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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:11:41 pm | by StuartYeates | Revert |
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-VPS = Virtual Private Server
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-A Virtual Private Server allows you to have full access to a server, just like a dedicated server.
-The Difference is that one computer runs several of these servers.
+Acronym for __V__irtual __P__rivate __S__erver
-**
RimuHosting runs Linux VPS's
+An OperatingSystem (often [Linux] or [Solaris]) set up to appear to be a server when it's actaully a VirtualMachine, a useful tool for [ISP]s and other 3rd party server providers.
RimuHosting runs Linux [VPS]'s
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+The [Kernel] RandomNumberGenerator (/dev/random) should not be trusted on a [
VPS], because while it thinks it
's looking at real network timing information, the underlying OperatingSystem also has full access to the same information.
