Web Infrastructure

If you’ve ever shopped online or used Internet banking, you may be familiar with Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. Better known as HTTPS, this technology is simply a more secure form of the regular HTTP protocol that uses SSL. HTTPS works by encrypting data that would otherwise be out in the …

If you’ve ever performed any administrative networking commands on your computer (such as traceroute), you may have noticed the IP 192.168.1.1. You’re not the only one to wonder what this address is used for. In fact, it is used by millions of devices around the world. So just what is …

Yesterday, Google proposed several changes it would like to see made to the DNS system. Chief among them is an adjustment to the protocol that would give authoritative DNS servers the ability to see your IP address. Currently, these name servers can only see the address of your ISP. The …

Ever wanted to show a less-than-tech-savvy friend or family member how DNS works? CENTR, the Council of European Top Level Domain Registries, has released a new video detailing the inner-workings of the system. In case you didn’t know, DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is essentially responsible for converting …

Last week, we covered a new data center being built by IT company Verne Global in Iceland. What makes this facility unique is not only its location, but also its utilization of renewable energy. In an interview with Lisa Rhodes from Verne Global, blog Web Hosting Review dug up some …

Despite security concerns, ICANN has decided to hold its 37th international meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting will run March 7-12. It will be hosted by the Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), the operator of the country’s ccTLD. Though ICANN has been criticized in the past for spending too much …

Iceland, a country still reeling from the failure of its financial system and government in 2008, may get some economic relief in the form of a large data center. With the support of several investors, Icelandic company Verne Holdings is constructing a mammoth 44-acre data center that will use geothermal …

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week has killed 50,000 people and destroyed much of the capital. Currently, access to the nation is mainly limited to the few relief planes that can get in. Amid this tragedy there is at least some hope for Haiti, as its DNS …

Few data centers are more important than the one owned by MasterCard in O’Fallon, Missouri. Millions of people swipe their credit cards every day, purchasing anything and everything from coffee to cars. However, few take into consideration the raw computing power that makes all this possible. This YouTube video shows …

Web service company IP2Location has released its annual Internet IP Address Report. The document analyzes IP usage in 240 countries during 2009. Unsurprisingly, the United States currently holds 37.46% of the world’s IPv4 addresses. Far behind in the number-two position is the United Kingdom, which only owns 9.94% of addresses. …