Posts Tagged ‘howto’

2008 August 15

How to register .uk domain names

By Ditlev

Hey - Having gone through Top tips for marketing your web site and Top tips for registering a domain name this time I’d like to take you through Nominets guide on “How .uk works - and the basics of registering .uk domain names”

Take a read though - and go register your own .uk domain with us, its easy, fast and only costs £2.99!

Choosing a second level domain
If you are registering a .uk domain name through us you will have a contract with us
and a contract with Nominet, the registry that manages domain names ending in .uk
(see ‘The three way contract’ below for details). (more…)

2007 November 8

Joining the NTP Pool project

By David Precious

If you have your own server, why not consider joining the pool.ntp.org project to help provide accurate time to many client machines?

NTP, or Network Time Protocol, is a method for computers to obtain the current time accurately in order to keep their clocks correct. Even when set accurately, the clock on most computers will eventually drift until it is no longer accurate - often made worse when the computer is being heavily loaded.

NTP allows a client to ask a time server to tell it the current time. The “main” timeservers have accurate timekeeping equipment connected (GPS receivers are common) to give them the correct time. Other timeservers simply keep in sync with several main servers, and accept requests from client machines.

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