Lightning-Bolt Productions http://lightning-bolt.net ICT, Multimedia and Web Specialists Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:57:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Speedtests for HTTPZoom.com VPS Servers http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=1036 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=1036#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:22:18 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=1036 Russian – (http://track.vks-express.ru/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Faroe – (1.79MB/s) (http://www.internet.fo/speedtest/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Russian – (953KB/s) (http://speedtest2.ttksever.ru/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Russian – (2.73MB/s) (http://speedtest.ugratel.ru/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
AK – (1.26MB/s) (http://speedtest.cvinternet.net/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
YT – (748KB/s) (http://speedtest.wh.nwtel.ca/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Russian – (1.92MB/s) (http://speedtest.gtn.ru/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Estonia – (2.34MB/s) (http://kiirustest.elion.ee/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Tagil – (1.50MB/s) (http://speedtest.setitagila.ru/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Sweden – (2.14MB/s) (http://www.shlab.se/speed/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Russian – (1.73MB/s) (http://mini1.speedtest.rtelekom.ru/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Latvia – (5.86MB/s) (http://speedtest.oic.lv/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Latvia – (1.68MB/s) (http://net.elektrons-k.lv/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Novgorod – (784KB/s) (http://myfabis.ru/inet/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Novgorod – (144KB/s) (http://speed.megafoncenter.ru/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Lithuania – (4.86MB/s) (http://st.prado.lt/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg)
Denmark – (355KB/s) (http://speedtest.dsv.com/speedtest/upload.aspx/random4000x4000.jpg)

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=1036 0 France.lightning-bolt.net Offline http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=1032 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=1032#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:20:30 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=1032 Due to problems with France.lightning-bolt.net we have decided to take the server offline.

The impact of this is we have no backup mail server. We will be sourcing a new VPS to run the backup mail exchanges this week (aiming for the next 2 days).

This will not effect the email system unless the main server goes offline for more then 24 hours.

Our old vps was hosted with vpsdeploy.com and last month had just 65.365% uptime.

 

 

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=1032 0 Avoiding data leaks in email lists. http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=906 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=906#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:00:26 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=906 After a few emails from people that had all the addresses in the To field I thought it was time to write a little but of advice to anyone that mass sends emails to multiple people at the same time.

While you may not thing its a big deal to send all your contacts in the to feild you are very wrong, This gives everyone you have sent the email to the email addresses and names (if in the email) of each other.

Now what can people do with the information if you send your emails like this. Very easy a simple ‘reply to all’ will allow them to email all the people you just emailed or just save the name and email addresses for later use.

Now for what you should do. 

All email clients can send emails to a BCC (blind carbon copy) list, This is a list that is invisible to everyone.
Simply send the email to yourself and add everyone else to the BCC list. They will then only see your name in the to list and not every one elses.

The leak of your email contact list (big or small) is still a data leak and can cost dearly. Please follow the friendly advice and avoid the headache. While you might not mind everyone knowing your email address others might care and object to you giving there address to people and if this happens you could face legal action in the worst case.

 

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=906 0 Server Move http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=898 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=898#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:54:02 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=898 We have moved to a new Datacenter in Zlin. We decided to make the move away from 1and1 as they have been giving us some problems.

We have now moved to FDC. FDC has been out email server for awhile and seems to be very good provider. Fast support and helpful.

If you have any problems or spot anything not working please email us at support@lightning-bolt.net

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=898 0 Tor Project Mirror http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=880 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=880#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:39:45 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=880 Lightning-bolt are pleased to give alittle something back to show our support for net neutrality. We are now hosting a mirror of the Tor Project to allow more people to enjoy unfiltered internet all over the world.
Our mirror address is http://torproject.umbrellacorporation.org.uk/

What is Tor 
(Taken from Torproject.org)

 

Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a third-generation onion routing project of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. It was originally developed with the U.S. Navy in mind, for the primary purpose of protecting government communications. Today, it is used every day for a wide variety of purposes by normal people, the military, journalists, law enforcement officers, activists, and many others.

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=880 0 IWFChecker Updates http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=867 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=867#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:02:55 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=867 After the great success of the IWFChecker (http://iwfchecker.lightning-bolt.net) the following changes have been made.

Live Images – you can now add a banner image to any site for forum with the current status of the site on IWF. It will change if the status changes.

Site List – This is a list of all sites that are being monitored. Its built from all the past checks. If a site has ever been checked its been monitored and rechecked every day since. Even if it was not listed.

History List – You can now check the history of all checks. This will show when site were checked as well as when they were added/removed from IWF.

The site is still anonymous. No public information of who checked the sites or that pages contain the blocked content.

Currently the next update i am aiming to add is the ability to register for a email alert if a site is added or removed. This will allow you to add email monitoring for your site and be alerted if its added or removed from IWF.

 

Since IWFChecker launch on the 03 Mar 2012 we have seen 475 different sites checked and have preformed 38,875 Checks.
We have had 2341 unique visitors in may and transferred just under 14gb for may. Including the live image hits  in may we had 692,296 hits.

If you have any feedback please let us know at IWFChecker@lightning-bolt.net and please like us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/IWFChecker/295516050544823

 

 

03 Mar 2012

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=867 0 Glastonbudget 2012 Pictures- The Mighty Young http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=835 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=835#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:34:29 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=835 DSC_0102 DSC_0103 DSC_0104 DSC_0105 DSC_0106 DSC_0107 DSC_0108 DSC_0109 DSC_0110 DSC_0111 DSC_0112 DSC_0113 DSC_0114 DSC_0115 DSC_0116 DSC_0117 DSC_0118 DSC_0119 DSC_0120 DSC_0121 DSC_0122 DSC_0097 DSC_0098 DSC_0099 DSC_0100 DSC_0101 ]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=835 0 Fools Glory, youngest band at Glastonbudget 2012 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=821 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=821#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:05:54 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=821 Fools Glory were the youngest band at glastonbudget this year and Rocked the Jubilee stage on the wettest Sunday i have seen at glastonbudget. Pulling in a great crowd and giving us a great show.

If you don’t believe me check them out for yourself.
Fools Glory on Facebook

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Click here to view the video on YouTube.

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=821 0 Iwfchecker offline due. To a internal server failure http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=813 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=813#comments Sat, 26 May 2012 08:58:33 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=813 Due to an unexpected server crash at our office. The Iwfchecker is currently offline. We are working to restore it as soon as we can and expect it to be back online within the next 12 hours

]]> http://lightning-bolt.net/?feed=rss2&p=813 0 Free Hosting http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=811 http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=811#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:39:46 +0000 admin http://lightning-bolt.net/?p=811 We have 10 free web hosting packages to give away. No hidden costs. All you need to do is supply a domain name to use (or subdomain) if you do not have one but would still like a personal site we can set you up a subdomain of .lightning-bolt.net

The hosting…
1gb Space
100gb
1 Mysql Database
Access to cpanel with stats

 

All you need to do is supply us with your email address and domain name and agree to the hosting terms at http://lightning-bolt.net/?page_id=520 then email the details to info@lightning-bolt.net

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