Although not our core business, we can register or renew domain names for our customers. The fees vary based on the TLD (e.g. .com, .net, .org etc.) and they won’t be the lowest in the industry. We offer domain registration for our customers as a convenience should they wish to keep their DNS and domain […]
The answer is yes! Periodically we’re asked if customers can announce their own IP space / subnets on our platform. The answer is yes. We will need an LOA (Letter of Authorization) for your IP space, and it will need to be registered with any of the RIRs (Regional Internet Registries) like ARIN, RIPE, etc. […]
Periodically we talk to someone who says something along the lines of: “we don’t need Total Uptime since we moved to the cloud.” A most interesting statement that is simply the result of someone misinformed about the benefits and capabilities of cloud. Does the cloud provide incredible flexibility? Yes! Does it let you provision services […]
Despite whatever bad news you read in this article, we encourage you to remain positive. It’s just human nature to have a curious interest in the calamities of others. So if that’s what gives you your kicks, feel free to enjoy our 2nd annual dispatch on some of the most interesting outages of the past […]
Just when you think things are getting safer on the web, somebody comes up with a startling claim and spoils your party: “Our analysis paints a somewhat bleak situation on the state of modern web ecosystem.” That’s the conclusion of a 2016 study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University. The full title is worth noting: Oh, […]
An enormous amount of due diligence. That’s what it will take to overcome one of the most common computer security vulnerabilities that has been vexing cyberspace for years, according to John Clark of the University of York. “To make buffer overflows a thing of the past will require an enormous amount of due diligence – […]
JavaScript is a dandy programming language. And it’s very popular. A report from W3Techs shows that 94.7% of all websites surveyed used JavaScript. But it’s also vulnerable to a top web application hack called cross-site scripting (XSS). Unlike SQL injection, which targets the server side, XSS goes directly for unsuspecting web users. XSS injects malicious […]
Total Uptime Privacy Policy Last Updated: May 23, 2018 Total Uptime Technologies LLC (“Total Uptime”) respects your concerns about privacy. References in this Privacy Policy to “Total Uptime”, “we”, “us”, and “our” are references to the Total Uptime entity responsible for the processing of your personal information, which generally is the Total Uptime entity that […]
Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! Customers who subscribe to Cloud Load Balancing will have access to the MONITORS tab, as shown in the image below. Monitors do not work on their own, but are attached to servers in an ALF pack […]
Redundancy is indispensable in the world of information technology. Of course, redundancy is not welcome in every aspect of life. If your company doesn’t need you anymore and makes you “redundant”, you’ll have to look for another job. Poorly written text may be credited to the Department of Redundancy Department. The concept of redundancy is […]