If there are two things that are going to make life a process of jumping through hoops it is incorrect contact details on an account, or incorrect contact details on a domain name. We all change our email addresses from time to time – especially ones that are out of band and are, to a… Keep Reading
Ever wondered how you deal with long DKIM records? Because if you think you can just stick that bad boy in a text field, chances are that is going to fail. Horribly. There is an RFC (Request for Comments – or internet adopted standard) that says that TXT fields within a DNS zone need to… Keep Reading
Today a short piece on the importance of patching – mainly as we are seeing an increase in compromise activity. From this side of the fence it is a very different view from yours on the whole. You have one website maybe five, we have thousands. Statistically speaking – compromise – its not if but… Keep Reading
The mythical Wall of Fire : “How could this have happened, I am behind a firewall?” A firewall is often assumed to be some kind of magic bullet. This short article covers the essence of what a firewall is – and more importantly what it is not. The word Firewall is borrowed from another application…. Keep Reading
Ever wondered what the most popular CMS was from a hosting companies point of view? A by-product of a security audit that we are working our way through at the moment on the shared hosting machines… we get an oversight into the commonly used third party applications for content management (Content Management Systems or CMS)…. Keep Reading
“What should my SPF record be if I have services with Hosting UK, either shared hosting or standard email such as Silver and I am not having email delivered by any third parties?” Well I am very glad you asked you have come to the right place. Assuming that you are happy with the broad… Keep Reading
Every now and then – something goes wrong. Such is the nature of engineering and the best laid plans. Sometimes there is a spanner in the works, sometimes someone has placed many spanners in many works – such is the world we live in. Thankfully we are here to make sure we recover from this… Keep Reading
Lets take a few moments to talk about SSL – that little padlock you see in the corner of your browser; What they can do, what they cannot do, what is new and exciting (no really – stick with me), and where the old model still sits. Sure – as always the usual caveat of… Keep Reading
..or so it seems from a support point of view. Something we are seeing echoed across the marketplace. This is part one of a two piece article – lets talk about the most obvious and wider reaching implication that effects shared hosting – spam, and blacklisting. The trouble that comes from outbound spam that originates… Keep Reading
A long time ago in an office far far away a wise older SysAdmin once imparted this gem of information to me: “Backups are worthless. Restorations and options – they are golden.“ You never really properly learn how much this is achingly true until you are wondering where your data went, and where you are… Keep Reading
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