Get unlimited bandwidth from your host for free
Get unlimited bandwidth from your host for free
NOTE: This applies only to specific hosting companies,
due to the
specific setup needed and does have its drawbacks.
While setting up hosting space with a specific company I
often deal
with, I noticed that they used a shared IP. (IP shared
by two or more
websites/domains.) Well, the rates for unlimited
bandwidth were
around $50+ per month, which I found unreasonable. I
didnt require
much space, and didnt want to be limited to a mere 3 gig
of traffic
per month.
Back on track... When setting up the acct, the hosting
company needs
to know the domain name so that they can direct it
accordingly.
(example: 'http://www.123.4.567.890/~user1/ ,
'http://www.123.4.567.890/~user2/ etc)
At this point you can give a url that doesnt belong to
you at all. As
long as the nameservers dont change, that should have
absolutly no
negative effects on you or your site whatsoever.
How it works is this:
The host propogates you a certain amount space on its
servers, and
monitors the traffic that enters their space through the
domain its
registered under. Being that the domain isn't connected
to the site
at all, it registers ZERO traffic.
Zero traffic registered = can't possibly go over
bandwidth
restrictions
can't possibly go over bandwidth restrictions = free
unlimited
bandwidth
Now the problems with this (besides the ethical ones) is
that your
host may offer X amount of mail addys with the acct
(you@y...) and these will not work, as the name isnt on
their
DNS. However, some domain companies allow you to set it
up
regardless. Another problem seems to be strictly
cosmetic, but can be
highly problematic... Once you attach the domain you
want onto the
site, each page comes up/w the ip/UN the host propagated
to your
acct. Its at this point where you have to have a
phenominal 10-15
character alphanumerical or better (#, &, etc) pw, or
your site will
be vulnerable to attack since the attacker already has
your UN. This
only gives attackers a slight advantage as the amount of
time it
would take to brute force a 10 character pw @ a rate of
1,000,000 per
second is 10 years. Add numbers and case sensitivity to
that and it
becomes approx 26,980 years.
While I'm on it, I may as well add that if you use this
method,
obviously you are going to be using the lowest cost
hosting plan
available, which in turn will offer the least amount of
space. Thats
why free hosts were invented.
Free hosts suck as a general rule. Who wants a site
smothered in ads?
However, if you upload all your programs, graphics and
other large
files (have a backup of course) to a reliable free host
and target
them accordingly from your site you have just freed up a
signifigant
amount of space. The only setback/w this is having to
keep an index
card or file around/w your pws, as you should never use
the same one
twice, and want to use complicated ones.
