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Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide Book Review
Posted by Jeff H. on July 08, 2008
One of my perks here at rackAID is free books. I am a reviewer for O'Reilly and several related publishers. Typically, I just skim through the books, review a few key chapters and try to get a sense of the overall flavor of the book.
Red Hat Extends Support Timeframe
Posted by Jeff H. on June 30, 2008
At the Red Hat Summit, the company announced an extended support period for its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) products. This is good news for server owners.
Selecting a Backup Location
Posted by Jeff H. on June 27, 2008
f you are tuned into web hosting news, then you know that ThePlanet had a fire in their data center earlier this month. We covered the outage in our blog posts as we helped clients with recovery efforts. ThePlanet's service outage underscores the need for disaster recovery planning. A key decision in any disaster recovery plan is where to locate your backups.
Securing Web Forms for PCI DSS
Posted by Jeff H. on June 13, 2008
As part of our PCI Compliance project and in work with clients trying to reach compliance, I've noticed a new criteria that will catch many web sites. The issue involves web authentication forms.
Email Migration Tip
Posted by Jeff H. on June 11, 2008
When you migrate a server, one of the biggest issues is email. Keeping email in sync and be very challenging on some systems. Methods to re-sync email may require additional time and increase the cost of migration. For many of our clients in the shared hosting business, keeping cost down is essential. So they often do not sync email. As a result, clients may miss some email when the DNS finally changes. Using Mail2Web, your clients can easily recovery these emails.
Understanding Domain Keys DKIM and Sender ID
Posted by Jeff H. on May 28, 2008
I am starting to see more and more requests regarding DomainKeys (DK) and Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM). Yesterday, I found a DKIM talk from Sendmail's CSO, Eric Allman. The presentation starts off slow but eventually gets into some details of DK and DKIM.
