domains

Cyrillic domains: pros, cons and pitfalls

Contents Can I use Cyrillic domains? The advantages of using Cyrillic domains. Disadvantages of Cyrillic domains. Using Punycode. How to transfer a domain to Punycode. Conclusions. Most sites are registered under domain names written in Latin characters. Until recently, this was the only option accepted worldwide. However, about 10 years ago it became possible to…

uptime

What is up time and what is the threat of disruptions in the work of the site

Contents What will give a properly configured site monitoring? What is the optimal interval for checking availability? Are short-term malfunctions a problem? Popular site accessibility monitoring services. How to choose hosting with the best uptime? Imagine that you are looking for a specific product or service. You find a company in a search engine and…

PHP 7.3 speed test on hosting (2019)

PHP 7.3 speed test on hosting (2019)

Here are detailed performance tests for different platforms to see how different versions of PHP perform. Tested five different versions of PHP on 23 different platforms/configurations; including WordPress (4.9 and 5.0), Drupal, Joomla!, Laravel, Symfony, and many others. Also tested popular e-commerce solutions such as WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, Magento, Grav CMS and October CMS….

Installing an SSL certificate for the site

Installing an SSL certificate for the site

Creating and signing ssl certificate How to install an SSL certificate through ISPmanager Install SSL certificate on Apache manually Installing an SSL certificate on Nginx Installing an SSL certificate in Directadmin Verify that the SSL certificate is installed correctly How to install an SSL certificate for your website A certificate is required to create a…

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Mandatory reissuance of Symantec certificates that lose credibility

We have previously written in our blog that certificates issued by Symantec and their brands GeoTrust, RapidSSL and Thawte will lose credibility after March 15. The deal between Symantec and Digicert has already been finalized and we can give detailed information about the steps to be taken by holders of such certificates. On October 31,…

Symantec certificates will lose credibility in Chrome browser. What to do and how to prepare?

Symantec certificates will lose credibility in Chrome browser. What to do and how to prepare?

Who will be affected by the changes that will take place in 2018 In March, the Google Chrome team reported problems and violations of standards in Symantec’s certificate-issuing procedure. This problem has been discussed for the last four months between Google, Symantec and other members of the Internet community. Google and Mozilla were planning to…

New ICANN rules on changing contacts for international domains

New ICANN rules on changing contacts for international domains

Since the beginning of 2017, new rules for changing contact information in international domains came into effect, we will try to explain a little bit about what this means. The new Transfer Policy, published in a special document: Transfer Policy sets the rules for how domain transfers and contact changes are made. What does that…