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  1. Wambo

    Host your own DNS or use a DNS specialist company?

    For the average site is it better to host your own DNS or use a company like dnsmadeeasy, cloudflare (without all the features) or your domain registar's dns hosting? Why?
  2. Wambo

    Motivation for scripting

    How do you find the motivation to script and code? Everything I think I may want to make or do pretty much already exists in a supported and stable platform.
  3. Wambo

    Cool techy gift ideas?

    That time of year to do Christmas/holiday shopping again. What are neat tech products out that you guys are looking at?
  4. Wambo

    AMD or Intel for desktop gaming?

    Thanks. Anyone else have anything to share?
  5. Wambo

    Why do web hosts not use AMD processors in servers?

    Have been looking and it seems like every web host uses intel processors in there servers... why is that? Why no AMD?
  6. Wambo

    AMD or Intel for desktop gaming?

    I want to build a budget gaming PC and was wondering what is better. I do not play many games at all but want a gaming PC that I can use for media and stuff too.
  7. Wambo

    When should you use SSL?

    When do you need to use it? What if your site isn't public facing is there any benefit in having an SSL?
  8. Wambo

    Syncing firewall rules across multiple servers?

    Sorry guys I forgot about this. Never did set it up. Anyone have other suggestions before I try something?
  9. Wambo

    Syncing firewall rules across multiple servers?

    One server is a file server and the other is the website. They are related so if someone is blocked on one they should be blocked on both. I will look at rsync to do this. Any other suggestions?
  10. Wambo

    Syncing firewall rules across multiple servers?

    What is the best way to do this so that if someone tries to brute force ssh into one server or do something that would get them blocked by fail2ban that it also blocks them on other servers ?
  11. Wambo

    Taking Regular & Secure backups on your server

    Thank you! I know this is a kinda old post but this helped me a lot!
  12. Wambo

    Should service providers be able to refuse service based on country?

    That is what I think also but feel like even in areas like Egypt or China that good customers exist too. Are there any known hosts that openly decline service to certain parts of the globe?
  13. Wambo

    Should service providers be able to refuse service based on country?

    Was chatting with someone who said he wanted to refuse service to people from certain countries as he says it's not worth supporting them. Hard to understand their requests, want more things for little money and have the highest rate of abuse. Should service providers be able to outright block...
  14. Wambo

    How often do you update your servers?

    Thanks. I do not know if I should run automated updates as sometimes updates break stuff or will stop a service until it has user input so I do not want to run automated on a cron job but will check it more often.
  15. Wambo

    How often do you update your servers?

    Just wondering how often you update your servers and if you should really be doing it very frequently or once every couple months is okay or not.
  16. Wambo

    Adjusting swappiness a openvz vps?

    How then can I figure out how to stop things from swapping when there is memory available? Only 88MB of memory / RAM is being used with 53MB going to swap / drives.
  17. Wambo

    Adjusting swappiness a openvz vps?

    Hi I hope you can help! I have a server that seems to be running a little slow and when I checked the memory I see this: When I run:  sysctl vm.swappiness it says that swappiness is set to zero... root@srv1:~# sysctl vm.swappiness vm.swappiness = 0 and if I try to set the swappiness I...
  18. Wambo

    Best US state to register an LLC?

    I know some people register their business in states that they are not located in. I hear people sometimes create an LLC in places like Wyoming or New Hampshire or something. What does everyone here do? Does it make it more complicated to manage the business legally (taxes and stuff) when...
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    Youtube Interview with Obama

    I think it is over? I do not hear anything and only see a placeholder image.
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