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Freenom.com gaan buite werking: die .ML, .TK, .GQ en . CF-domeine vries

Junie 21, 2024

We already talked about Freenom.com here and it is not a surprise that Freenom.com is (finally) going out of business, after ICANN decided to withdraw their Registrar accreditation. Everyone knows who is responsible of this, and the curse placed on Freenom.com (finally) played out! Unfortunately in yet another blow-up rip-off (which was really Freenom.com’ signature… read more »

CloudLinux wil jou nie dien nie

Februarie 11, 2024

How long do you need to properly serve your customer?.. Back in July 2022 CloudLinux announced that they will support Ubuntu® OS. After 1.5 years you would think that this announcement would be well completed… so an AWS EC2 instance was started only to run into this error regarding the kmodlve module: Errors occurred during… read more »

AlibabaCloud DirectMail: hoe om die 5 Domeine limiet

Junie 28, 2023

AlibabaCloud provides a DirectMail service (equivalent to Amazon SES)! SMTP or API can be used to send either batched emails (mailing-list) or triggered emails (order confirmation, ticket system, etc). It is low cost: the unit price is $0.29 USD per 1,000 messages with discounts available from 50,000 messages per month. But the cherry on the… read more »

Meta Inc. (voorheen Facebook) 'n regsgeding teen Freenom aanhangig gemaak

Maart 28, 2023

On March 3rd, 2023: Meta Inc. (voorheen Facebook) filed a lawsuit against Freenom for trademark infringement, facilitating cybercrimes, false designation of origin. This is due to the tsunami of phishing websites using the .TK, .ML, .GQ, .GA, and .CF ccTLDs. The lawsuit reveals a pattern to abuse Fortune 500’s trademarks by concealing WHOIS details (despite… read more »

Die beste gasheer vir Laravel

Maart 13, 2023

Laravel needs full control of all PHP settings and parameters. In other words: if your web hosting environment is too restrictive, and Laravel will not run and produce errors such as: or It is extremely important to have an unrestricted web hosting company for your needs. At Quantum Hosting® we thrive at serving you.

Die gevaar van 'n pasgemaakte 404-bladsy

Maart 13, 2023

One customer running a single WordPress was using a 4x vCPUs instance on Amazon AWS®. But the CPU and load usage were so high, with no apparent reasons (the number of visitors was reasonable). However: each 404 triggered a huge CPU and bandwidth consumption! A test was conducted and the 404 was replaced by a… read more »

Die woord is uit: maatskappye begin Amazon AWS® en Google Cloud® verlaat

Maart 13, 2023

In a must-read article by David Heinemeier Hansson, the founder of Basecamp explains: Why they’re leaving the cloud. Quantum Hosting® has been very vocal about the so-called “promise of simplification” while Amazon AWS® is blocking the port 25 for any new customer… Not having the simple ability to send emails from your own EC2 instance… read more »

Amazon AWS® slegte ontdekking: Oorverkoop

Junie 23, 2024

This is the CPU monitoring usage on an EC2 instance in Ireland (t3a.xlarge). Two things to notice:-the left graph has an average of 40% of white background (it does not reach the full 400% CPU height)-the left graph has a maximum of 46% CPU steal (which is the red part, and it should not be… read more »

Die sirkus by Amazon AWS® gaan voort!

Maart 13, 2023

Amazon AWS® blocks outgoing port 25 on any new EC2® instance, and requires to use Amazon SES®. So you enable Amazon SES® and this is what they reply instantly: In which world emails’ permission needs to be granted? Isn’t email a basic internet service? Is it something so spectacular at Amazon AWS®? The idiots that… read more »

Die grense (en gevare) van YunoHost

Maart 13, 2023

YunoHost is a great applications manager! It is not only free but also very fast: in a few clicks you have installed a complete application! It is becoming an increasing competitor to Softaculous and even WHM/cPanel. If you are an application developer: you can reach new customers and new users by deploying your software through… read more »