What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack?
It has been a little while since a DDoS attack made the headlines. Nevertheless, the risk is omnipresent and very difficult to do anything about or to stop.
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Hosting
On the web, hosting is a service which allows organisations and individuals to place a website, web page, or application onto the Internet. To non‑technical people, I like to describe it as a bit like hiring a shop window: your hosting is the computer on the internet that people visit in order to view your website.
Below you will find a subset of articles from my blog specifically about Hosting. Although this is a topic I've been working with for many years, it's fair to say that I've not written about it often. I've only managed to publish four articles about it, which you can see and read below.
What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack? Why is Time to First Byte (TTFB) Important? Why is Time to First Byte (TTFB) Important?
Time To First Byte (TTFB) is a measurement of the time is takes for a server to respond to a request: how quickly your visitor can start to load your page.
A Beginner's Guide to Web Hosting. A Beginner's Guide to Web Hosting
As someone new to the web, or hoping to launch your first website, hosting may come as a bit of a complicated shock. Hopefully I can help offer some advice!
301 vs. 307 Redirects. 301 vs. 307 Redirects
Compare 301 and 307 redirects clearly, including permanence, browser behaviour, SEO impact, cache handling, temporary moves, and when each status code fits.
