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SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, and is a set of cryptographic protocols commonly used for  encrypting the data being sent between a server and a user visiting a website.  While most websites don’t require this advanced security, it is essential for others.  The following introduction to SLL and Secure Certificates will help determine whether or not you require this type of security, and show how you can obtain it.

What is Required

In order to use SSL, you will need to acquire a SSL Certificate (AKA a Secure Certificate) and have it installed on your server.  Read More

nettop1 nettop2Entrepreneur.com, the website of the very popular Entrepreneur Magazine, has recently teamed up with .net (powered by Verisign) to create a list of the top 100 domains with the .net extension.  We are proud to announce that Interserver.net was ranked #76 out of the millions of .net sites.  The list was made up of all different categories of .net domains including huge gaming sites like battle.net, government run sites like korea.net and many others.

The Methodology

The rankings for this prestigious list were determined by a custom formula created by Entrepreneur.com, Read More

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InterServer has recently taken an important step toward providing clients on virtualized Windows 2012 platforms with even faster response times.  Our technical teams have installed and optimized the new Virtio module into our systems, which is designed specifically to increase response speeds and response times.  InterServer is an early adopter of this new standard, which will provide our virtualization clients with speeds and services which simply aren’t available through most other hosting companies today.

How Does Virtio Work

Virtio works by allowing guest device drivers to be ‘aware’ of the fact that it is running in a virtual environment.  Read More

Interserver’s Control Panel

Posted by Michael Lavrik

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We know you deserve the best, so we provide you with the best Control Panel to make your life simpler. Here are some unique features of Interserver’s Control Panel.

1) Reverse DNS

Reverse DNS is IP address to domain name mapping – the opposite of forward (normal) DNS which maps domain names to IP addresses.
Why do you need it?
Many e-mail servers on the Internet are configured to reject incoming e-mails from any IP address which does not have reverse DNS. So, if you run your own e-mail server, reverse DNS must exist for the IP address that outgoing e-mail is sent from. Read More