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Plan pricing in NZD, USD, GBP and AUD
Historically all our server prices were denominated in US dollars. We have just updated our plans so that new orders are denominated in currency of the country where the server is located. i.e. NZ-based servers in NZD, Oz-based serves in AUD, and London-based servers in GBP. Typically customers ordering servers in those locations we live…
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Remember to Check Domain Expiration Dates
Today’s post isn’t anything technical; it’s somewhat of a public service announcement instead. Your domain registrar likely emails you when your domain is nearing the end of its life (at least the end of its life in your possession). What if that email is caught in your spam filter or goes to a non-existent address?…
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Quick and easy iptables blocking and firewalling basics
A customer emailed in today had noticed somebody trying to hack or crash his VPS. He tracked it down to one particular IP address but didnt know how to block him. There are several things you can do to block him, the long term solution and better option is probably using a firewall like iptables.…
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Dallas networking improvements
This is a heads up about some networking improvements (at Dallas) we will be making over the weekend. In Dallas we take a network feed from our upstream providers. That feeds into our ‘core’ networking gear. And we distribute it from that core gear to the cabinets we operate in Dallas. The core gear is…