Why oh why oh why do people get DNS so wrong? I'm really tired of other providers' incompetence when it comes to setting up DNS entries for clients. There are two basic things you need to setup reverse DNS. Without them it simply will not work: A dns server Delegation There's no point making entries unless you have delegation. This article explains it in quite simple and … [Read more...] about DNS Rant
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Internet Explorer 7 (beta)
I've been playing with the beta release of IE 7 for the last couple of weeks on and off (ie. on those rare occasions that I bother booting into windows outside office hours) It was due to its stupidity that I ended up posting the last entry twice! What can I say about it? Not a whole lot I'm afraid The tabbed browsing is a nice addition, but as a Firefox user leaves me … [Read more...] about Internet Explorer 7 (beta)
Windows Live Messenger 8 (beta)
I was sent an invite to take the beta version of Windows Messenger 8 for a test drive. The download site didn't have any issue with me logging in with Firefox, but the download button was "dead" until I logged back in with Internet Explorer (I'm trying the beta of that as well). Installation was easy and no reboot was required, which is a nice change compared to so many windows … [Read more...] about Windows Live Messenger 8 (beta)
Irish ISP Test Revamped
We've relaunched Irish ISP Test, the site we run for broadband users in Ireland to test their speed. … [Read more...] about Irish ISP Test Revamped
Spanish Domain Registry – Dodgy SSL and no whois
Anyone wishing to draw comparisons between the IEDR and the Spanish domain registry probably needs to get their head examined: - the site's SSL seems to be self-signed - there is no whois server - the web based whois uses captcha … [Read more...] about Spanish Domain Registry – Dodgy SSL and no whois