Choosing a web hosting plan is an essential component of your business plan. By considering the critical features, you could save money by choosing a plan that best matches your needs. Consider the following 12 features while reviewing web hosting plans for your online business. Continue reading
A web server may use SSL in order to attain cryptographic protection of information which might be useful when working with confidential personal data of visitors on a website (e.g. credit card numbers, personal passport information etc.). Firstly, a visitor must be sure that the data he or she sends will not be intercepted. Secondly, the SSL certificate confirms that the user sends their data to the server indicated in the browser address bar. SSL settings and possibilities to use it are directly connected with the functionality of the website’s hosting. Continue reading
Modern internet users got used to symbolic site addresses, e.g. test.com. Indeed such addresses are easier to type and to remember. Symbolic addresses actually function thanks to DNS or Domain Name System which operates in such close companionship with the Internet that the absolute majority of users don’t even give a thought about its existence. And a certain number of “experienced” users think of DNS only when there arise problems with it. Continue reading
As you probably noticed, the majority of VPS hosting providers offer you a choice of tariff plans differing in technical characteristics, as well as virtualization technology. As for the latter parameter, in most cases we are talking about the two platforms – Xen and Open VZ. A user can clearly see that the Xen virtualization technology is usually 35-50% more expensive than OpenVZ. Why is that? Mostly, because of the resources distribution technology, and also because of some other differences that can explain the higher price. Continue reading
SSH, or Secure Shell, is a data transfer protocol allowing one to manage the operating system and data in a safe and protected way. It’s a network protocol at the applied level which provides a possibility to code transferred data and passwords. It can transfer any other protocol as well. Continue reading