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This is it, the web hosting milestone you have all been looking forward to. As the Web Hosting Show crosses into it’s 200th episode, I want to take a minute, not to come up with a semi-pointless introduction to today’s show. I want to thank you for sticking with me through 199 episodes so far, and many more to come in the future. The Web Hosting Show is now on the air!
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 200!
Running Time: 15 minutes | File Size: 6.53 MB
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Yes, it is really that simple! Here is what I want you to do right now.
That is it. Simple right? Oh, it gets even better!
When somebody embeds an nasty iframe, uploads a virus or compromises your web site’s security in any other form or fashion, they do not want to be caught. So like the classic detective, you have to get out your magnifying glass and get ready to hunt for code, files and folders that do not belong on your web hosting account.
Find Files and Folders that Do Not Belong
Remember that old childhood game of figuring out, which one of these does not belong with the others?
Search through your web site files and folders to make sure that you don’t have anything that is strange or alien in there. Look for files that are not apart of scripts you have installed, or that may have odd names. Your web host will be able to tell you what files are safe to delete and which files are an important part of your web hosting account.
Your web site, just like your computer, needs to be monitored for security breaches from time to time. Many web sites out there are infected with trojans, iframe injections or viruses everyday. If you have found your web site has already been taken over by one of these issues, time to go through this check list of security issues and fixes. The first place you should check for problems is within. Make sure you do a full security check on yourself, before checking for security holes anywhere else.
How to Scan Your Personal Computers
You might think that time is of the essence, however it will do you no good if you rush to fix your web site, if you are the one infecting it. You need to run a combination of a anti-malware and anti-virus on your computer to make sure you are not the source of your problem. I would recommend scanning your PC like this:
Today we are going to talk about how to prevent your web site from being hacked, and how to repair your damaged web site. If your web site’s security has been breached or if you want to know what to do to make sure it doesn’t get broken into, this is the podcast you need to be listening to. Here to help webmasters of all skill levels, the Web Hosting Show is on the air.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 197!
Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 5.14 MB
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Some people in the hosting industry look at collocation as a dirty word? Why does collocation hosting have such a bad rap? Well, first let us take a look at what collocation hosting is really about.
At its core this means that the provisioning of space, bandwidth and power is controlled by a third-party data center. They do not control it all though. Most of the time, the web host who is using the third-party’s data center services will need to provide the management for the hardware or servers they are running from there.
To try to make sense of this, lets say I want to start a store. I go rent a building downtown that has all the shelves, cash registers, and shopping carts – however I have to stock the store myself and, of course, figure out a way to bring the customers in the door. Instead of spending money on buying the store and some of the basic necessities, I get to rent them – in turn bringing my overall costs down.
So, with it explained like that – where is the evil in it?
Well, many web hosting elite look down upon this practice because it is a money saving practice. It lowers the proverbial bar on the point of entry somebody has to become a web host too.
Since building a data center from the ground up is a very expensive and time consuming act, I see no problem in getting your hosting through collocation.
Time to gather around the web hosting campfire to tell tales of data centers, collocation and the mysteries of the customer service representatives that will eat your brains. Ok, honestly – web hosting isn’t really that scary, but this podcast does serve a purpose of making all the lingo make a little more sense. Web hosts and clients alike, get read for the 194th edition of the Web Hosting Show podcast.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 194!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.80 MB
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Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:
Here is this week’s web hosting news headline:
Brinkster Launches URL Shortener – Web hosting provider Brinkster announced this week that it has launched a new URL shortening service it is calling br.st!, throwing its hat into an already quite well-served market associated with several of the most popular social networking services.
Bonus! Check out br.st and see if it is better than the rest!
Trivia Question – True or false, Brinkster’s CEO Jared Stauffer is on Twitter. (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)
Tons of fun and useful tools packed into this week’s show. Don’t forget to leave your feedback in the comments or contact me anytime at mitch@mitchkeeler.com. Also, if your like what you hear, and you want to get more subscribe to our RSS feed (it is free to do!) so you never miss another post, interview or podcast!
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
Small Business Solutions for Big Web Site Threats
My good buddy Barry, from Layered Tech posed an interesting quandary to me the other day.
It is important for everybody to have a good offense and a good defense when it comes to all the proverbial “natural disasters” that can happen in the web hosting world. My best advice would be to have a good strategy in place first, so you can prevent the problems from happening in the first place. You have to be proactive, and not reactive.
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