Service names and port numbers are utilized to differentiate between services used over transport protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP and SCTP. The organization responsible for assigning the name and port number of the services is called Internet Assigned Numbers Authority or IANA for short who also maintains the registries where service names and port numbers […]
In computer networking, a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) is an attack in which the attacker seeks to render a specific system or network resource temporarily or permanently unavailable to its victims. Distributed denial of service attacks are performed by attackers that control multiple victim systems. Unlike traditional types of Internet attacks, where an IP address […]
You may have heard the term “brute force” when looking for information on hacking, but you may not understand what it means. It’s a common term that is often used in the security world. Basically, the attacker submits many passwords either through a dictionary(password list) or auto-generated passphrases until the computer guesses the correct combination, […]
As we mentioned before in the DNS explained article, the domain name system is what makes up the internet as we know it. The domain name system translates the human-friendly URLs that we can read, write, and memorize into IP addresses that connect to websites that we use. If you plan to run your own […]
The Domain Name System or DNS as it is more commonly known is undoubtedly one of the most important and underrated parts of the internet. Without DNS, the internet as we know it today will simply cease to exist. Most of us know that the internet is made of large groups of servers connected to […]
Have you ever wondered what website defacement is and how to prevent it? If not, then it is high time that you do some research for yourself. Defacing a web page is to change its appearance (when viewed by the user) by removing, adding, or altering files in the webserver, which is generally done by […]
Using cPanel to manage your servers makes your job ten times easier and saves you a lot of time since most of your tasks and configurations will only take a few clicks to do. But it can be daunting, especially for inexperienced beginners who might make decisions that can affect their website performance and flexibility […]
A Content Delivery Network is a vital component of any good-old-fashioned website and software these days. The content you see on your smartphones today, on almost any site or app, images or videos, or any other sort of online content will be delivered over a content delivery network. This means the internet is divided up […]
In the world of web hosting, you’ll come across two very popular web servers: Apache and Nginx. Both are the most popular web servers for Linux. They both serve over 50% of all web traffic on the Internet. It’s no surprise that these two are so popular. This article will compare the two to see […]
A domain name registrar refers to any business that deals in the registration of Internet domain names for profit. A domain name registrar usually has its own reservations and control of domain names and often acts as a registrant with the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in an effort to reserve them […]