Questions tagged [hosting]
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How to find a domain based on the IP address?
We were contacted by our ISP saying that one of our servers was issuing an attack on another computer.
May 23 14:11:35 wdc lfd[14308]: *Port Scan* detected from ***.***.***.***
(US/United States/-). ...
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How to make my IP publicly accessible to make my local Tomcat server public?
I'm working on my desktop computer. On this machine I also run Tomcat for my Java development so that I can visit my local address:
http://192.168.1.1:8080/myapp
Now I go to whatsmyip.com and get ...
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Would you setup a DMZ at home?
From a security point of view, what are the benefits of going the whole hog of setting up a DMZ at home if you plan on running a low traffic (unpopular) website from there?
There are a number of ...
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Resolve email delivery issue on "From and EnvelopeFrom 2nd level mail domains are different". Is this a hosting provider issue?
We send email from our main domain "vocalsound.org". It is delivered through our hosting provider, which however sends it through a shared mailserver hosted on their generic domain (webland.ch).
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How can I make my home PC a web server?
I am running Apache Tomcat on my PC. My PC is connected to a router in my house and the router is connected to my ISP. Now I want to run a server on my PC so that my friend can view my site hosted on ...
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Hosting online with xampp?
I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong, because from what I've read, this should all be working.
What I've done:
Forwarded ports 80, 8080, and 443.
Changed the ServerName localhost:80 line in \...
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Staying anonymous while hosting your site?
I don't mean anonymous surfing. I mean hosting and having your own domain and such.
The reason is that my blog is about religious/political topics which may cause me trouble in the future.
This is ...
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How can I test if a server supports byte serving?
I have some mp3 files hosted on a server on a shared hosting account and I have trouble submitting my podcast feed to the iTunes store. Apple rejects the feed, because they say my episode files are ...
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How do I serve a torrent from my web server?
I have some files that I have the legal right to distribute (I made them), and I want to give people the option to get them via bittorrent.
Following instructions I've read, I've used the program ...
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Github says Pages shouldn't be used for sending passwords or credit card information. Why?
They say:
GitHub Pages sites shouldn't be used for sensitive transactions like sending passwords or credit card numbers.
This, even though they officially support HTTPS.
See this scenario: I'm ...
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How to find out domain's email provider
I need to find out what provider is providing emails for a domain (like [email protected]). I know I can find the provider for hosting a domain but how can I find out about emails for a ...
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My uncle is the family historian. We need to host about 5-15 TB of images and video. Any inexpensive ideas?
Basically we have hq scans of thousands of old family photos. Plus tons of family video. We want to host them where we can still have total control over the content and restrict access. I'm a php ...
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Receiving and processing SMS messages through a script?
I am attempting to setup a system to receive and process SMS messages automatically. The system is intended for use in a context (an unfunded migrant workers' union in India) where both finances and ...
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How to display a mailbox as browsable website?
We have a company-wide mailing list that aggregates all its messages in one IMAP/POP3 mailbox. Now we would like to make the contents of this mailbox browsable as an internal website.
The goal is to ...
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Installing Wordpress in Apache
So, I've installed Wordpress in Apache and have it working, i.e. I can browse to it on my hosting server via localhost and it displays my blog, all good and well. But when (anyone) browses to it from ...
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Is it possible to host your own website without a static ip address?
If I set up a DNS server with BIND, does that effect this scenario ? (I'm under the impression that it does)
Again I'm under the impression that If I set up a DNS server then I can put up an apache ...
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Hosting my own note-taking application
I have a server. I'd really like to be able to log into a website that I host and do something like take notes for a class, record some thought, etc. Is there any software that would allow me to do ...
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Multiple people sharing a single unlimited web hosting account: why not? [closed]
Me and my friends have seen a few of web hosts (ipower, bluehost, etc) which offer unlimited bandwidth + unlimited space + unlimited domains. What's the catch with these hosting plans? I mean, ...
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Running servers in the same room with a washing machine
Just moved into a place with a giant utility room. Was planning on sticking a couple of racks I use to host stuff in there but the washer / dryer is in there.
I've heard that the bleach used to wash ...
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Can email signatures in Outlook be hosted externally?
My company have 10 or so sales reps that all need our email signature that is frequently updated - it contains things like our exhibition dates, any new products logo's we take on etc, so it's a big ...
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What are the requirements and important issues before making a project 'open source'?
What are the important details of hosting your project in an host.
What are the steps to follow if I want to make my project open source.
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Why can't I connect to my IIS server, running on my PC, via public static IP?
I know this topic is quite old, but, nevertheless, I am doing this in a first time and I have some troubles with it. I try to open public access to my sites, hosted on IIS 7.5 web server on my Windows ...
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How to host a webserver through NAT?
I've come across many "How to host something while behind NAT" but none are like my situation (I knew how to host a server through a simple NAT anyway).
This is how my ISP works...
First, start off ...
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Self-hosting without access to router
So I'm with an ISP that won't give me access to my router. When I moved into this apartment; I called them to ask what the router's password was to change my wi-fi's SSID & password. They told me ...
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Merge albums from different photo sharing services
Heres the theoretical scenario; we have a social event to which about half of the attending guests brings a camera, many photos are taken. Later, at home, everyone uploads their photos to their ...
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How can I view different internally hosted websites, set up as virtual hosts?
I have an old machine that I've converted into a web server. I'm wondering what the best way to make the websites viewable on the internal network, without using a proxy.
I experimented with BIND, ...
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How to host an open id authentication server?
I want to host my own open id server (just as an experiment). Does anyone know how to do this?
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Forward the whole domain of a domain name without hosting
I am the owner of the domain name http://www.kalisto-decor.be/. I didn't add a hosting to this domain because it just has the purpose to redirect. This domain is set up with a 301 forward to another ...
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If a WHOIS search returns 428 domains on the nameservers for that domain, does that mean that server is hosting 428 domains? [closed]
I've just done a WHOIS search on whois.sc for our company domain and the nameserver section says that our nameservers "(has 428 domains)".
Does that mean there are 428 domains hosted on the same ...
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How is it possible for a person to upload files to a site they don't have credentials to? [closed]
A little while ago I got this email:
hi there,
i am [name], security expert.
your website is not secured. you use a weak password. and you didnt install security to prevent hacking/malware ...
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Host server at home behind ISP NAT using STUN
I'm hosting my own Linux server at home, which I will be using as a VPN server and web hosting if possible, problem is that I'm behind my ISP's NAT which means that I'm unable to connect to my server ...
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Is there a way I can connect to my computer through a domain or IP that bypasses a router? Similar to how Team Viewer does screen sharing?
So, I want to show some people a rails app I've been working on, And I can't get passed the firewall on the router (it's not mine / the ISP won't let us have access to it).
So, is there some sort ...
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Google Biz app alternatives [closed]
At work we currently use google biz apps. Which as the only IT guy I love and has been pretty much trouble free during my time at this company.
however for several reasons were considering moving to ...
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Subdomain server IP address could not be found
Good day. I have a Centos Web Panel hosting and bought a domain from namecheap. Setting up my domain was easy and received no errors but when I created a subdomain for my domain, I am always prompted ...
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Can someone explain strange inbound connections on my server log?
Ok, so I only know as much about networking as I have learned in my Computer Systems and Electronics courses, and I am seeing something that I'm not sure how to interpret. My brother wanted me to make ...
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Centos 7 , cant update kernel
I am running centos-7(vm) on http://www.ovh.com/. My kernel version is 2.6.32-042stab108.8. Even after yum clean all && yum update and reboot. still kernel version is 2.6.32-042stab108.8. Any ...
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How to host a website from my own PC [closed]
I want to host my website from my own PC.
I have biought a unique IP address, but I don't know how to create DNS entries or how to create name server.
How can I proceed?
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What is the safest way to set up SQL Server for remote access?
I'd like to be able to make my dev database server accessible over the internet. I and half a dozen dev applications will be the only users. I have a hosting account that includes SQL Server, but I ...
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Outlook doesn't get push emails from hosted exchange server
Somehow my outlook stopped getting push emails from the my provider of the hosted exchange server.
It happens on multiple computers and I can get the emails or synchronize the folders only by ...
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Subversion multi checkout post-commit hook?
The title must sound strange but I'm trying to achieve the following:
SVN repo location: /home/flx/svn/flxdev
SVN repo "flxdev" structure:
+ Project1
++ files
+ Project2
+ Project3
+ Project4
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Good real-world networking books
Is there a good book out there about router configuration for the home user that hosts at home, has multiple IP addresses, etc. Basically, router configuration for the power user. Some of the topics ...
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PHP connecting to wrong MySQL hostname?
I just recently got a VPS server from a large hosting provider. I have a site that I've hosted a few other places so I know my code works
This provider has you create a MySQL hostname which you use ...
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What is wrong with this FTP server?
Trying to upload files to a web host and the FTP server seems awful.
I keep getting the error
Error: The data connection could not be established: ETIMEDOUT - Connection attempt timed out
And when ...
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Moving from one host to another—possible to keep email?
I am moving a website from one host to another. In this account are two email addresses, used via IMAP. Is it possible to keep the messages in these accounts and transfer them to an entirely different ...
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Mac OS X - Web Sharing
I've enabled web sharing on my Mac OS X (via default Apache installation), and it gives me a web address that I (and supposedly other computers) can use to access my site.
However, when I try to ...
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What is the history behind the ~ in subdomains/university hosting for studuents?
What is the history behind the ~ in subdomains/university hosting for students? Why not subdomain.site.edu or site.edu/subdomain. Any particular reason the ~ was chosen and not something else?
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Web Hosting at home on Old Hardware [closed]
This is a re-make of this interesting question. I've rephrased it slightly to avoid pulling aggro and to provide some quality information, as I've pondered this before, but only JUST ran the numbers..
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What is better? Changing Nameservers or A records? [closed]
I have my hosting on Godaddy and domain on another provider. So I was thinking which would be a better option to point the domain to Godaddy hosting
Change the name server to that of godaddy.
Change ...
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Trasferring files from Host A to Host B without downloading on hard drive and simple ftp?
I have a website to move from One Host to another ..
for example : from bluehost to hostgator ... i have made my website zip which is 2 gb ..
i want to know if there is any software or something ...
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www0.sun.ac.za replies to pings?
I was troubleshooting a dns issue and meant to ping www.sun.ac.za (local town university) and made a typo while specifying the host. I specified www0.sun.ac.za and to my surprise the pings replied. ...
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