Only 3 weeks to one of the biggest holidays of the year. If you’re like me, you probably haven’t started shopping for friends and relatives yet. So what to get those techy people? Here are some things that I came across that might just do the trick.

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The title was enough to get you to click, wasn’t it. Yeah, I got one. Here’s my .02……

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The Internet is a dangerous place. Exploits are constantly being identified (keeping your services updated?), one of which stimulated the world to close its nameservers. The security concern I’m referring to has been around for quite some time, yet it continues to be a problem. We get a ticket maybe once a week or so regarding open dns servers, so I figured I’d break it down for everyone.

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The red button I speak of in this context is the metaphorical reboot switch. Granted, since your servers are all contained in a state-of-the-art data center in locked cages behind bomb-proof walls and high-tech security, you never actually get to ‘push’ the button, and for that matter most of the buttons aren’t even red, but you’re reading this now, which means the title got your attention. More than just this, the title serves as an introduction to the content in that I’ll be bringing to light a few reasons why you may or may not want to reboot your server(s).

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Ladies and Gentlemen… welcome to 2007! All of us here at FastServers.Net would like to wish you a Happy New Year and hope that all of your business ventures perform exceptionally well! We believe that FastServers.Net can help you achieve those goals, so keep us in mind anytime you need additional server support.

Along with a new year, we find new and emerging technologies to evaluate. In this post, I’d like to review the following article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196800208

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