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Protect your data with Whois Privacy service

The data of Subscribers of global domains registered to a company is presented in the public Whois database by default. Being an entrepreneur and using .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz domains, you must remember that without additional protection your name, email address or phone number can be known to anyone. We offer Whois Privacy, which allows you, as a global domain registrant, to effectively protect your data from being shared with anyone. When registering an Internet domain, you must provide your and your company’s contact information. This is required by domain registries, including ICANN, which is the institution responsible not only for granting Internet domain names and determining their structure, but also for the general supervision of the operation of DNS servers worldwide. Information about all subscribers is stored in the Whois database, from which it can be obtained by anyone, unfortunately, not excluding spammers, direct marketing agencies or even identity thieves. To protect yourself against this, all you need to do is use Whois Privacy. How Whois Privacy protects your data? When registering a domain for a business, you must provide your full contact information. Anyone who wants to can find your name, mailing address, email or phone number in the Whois database. With Whois Privacy, the information about you and your company that you provide when placing an order is automatically secured, giving you greater privacy. Whois Privacy for global domains The Whois Privacy service, which is available from netart.com, makes it possible to effectively protect the information of .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz domain registrants. It allows you to protect, among other things, your name, e mail address, postal address or phone number from being disclosed in the public Whois database. The Whois Privacy service is an excellent way to not only reduce the amount of spam you receive, but also to eliminate advertising offers from entities that get in touch with you not from the Web site, but from information in the domain database. Remember that NetArt Group, of which netart.com is a part, is directly accredited by ICANN. This significantly increases the security of your data, as no one outside the NetArt Group, processes information about you and your company.

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Extended Lifecycle Support for PHP 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

PHP is one of the most popular programming languages widely used in building websites and web applications. To appreciate all its possibilities and enjoy full code security, you should use only the latest versions of PHP, which are constantly updated. This year, the creators of the language decided to change the support cycle for PHP 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3, extending it from 3 to 4 years, counting from the release of a specific version. This is important news for webmasters. Support of PHP publishers The PHP language has always been appreciated for its simple syntax and speed of operation. It can be found in almost all types of websites, from small blogs to complex portals. The key to success is using the latest version of PHP, which not only ensures faster website operation, but above all offers better protection against cyberattacks. Each version of PHP has its own support cycle from the software developers. Using versions that are no longer updated is associated with serious risk. Of course, sometimes there are situations when changing PHP is not possible due to the withdrawal of a function or a new syntax format. All webmasters know that improving the code of a website is not always easy and quick to carry out. For this reason, some users do not change the PHP version to the latest one on their hosting. PHP publishers have noticed this problem and decided to significantly extend the support periods for the currently available versions 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3. PHP 8.1, PHP 8.2 and PHP 8.3 Lifecycle Extension The creators of the PHP language, meeting the needs of webmasters who for some reason cannot use the most up-to-date versions, have almost doubled the time in which they commit to providing security patches for current releases. Until now, the life cycle of each PHP version first included 2 years of comprehensive support and development of functionality, and then an additional year of solving security problems only. Now this last stage has been extended twice, thanks to which PHP 8.1 will receive critical security updates until 12/31/2025, PHP 8.2 until 12/31/2026, and PHP 8.3 until the end of 2027. Following the changes introduced by the PHP publishers, the support periods for versions 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 on CloudHosting at netart.com have also been updated. They remain consistent with the terms introduced by the developers of this language. Remember! If you are not using supported PHP versions on your CloudHosting, we recommend an appropriate update. We have prepared a manual for you and your webmaster https://www.netart.com/gb/support-center/docs/changing-the-php-version-on-the-server. In addition, you can also report your desire to change PHP to our team of specialists at any time by selecting the appropriate item from the IT Services available to you https://www.netart.com/gb/it-services/.

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Learn about the advantages of using SSL certificates

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your private data fell into the wrong hands? Every day millions of Internet users enter information about themselves online, hoping to keep it safe. Unfortunately, without a proper protection mechanism, they can very easily be intercepted by cybercriminals. SSL certificates play a key role in ensuring confidentiality and are the foundation for secure online browsing and information transfer. Check out the dangers of not encrypting your sites with SSL certificates. The primary advantage of SSL certificates is to ensure the security of communication between the user and the server. SSL certificates encrypt information that becomes unreadable to cyber criminals. Passwords, personal or billing data, are protected from unauthorized access thanks to SSL certificates. What would happen if the encrypted connection was missing? Without encryption, data entering the network becomes an easy target. Cybercriminals can easily intercept unprotected information and learn their victim’s name, email address, mailing address or credit card number. Hacking techniques, such as Man-in-the-Middle attacks, allow criminals to take control of an Internet connection and collect valuable information without users’ knowledge. This, in turn, exposes everyone to potential financial loss and website owners to additional loss of trust and reputation. A data breach is a real financial threat that can even turn into a company’s downfall. The costs associated with repairing the damage after a data leak can be enormous, starting with those for hiring lawyers, to financial penalties and expenses for image restoration. In many cases, such consequences can seriously threaten the stability of a company and even lead to its closure. That’s why investing in the right security measures, such as netartSSL certificates, is even essential to protect the future of any business. Secure your site with netart.com Investing in a netartSSL certificate is a step towards ensuring security, user trust, and better online visibility. When looking for a reliable SSL certificate provider, you should choose netart.com. NetartSSL certificates are issued immediately, and if needed, their users receive technical support at every stage of configuration. In addition, netartSSL Premium certificates feature ECDSA encryption, based on the elliptic curve algorithm. Thus, they provide a much higher level of security than RSA certificates, while putting less strain on hosting. Check out the SSL certificate offerings at netart.com now and rest assured about your data and your company’s reputation!

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osTicket: A modern tool for customer service

The success of any business depends on effective and efficient customer service. In the era of high expectations from users, modern companies should use advanced tools to ensure efficient communication with the recipients of their services and goods. The osTicket software available from netart.com stands out against this background. It is a proven and popular tool designed to support service departments in companies and institutions. Comprehensive customer service osTicket is a comprehensive solution that enables effective communication with customers in particular for managing requests and tasks. osTicket, offered by netart.com, is ready to go as soon as it is activated. Thanks to its immediate availability, companies and institutions that want to use it can quickly deploy it in production. In doing so, they do not have to bear the costs of hardware, installation and subsequent maintenance.  Speed of implementation Introducing osTicket as a tool in a company not only results in an improved customer experience, but also represents an excellent investment. The software is user-friendly for both users and the companies that use it. With features such as process automation, intelligent assignment of requests or support for multi-channel communication, osTicket enables higher levels of efficiency and satisfaction among company customers, regardless of industry. This is helped, for example, by the automatic delegation of messages to specific employees or teams. The monitoring of progress in resolving tickets itself is done through the statuses given to them. With their help, the company can easily verify assumptions related to the support process. With features such as process automation, intelligent ticket assignment and multi-channel communication support, osTicket enables companies to achieve higher levels of efficiency and customer satisfaction. The alert system built into osTicket enables employees to receive information about new requests. This has a positive impact on the speed of responses. Security One of osTicket’s key strengths is its security. In an era of increasing cybercrime threats, data security is a priority for any organisation. osTicket offers advanced security mechanisms that protect the confidentiality and integrity of data. It has an access control option so that employees handling specific areas can only view the information to which they are entitled. Launch osTicket at netart.com and stay ahead of the competition Implementing osTicket in your company means not only improving your customer service, but also investing in the future. Using modern software means applying best practices in the area of service. It makes it easy to stay ahead of the competition. That is why osTicket is the perfect choice for companies that want to be better than others. Secure, modern and easy to use – osTicket is an indispensable tool for any organisation that aims to have the best possible relationship with its customers.

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Make your website billion times more secure with an ECDSA SSL certificate

ECDSA SSL certificates are a breakthrough in website security. By using a smaller key size, they improve website performance, while reducing the burden placed on a website’s hosting service. Billion times more secure than RSA SSL certificates, they are particularly recommended to online businesses, large organizations or public bodies. If you are currently using another type of certificate, replace it with the netartSSL Premium ECDSA certificate as soon as possible. Ensure all your websites are safe and secure After logging in to CloudHosting Panel you can check whether connections with all your sites are encrypted. From the WWW and FTP menu, choose SSL Certificates, and then make sure that the list of domain names without the SSL certificate protection is empty. If it contains any Internet addresses, click ‘Activate SSL certificate’ next to a domain name. In a few seconds the netartSSL Premium certificate with ECDSA encryption will be enabled for this domain name. Is the connection with a website encrypted? If you want to check whether the connection with a currently visited web page is encrypted, simply look at the web browser’s address bar. If you can see a padlock symbol or https:// instead of http://, you are using a secure connection on which no one can eavesdrop. If you click the padlock, you can also verify who issued the certificate, for which website, and when it expires. The ECDSA algorithm and its advantages Two types of SSL certificates are commonly used on the Internet today: RSA and ECDSA. To determine the stronger of these types, scientists simulated long-term attacks designed to compromise these security measures. For both the algorithms it was observed that if a longer key was used, more time was needed to break it. However, a significant difference between RSA and ECDSA was revealed: a much shorter ECDSA key, as opposed to an RSA key, requires many times longer period to break. In addition, a longer ECDSA key did not increase the load placed on server resources. For these reasons, ECDSA was chosen as a natural RSA’s successor.  What does this mean for website owners? If you are using netartSSL Premium ECDSA certificates, you can be sure that a higher level of security will not compromise your website’s performance, as would be the case with RSA. What should be emphasized is that ECDSA certificates already conform to government data security standards published by public bodies such as the National Security Agency (the U.S.) and the Federal Office for Information Security (Germany), and they also comply with current industry requirements. netartSSL Premium certificates with ECDSA encryption The netartSSL Premium certificate with ECDSA P-384 encryption ensure a security level of up to 7680 bits, while commercially available RSA certificates offer a security level of only 2048 bits. To illustrate how much additional protection is provided by the netartSSL Premium certificate, let us assume that a 2048-bit RSA key is a grain of sand. For such proportions, the security level of the ECDSA P-384 key based on the elliptic curve cryptography will amount to more than the number of grains of sand on Earth! The difference is therefore quite noticeable at first sight. Replace your current certificate with an ECDSA certificate If you are selling goods online, publish a large blog, or manage a complex portal, you should make sure that your website not only loads fast but also guarantees the highest possible level of security for its users. As a matter of fact, the website loading time and the adequate security are important also for any other website, which is why the netartSSL Premium certificate is currently the most popular certificate offered by netart.com. If you are using an RSA certificate or have no website protection at all, go to https://www.netart.com/gb/ssl-certificate/ and order the netartSSL Premium certificate, the one recommended to all website owners.

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