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Having the proper caching mechanisms in place is one of the most important things you can do to speed up the delivery of your website's assets. Caching ensures that assets are stored somewhere closer to the user so that latency incurred by distance…
Incomplete or partial downloads occur when a client is in the process of downloading a file and the connection gets interrupted, thus resulting in an incomplete download of a file. Typically, this occurs due to a connection error on the client side…
As we spend more and more of our lives online, the security of our online communications becomes increasingly important. From banking and shopping to social media and email, we rely on the internet to connect us to the people and services we need…
Have you ever heard of Google Espresso? No, We're not talking about a coffee drink, we're talking about a part of Google's Software Defined Networking (SDN) strategy. So, grab a cup of coffee (or tea if you prefer) and let's dive in! According to…
An IP address, or Internet Protocol address, is a unique identifier used to connect a device to the Internet. It allows us to distinguish one machine from another and can provide valuable information such as geographic location data, the name of the…
If you've ever tried to access a website or a resource online that has taken a long time to load, you'll know that it can be frustrating. In certain cases, these long waiting periods are due to the fact that your request is far away from the…
In terms of security, authentication and authorization are two extremely important topics. Although both terms may seem similar, they have two very distinct meanings. However, in many cases, they both work in conjunction with one another when it…
Before making a request to a website, web protocols are increasingly requiring the discovery of what's called "site-wide" metadata. This metadata essentially provides policy or other information pertaining to that particular site. The…
There are a few services that can be used to conduct load balancing - two of which are HAProxy and Nginx. Although you might be more familiar with Nginx as a web server, it can also be used as a load balancer. For those in need of a load balancer and…
We've covered the topic of what a DNS server is in the past and explained how they work. Basically, a DNS server is used to resolve a particular domain to its IP equivalent. However, this process takes time since once a new website request is made…