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Magic wormhole – easiest way to transfer a file across the Internet
Transferring files between two computers on the Internet is as old of a problem as the Internet itself, and surprisingly hard. Sending an attachment over e-mail involves all kind of hassles and does not work for big files. Having both the sending and receiving part sign up for Dropbox or a similar service, or setting […]
World IPv6 Day and how to add IPv6 support to a web server
Today, 6th of June we celebrate World IPv6 day. Ipv6 is the new standard for IP protocols. IPv6 is important because, as everyone by now should know, the public IPv4 address space is running out. In fact all IPv4 address blocks have already been mostly consumed by registrars and the resource problem is being avoided […]
Cyberwar never ceases
A great deal of our work as Linux system administrators is related to security. Each server we maintain is bombarded on daily basis in a never ending cyberwar. Some of our customers (e.g. the website of the former Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, government websites, high profile political organisations and media sites) are obvious targets but […]
Password hygiene – every man’s responsibility
Everybody knows what hand hygiene is: hands are disinfected every time we enter a hospital. In the same way as germ-free hands stops diseases from spreading, password hygiene helps to prevent the misuse of credentials. Password hygiene may feel useless when the effect is not immediately visible, but it is never the less very important […]
Top 8 features and priorities for company websites in 2014
What makes a good website in 2014? Here are the top 8 most important priorities a business website must have to be successful and competitive today. 1. Responsive design The share of mobile devices is growing all the time so websites are required to work on devices of all sizes. Responsive design means that the […]
Seravo salad spring 2014 schedule
Seravo salad is a monthly event where we discuss relevant subjects related to open source and the Internet, while the attendees enjoy a healthy salad lunch. The event is organized in cooperation with Hub Tampere. This tradition started during the autum of 2013 and the presentations so far have been about our customer cases, social […]
Tips to optimize images for faster loading websites
For a multitude of reasons ranging from user conversion rate to search engine ranking, it is important for web sites to load fast. The first rule of thumb to having fast loading pages is to keep the amount of data the users need to transfer small. The smaller the web page file and its dependencies […]
The fastest web server in the world?
Speed matters. Over and over research shows that when the speed of a website increases, the activity of users increase. Even if the changes are small, like a half second, and users are perhaps not conscious about it, users will view the overall experience as better. Besides website popularity, high-speed websites are also capable of handling more […]
Virtualized bridged networking with MacVTap
Introduction A virtual machine typically needs to be connected to a network to be useful. Because a virtual machine runs as an application inside the host computer, connecting it to the outside world needs support from the host operating system. There are a number of options for networking a virtual machine, both on the Link […]
How to try out IPv6 on your home computer
IPv6 is slowly, but steadily making itself present on the Internet today. Major web sites like Google, Yahoo, YouTube and Facebook are now serving their content off IPv6-enabled servers. You can expect IPv6 adoptation to pick up speed as the IPv4 address shortage becomes increasingly acute in the years ahead. What is IPv6? Internet Protocol […]