The Dedicated Server Doctor

FEATURE ARTICLE

Is Your MX Record Configured Correctly?

With the never ending fight against unsolicited email, more and more ISPs and businesses are including an MX check as part of their spam ’scoring’ method. It’s important that you have your MX record configured correctly so that you don’t lose points due to misconfiguration. Before we get into that, MX stands for Mail eXchanger. It [...]

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Server Security

Vulnerability Assessment On The Cheap

Your server is only as secure as the scripts you run on it. Strong passwords, firewalls and a tight security policy aren’t going to help if you have scripts or applications that contain vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, many of the most popular scripts and applications do contain flaws and/or poorly written code that may allow the bad […]

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May 10, 2008 | Read the story »

Server Tips

Is Your MX Record Configured Correctly?

With the never ending fight against unsolicited email, more and more ISPs and businesses are including an MX check as part of their spam ’scoring’ method. It’s important that you have your MX record configured correctly so that you don’t lose points due to misconfiguration.
Before we get into that, MX stands for Mail eXchanger. It […]

Popularity: 14% [?]

April 26, 2008 | Read the story »

General

Dedicated Server Google Knol

I’m in the process of writing a Google Knol about dedicated servers. Over time it will become a guide for people who are getting started with their first dedicated server. I’ll be adding some of the tips and information from here as well as some additional information about choosing hosts, server specifications etc. The knol […]

Popularity: 7% [?]

July 29, 2008 | Read the story »

The Server Room

Getting To Know SSH and The Unix Shell

If you don’t have an IT background, then working on your server is a bit like working on a car for the first time. There’s a lot of stuff under the hood but it all looks like a whole lot of hoses, wires and thingamajigs. That can be scary and it’s true to say that […]

Popularity: 10% [?]

July 20, 2008 | Read the story »

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