Colocation (also spelled co-location) is a commonly used phrase in Michael Lewis’ book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt. It can be difficult to understand what colocation is and why it matters to high frequency traders. In the book, Lewis describes how high-frequency traders used colocation to gain a speed advantage over other traders and one another….
A IPv6 tunnel is a way to access IPv6 address space through the IPv4 protocol. It is a good way to become duel stacked and have both IPv4 and IPv6 even if your Internet service provider does not support IPv6 yet. Hurricane Electric offers free IPv6 tunnels. These free tunnels have been used as a…
The idea of a free Virtual Private Server (VPS) is popular among those who want to host a website or run an application, but do not want to invest any of their own money into the project. SolVPS is one of the first results when you search Google for a “free Windows VPS”. We signed…
Are you considering RamNode VPS for your affiliate website? As a long time affiliate blogger, I would like to highlight some of the reasons why RamNode VPS is an excellent choice for starting an affiliate website: Fast and Reliable: RamNode VPS uses top-of-the-line hardware and is optimized for speed and reliability. With fast SSD storage, your website…
.Org domain names are one of the top domain name extensions. Along with .com and .net they are the top three most commonly purchased domain name TLDs. In August of 2016, the price of these .org domain names will go up for many registrars. The reason is that the Public Interest Registry (PIR) have increased their rates….
You may have heard of burstable billing, burstable rate or 95th percentile monitoring when looking at purchasing bandwidth. This is especially common for colocation and dedicated server providers, but also for Internet transit providers. But what is being measured and what does burstable 95th percentile billing mean to your bottom line? How much will this…
The erase startup-config command in Cisco networking is a destructive command used to erase the startup configuration file of a Cisco device, which contains crucial information such as IP addresses, routing protocols, and device settings. This command is commonly used in situations where a configuration needs to be completely reset or when troubleshooting complex configuration…
When you first purchase a Virtual Private Server (VPS) you have a basic operating system with little to no security precautions other than your root password. There often no firewall, no fail2ban, no filters or security measures of any kind. In fact, some of the software is not up to date and might have vulnerabilities….
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…
Command: enable secret [password] Platform: Cisco IOS, IOS XE, NX-OS, ASA, and ISR Function: Configures a secret password to access the privileged EXEC mode. Usage: To configure an enable secret password, use the following syntax: enable secret [password] where: password specifies the secret password. The password can include alphanumeric characters, special characters, and spaces. The default maximum length is…