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Blockchain 101

What is blockchain? Blockchain is a specific type of database with special data organization and properties. Blockchains store data in blocks that are then cryptographically chained together in the chronological order one by one, with the block chained onto the previous block. Data commonly stored in blockchains are transactions for Distributed Ledgers. The transactions are…

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SPF, DKIM and DMARC to Stop Email Sender Fraud: Intro and How to

Email sender fraud is an annoying problem. Malicious email senders send spam emails with email senders that are under non-authorized domain names. This may affect the reputation of the domains used by the fraud sender. On another hand, lots emails will be rejected and reverted back, which causes lots additional work to the domain administrators….

How to install Python environment in my own account on Dreamhost?

How to install Python environment in my own account on Dreamhost so that my application can use the python that I installed by myself instead of the system-wide one? The post for Bluehost works very well for Dreamhost too: https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/python-install In short: mkdir ~/python cd ~/python wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tgz tar zxfv Python-2.7.2.tgz find ~/python -type d…

Shared hosting services with SSH enabled

Which shared hosting services have SSH enabled? SSH is a great tool for management and development. Lots shared hosting services support SSH. Here is a non-complete list: Dreamhost SSH on dreamhost: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Enabling_Shell_Access BlueHost SSH on BlueHost: http://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/180 GoDaddy SSH on GoDaddy: http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/4942 HostGator SSH on HostGator: http://support.hostgator.com/articles/hosting-guide/lets-get-started/how-do-i-get-and-use-ssh-access HostMonster SSH on HostMonster: http://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/180 ServerGrove SSH on…

How to host a domain registered in another account in a Dreamhost account

How to host a domain name registered in another account in one Dreamhost account. Simply trying to add the new domain, it reports: Error! You can’t add that domain: already in our system You need to delete the domain from your hosting (DNS) from the account first. Don’t worry, the domain name is still there…

Any suggestion on the hosting service

Any suggestion on the hosting services? Seems Hostgator is great: http://www.warriorforum.com/internet-marketing-product-reviews-ratings/362470-hostgator-bluehost-dreamhost-pair-com.html I was considering moving to Hostgator from Dreamhost. Dreamhost has less limitations after comparing it with others (e.g. the 250k inodes number limitation). I will stick with it. Moreover, with CloudFlare enabled ( https://www.systutorials.com/b/web/3218/cloudflare-with-dreamhost/ ), it looks better.

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SSD Enabled For DreamHost Shared Hosting: Simple Performance Measurement

SSD is common for VPS and PaaS virtual machines for higher I/O performance. Now, it is coming to shared hosting too. DreamHost states that “Now with solid state drives (SSDs), our standard web hosting loads pages 200% faster”. We ourselves are happy to know this performance improvement with the price kept the same. Good work,…

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How to Set Up A Gitolite Git Server – A Ten-Minute Tutorial

I ever introduced seting up git server using SSH or gitosis. However, gitolite is the way to go for managing git servers if you want an lightweight authentication layer. gitolite provides many very usefull features which can control each user’s right on each branch. I set up one gitolite git server and am very happy…

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How to Configure iOS to Use Socks Proxy over SSH with a Linux/Unix Host

The socks proxy I created following Proxy Using SSH Tunnel works very well on both Linux and Windows. However, when I try to configure my iPhone and iPad with iOS, I find iOS does not support socks proxy in its settings interface. I don’t know why it is not added while socks proxy is indeed…

CloudFlare with DreamHost

CloudFlare is a very nice service that provides CDN / optimizer / security protection and more. Good news is that DreamHost turns to be a partner with CloudFlare. The free account on CloudFlare is enough for sites such as Fclose.com. I enabled CloudFlare yesterday and it works smoothly and boosts the site’s performance. Overall, I…