I know that there have been some billing system problems with automatic payment detection. This was a feature we wanted in our systems and this is why we migrated to this new billing system at the beginning of this year.
We've now done some tweaks and are able to fix automatic payment detection for accounts that were transfered to the new billing system back in January 2009.
We still check all payments manually as well; however, it can take some time to complete this process.
If you're having any problems at all please send us an email to billing@nullshells.net or open a support ticket.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Page Revamped!
Our main page has been merged into the new billing & ordering system at https://nullshells.net/account. We hope you understand that the changes to our web page will make ordering service and making payments easier for you.
List of Changes:
1. Support area added with a direct link to Open a Ticket.
2. Search Box changed to Search Link in Support section on the left hand side navigation area.
3. Client area added with Client Info, Order Info, Invoice Info accessible on the left hand side navigation area.
4. Alternate Contact Us page with direct emails.
5. Added an About Us page with some quick facts about the company.
6. News is accessible now through the left hand side navigation area.
We've recently got in touch with Brad the guy who did some design on lenks.net and he's volunteered to help us a bit with design. So hopefully we will see additional improvements soon!
List of Changes:
1. Support area added with a direct link to Open a Ticket.
2. Search Box changed to Search Link in Support section on the left hand side navigation area.
3. Client area added with Client Info, Order Info, Invoice Info accessible on the left hand side navigation area.
4. Alternate Contact Us page with direct emails.
5. Added an About Us page with some quick facts about the company.
6. News is accessible now through the left hand side navigation area.
We've recently got in touch with Brad the guy who did some design on lenks.net and he's volunteered to help us a bit with design. So hopefully we will see additional improvements soon!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Short URL Redirection
These days pretty much everyone uses short URL redirection services like tinyurl.com. Lately I've been playing around with lenks.net, which has neat place called "My Lenks" where you can store your shortened URLs for future use. If you email back and forth with me for your account, you might see I've shortened your URL with one of these services. I usually use different short url redirection services, but I think I'm about to switch over and use lenks.net solely.
I like the page design at lenks.net as well; Brad Purchase, you are welcome to help redesign our page anytime.
I like the page design at lenks.net as well; Brad Purchase, you are welcome to help redesign our page anytime.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Launch Minefield now
My Mozilla Firefox kicked the bucket on my P4 2GHZ workstation. I've gone ahead and installed the latest experimental Minefield browser from Mozilla. Minefield is essentially the next version of Firefox, however many problems are fixed from the previous version. Unfortunately all add ons won't work unless you use the nightly tester tools. It's not THAT new though, other bloggers {downloadsquad.com, ostatic.com) have been using it, they have blogged about how great Minefield works quite some time in the past.
If you're still using Firefox, I highly recommend upgrading. I've been testing it personally for a while, it's stable and 10% faster than Google Chrome. The restore session dialog, which I love using, is much improved from previous versions of Firefox. I use Minefield to surf NullShells Networks as well.
If you're still using Firefox, I highly recommend upgrading. I've been testing it personally for a while, it's stable and 10% faster than Google Chrome. The restore session dialog, which I love using, is much improved from previous versions of Firefox. I use Minefield to surf NullShells Networks as well.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
SSL Encryption is in at Nullshells Networks
I thought I might title this "SSL Encryption is totally in at Nullshells Networks," but then I found myself heralding the 80's colloquialisms such as "totally radical man" and "totally awesome dude" back too soon. Still, that's not to say I've simply decided to hold onto a belief that humanity might just be okay with these left in the past. I figure these can make it back on their own time without my help.
In the meanwhile, take comfort while you're reading that I won't cry when you leave our blogger page to surf the rest of our web pages securely over HTTPS, which is HTTP over SSL. 128-bit SSL is the minimum standard for HTTP based secure communications. This technology is used for transmissions which might include personal information, such as online shopping. We use SSL here at NullShells Networks, and we recommend you always use the encrypted version of our web page by visiting https://nullshells.net.
Okay, you clicked the link, and it says "This Site is Untrusted", or something to that effect. It's because we use what's called a self-signed certificate. This secure certificate we use is an SSL certificate that is signed by it's own creator. That is to say the person that created the certificate has also signed off on its legitimacy. You can be sure this certificate is safe as long as you trust NullShells Networks.
We don't use certificates signed by widely trusted third parties, these are large organization where thousands of people may have access to private key information, this is an obvious security issue. Most, if not all of these third parties charge exorbitant fees for being able to generate or sign your shared certificates and personal certificates. When you want an SSL ceritifcate with a higher level of encryption than their entry level certificates, these organizations charge you. In addition to that, often times these companies sell shared certificates which are used by frighteningly vast numbers of other individuals.
However, there still are advantages to purchasing a certificate from a trusted third party, especially for those individuals who desire the backing of a trusted organization in order to boost sales. In these cases, we recommend using our servers to begin the process of creating your SSL certificate, later you can sending it off to the certificate authority of your choice.
Our servers are compatible with both self-signed, shared, and other SSL certificates which are available for integration with your websites. We're more than happy to help any of our customers with the process of getting their page setup with the SSL certificate of their choosing.
In the meanwhile, take comfort while you're reading that I won't cry when you leave our blogger page to surf the rest of our web pages securely over HTTPS, which is HTTP over SSL. 128-bit SSL is the minimum standard for HTTP based secure communications. This technology is used for transmissions which might include personal information, such as online shopping. We use SSL here at NullShells Networks, and we recommend you always use the encrypted version of our web page by visiting https://nullshells.net.
Okay, you clicked the link, and it says "This Site is Untrusted", or something to that effect. It's because we use what's called a self-signed certificate. This secure certificate we use is an SSL certificate that is signed by it's own creator. That is to say the person that created the certificate has also signed off on its legitimacy. You can be sure this certificate is safe as long as you trust NullShells Networks.
We don't use certificates signed by widely trusted third parties, these are large organization where thousands of people may have access to private key information, this is an obvious security issue. Most, if not all of these third parties charge exorbitant fees for being able to generate or sign your shared certificates and personal certificates. When you want an SSL ceritifcate with a higher level of encryption than their entry level certificates, these organizations charge you. In addition to that, often times these companies sell shared certificates which are used by frighteningly vast numbers of other individuals.
However, there still are advantages to purchasing a certificate from a trusted third party, especially for those individuals who desire the backing of a trusted organization in order to boost sales. In these cases, we recommend using our servers to begin the process of creating your SSL certificate, later you can sending it off to the certificate authority of your choice.
Our servers are compatible with both self-signed, shared, and other SSL certificates which are available for integration with your websites. We're more than happy to help any of our customers with the process of getting their page setup with the SSL certificate of their choosing.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Community and it's Security
I joined Nullshells 2 years ago, with one point in mind, security. Nullshells always offers the best security, with up to date servers, and encryption better than most banks. I was able to access IRC using SSL, making my connections anonymous. With the power of FreeBSD, I was able to ensure that other clients on Nullshells Networks couldn't see my files and folders, and I had peace of mind that the admins wouldn't look through my stuff.
Not only do I have secure and encrypted communication to and from the server using SSH, I can tunnel data, allowing me to surf the internet, without my identity being revealed. SSH also provided me with a place to backup my data securely, and with Nullshells data redundancy, I knew my data is always safe there.
Not only do I have secure and encrypted communication to and from the server using SSH, I can tunnel data, allowing me to surf the internet, without my identity being revealed. SSH also provided me with a place to backup my data securely, and with Nullshells data redundancy, I knew my data is always safe there.
Monday, September 8, 2008
NullShells Networks has awesome Web Hosting
Whenever I put up a new website here at NullShells, I'm always amazed at how fast it all happens. At NullShells I can create a website on my account with email, FTP
and DNS in less than five minutes.
Recently, I was migrating a site from a company that I paid a year in advance for cPanel/WHM hosting and it was all extremely fast. This company had given me a "too good to be true" package which was the only reason why I was there: unlimited everything with a WHM Reseller account for almost nothing. However, it was a scam, and from now on I plan to host all my stuff at NullShells.
Thanks to being scammed, I've learned an important lesson: going steady with some random cPanel host really is too dangerous. There are a number of reasons for this, but in my experience cPanel can be really frustrating, slow and even unreliable. I remember so many times Fantastico didn't properly install applications and I spent hours setting up a website that I already had done in cPanel. I also know that with our speedy custom control panel the whole process of getting my website up was so much easier.
So guess what? NullShells Networks is in the business of hosting websites! Yes, we really are! For the price of a single gormet coffee you get the ability to host up to 5 domains with FTP, email, perl, mySQL, Ruby on Rails, etc. You also get acess to our top quality support and the ability to host your website on one of the finest networks on the east coast. Don't believe me? Try us out, mention this article and you'll be entitled to a fully refundable 7 day trial period.
If you have websites hosted at another company then you should really consider contacting us. There are a lot of great web hosts out there but I personally think we're one of the best. Feel free to ask us about customizing a package for you; we can usually price match or set you up with a pay only for what you use deal. Get more and pay less with NullShells Networks!
and DNS in less than five minutes.
Recently, I was migrating a site from a company that I paid a year in advance for cPanel/WHM hosting and it was all extremely fast. This company had given me a "too good to be true" package which was the only reason why I was there: unlimited everything with a WHM Reseller account for almost nothing. However, it was a scam, and from now on I plan to host all my stuff at NullShells.
Thanks to being scammed, I've learned an important lesson: going steady with some random cPanel host really is too dangerous. There are a number of reasons for this, but in my experience cPanel can be really frustrating, slow and even unreliable. I remember so many times Fantastico didn't properly install applications and I spent hours setting up a website that I already had done in cPanel. I also know that with our speedy custom control panel the whole process of getting my website up was so much easier.
So guess what? NullShells Networks is in the business of hosting websites! Yes, we really are! For the price of a single gormet coffee you get the ability to host up to 5 domains with FTP, email, perl, mySQL, Ruby on Rails, etc. You also get acess to our top quality support and the ability to host your website on one of the finest networks on the east coast. Don't believe me? Try us out, mention this article and you'll be entitled to a fully refundable 7 day trial period.
If you have websites hosted at another company then you should really consider contacting us. There are a lot of great web hosts out there but I personally think we're one of the best. Feel free to ask us about customizing a package for you; we can usually price match or set you up with a pay only for what you use deal. Get more and pay less with NullShells Networks!
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