TechKnack

Hosting a website on your own server gives you ultimate control over all the details of how that site works. Running your domain’s mail on your own server gives you the same amount of control. Unfortunately, setting up postfix (Ubuntu server edition’s default mail server) is not nearly as simple as setting up [...]

A server, in the basic sense, is a computer which runs a program (also called a server or server application) that provides a service to other computers. This could include an HTTP (or web) server, a DNS name server, a mail server, a VNC server, an SSH server, an FTP server — and many, [...]

The cost of a domain name these days is about $10 per year, depending on which registrar you work with. I’m currently using GoDaddy.com, where I can get .com, .net, and .org domains for $10/year (less, if I find a valid coupon code online ). I’ve heard that there are better [...]

Recently, I’ve reached the point, like probably many bloggers have, where I’ve outgrown Blogger.
Don’t get me wrong, Blogger was great to use as I began my blogging journey. A freely-hosted blog is probably the best way to test the waters, so you don’t spend $10 on a domain and who knows how much on [...]

Say what?
First, some background on DNS; feel free to skip this paragraph if you know what it is . “Domain Name System” is a distributed system for translating web addresses (Google.com) to IP addresses (64.233.187.99). You type “Google.com” into your browser, the browser (through the computer) sends that address to the [...]