Just over 1 year ago we announced that a WildCard SSL certificate (retailing around $42USD/$58CAD/R656ZAR per month) would be included in each and every Nerds Hosting account. At the same time we announced that you would get the ability to turn on a ‘Forced SSL’ mode, which would force all traffic to your client’s website…
DetailsJust when the tide was turning in the US towards allowing encryption, Paris happened. There is undeniable heavy emotion around attacks on human life of any kind, and that is the danger when it comes to the shaping of public opinion and policy. It was quite predictable that this event would take no time at…
DetailsHosting services can be full of confusing jargon and buzzwords, and moving a domain name, website or email to a new service can seem overwhelming. If you are a client that just has no idea what is involved in moving a domain, and don’t know what EPP codes are, Nerds On Site’s Hosting Concierge Service…
DetailsThis article is one in a series of articles describing some of the actions you can expect to be covered free of charge by the Nerds On Site Hosting Support team. Let’s imagine for a moment that the worst has happened to your website – a plugin update just broke the site, or perhaps a…
DetailsThis article is one in a series of articles describing some of the actions you can expect to be covered free of charge by the Nerds Hosting Support team. DNS records can be confusing. CNAMES, A, AAAA, SRV….the list goes on and on. If you want to point your website to a specialized server or…
DetailsThis article is one in a series of articles describing some of the actions you can expect to be covered free of charge by the Nerds Hosting Support team. Have you ever forgotten the password to your WordPress website? Perhaps you’ve had a web developer build you a site and fail to give you the…
DetailsMany people have started commenting on the lack of privacy we have on the Internet these days. Without a doubt, Edward Snowden’s revelations have brought online privacy to the forefront of public discussion, though this has been a growing issue for years. Quite frankly, everything we do on the Internet today is known in quite…
DetailsOur team is always looking at ways to give our clients a better experience, and today we announce that we have put in place a plan to upgrade our entire hosting systems to use solid state drives (SSD) exclusively. SSD drives provide much faster throughput, meaning that latency will be reduced and performance maximized for…
DetailsOn July 21, 2014, our team will be upgrading our mail server to SmarterMail 12. The webmail interface will change slightly, but the changes shouldn’t confuse any client with their differences. This change will not affect any mail clients that are being used. There will be downtime starting at 9PM Toronto/New York time on July…
DetailsIt is estimated that GameOver Zeus botnet is responsible for a loss exceeding $100 Million US Dollars. The problem with a lot of online theft today is that from the bank’s perspective, the theft occurred as a legitimate transaction. In other words, the bank acted on the customer’s computer instruction to transfer the money out.…
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