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Bandwidth.
10Mbit/s link to Linx. Linx is the growing backbone of U.K internet
services.
1Mbit/s international link.
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Software.
Our servers are RedHat
based. RedHat Linux is one of the most rapidly developing and widely supported
distributions of Linux. The drivers for all the latest equipment are always
readily available for RedHat. With big players like I.B.M and Intel behind
Redhat, its well supported.
The services above
are all standard on our servers. We chose to install all these services
as they are most commonly used. Its our little bit to get you started.
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SSL (Secure Socket
Layer)
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| Used to provide encrypted
channels for hosted services. E.G. HTTPS |
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SSH (Secure Shell).
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| This is basicly encrypted
Telnet. This means no-one can monitor your connection to the server and
steal your passwords. |
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Portsentry and
other port monitoring tools.
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| These tools monitor
the connections to the server for any strange activity. Anyone trying to
probe the server's ports or overload its services will be denied all contact. |
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Sendmail.
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| Sendmail is your SMTP
(outgoing) mail server. Our sendmail setup requires users to authenticate
themselves. This means you and/or your customers can use our SMTP facilities
from any dialup, anywhere in the world. This is a very convenient service
which I'm yet to find implemented with any of the main stream ISPs. |
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POP3.
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| The server is capable
of hosting pop3 mailboxes for general mail and/or mail for domains. |
| WEB Mail |
| The server has WEB based access to all hosted mail boxes.
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HTTP & HTTPS
(Apache).
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| This is the web server.
By default it is capable of running HTTPS secure encrypted connections.
Useful if you want WEB and/or E-Commerce content where people provide personal
details. |
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PHP 4.x.
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| PHP is the up and coming
language for producing dynamic WEB content. It's like C/C++ to use and can
seamlessly use an SQL server for producing data-rich WEB pages. |
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Webalizer.
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| More WEB statistics
for any hosted domain than you can shake a stick at. Want an example? visit
http://www.crosswired.org.uk/webalizer |
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IP Traffic Accounting.
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| By default each member
gets their own IP address so with the software we install you can keep tabs
on the traffic your IP address generates and that of any domains you host. |
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Big Brother.
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| This is a monitoring
tool for monitoring the health of the server. It monitors the server and
most of the services it runs, plus any other specialised services you may
use. Visit http://deimos.crosswired.org.uk/bb/
and try clicking on the status lights for more details. |
| MySQL. |
| This is
a superb Linux SQL server. MySQL is a totally scalable database server.
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| Real Media - Basic Server. |
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This is a superb peice of kit for streaming media. Our server is suited
for light user of this media streaming software.
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The server is housed in a sturdy rackmount case and is located in Telehouse,
London. Telehouse is the leading site in the U.K for housing Internet servers.
Standard features include:
