefer not to use it) Here is the situation: -Using Namecheap's DNS servers for example.com with mx records set for Google Apps. -Trying to send mail from example.com website's contact form to a @example.com email address. -Added spf record to Namecheap's DNS TXT record did not help. However, adding the same mx records for Google Apps at my hosting company's DNS settings in cpanel made it work, DESPITE the fact that I am still using Namecheap's DNS servers (so mx records on both places) and the hosting company's DNS is not listed at all at Namecheap and thus should not be used. Does this make sense? It works now but I prefer to understand why it works and whether there is a more robust way for it to work. Thanks very much.
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80k posted:I was wondering if someone can help me figure out what is going on with the wp_mail() function in Wordpress. I have a few sites running Fast Secure Contact Form plugin. If cpanel was using the local DNA server and it didn't have the mx record it may have tried to deliver locally. There's also all kinds of options for cpanel as far as mail restrictions so it's hard to tell that without looking at it.
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JHVH-1 posted:If cpanel was using the local DNA server and it didn't have the mx record it may have tried to deliver locally. There's also all kinds of options for cpanel as far as mail restrictions so it's hard to tell that without looking at it. cool thanks for the response. I think I may stop using 3rd party DNS altogether and just use the hosting company's nameservers in the future. Seems like it may make my life easier. I feel I cannot open a ticket to inquire about this if I am not using their DNS service.
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I have hosting with lithium and my domain expired and some shithead is sitting on it now. I don't really care for it anymore so I got a new domain. How do I transfer my hosting to use the new domain with lithium? I'm not changing hosting companies, just the domain. I couldn't find any options in their web panel.
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If it's cpanel and the old one is your "main" domain name you might be best off contacting support for this.
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Shaocaholica posted:I have hosting with lithium and my domain expired and some shithead is sitting on it now. I don't really care for it anymore so I got a new domain. How do I transfer my hosting to use the new domain with lithium? I'm not changing hosting companies, just the domain. I couldn't find any options in their web panel. Submit a ticket, your primary domain cannot be changed by you. PM me the ticket # and I'll take care of it.
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