Nginx Responding To All Domain Names

The first server listing in the nginx configuration will be the default action for all domain name requests to that server. This will be true unless a server action is labeled default_server. This means that the server might render a website for any domain name that is requested from nginx. To prevent this behavior you must…

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Override WGET Certificate Errors

wget is a handy Linux command used to download files directly from the command line. It can be used to download just about any file from the Internet and beyond. Simple usage is just wget URL where URL is the url of the file you are looking to download. There are times when a file…

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IPv6 Internet Is Broken

The Internet is made up of a bunch of smaller networks. All these small networks connect to one another is some manner. Some of them buy IP transit from other networks, some of then peer with one another for free. Whatever the case may be, everyone on the Internet should be able to reach everyone…

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Top Six VPS Hosts Compared

When creating a VPS comparison page there is a decision of who to include and who not to include. On the one hand you want to give users enough choices where they can select a VPS plan that perfectly fits their needs. This includes price as well as specifications. On the other hand you do not want…

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Individual IPv6 Address Regex Generator

Given a valid IPv6 address, this generator returns a regular expression which will match all valid forms of that IPv6 address. This includes compact forms, canonical forms and all other ways of writing the Ipv6 address. An IPv6 address regex is a regular expression pattern used to validate and match IPv6 addresses in text strings….

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OVH DDOS attack

All hosting providers get DDOSed eventually. This is either because they are hosting something that a hacker does not like, or a cyber criminal organization is trying to get ransom money from the hosting provider. In the past week hosting provider OVH has been hit by a massive DDOS attack. I mean, really really huge. Maybe the…

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How To Get A Free VPS

How To Get A Free VPS A free VPS often sounds too good to be true, but there are some trustworthy companies that actually provide a VPS service totally for free. How To Change The Suffix Of Every File In A Directory An easy way to quickly rename all the suffixes of all the files…

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