December 23rd, 2010 shadmin
Please note that the main IP address for server tiger.sinohosting.net is now changed to the following: 121.127.250.204 ;
If you are using our domain name servers then there should be no change required from your end. You will simply need to update your FTP settings to the new value. If you are using an external DNS however you will need to update your records there.
For clients having their own dedicated IP address on this server there should be no change whatsoever unless further instructions.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Should you have any question feel free to open a support ticket from our website.
We wish you a happy holiday.
The Management
www.sinohosting.net
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December 19th, 2010 shadmin
We are seeing a DDoS attack on the main IP of this server, we have contacted datacenter for assistance. If you are a client on this server and find your site offline, please open a support ticket to have your site pointed to a different IP. Thank you for your understanding.
The Management
www.sinohosting.net
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December 6th, 2010 shadmin
We have done a few updates to our Hong Kong HKDS-3 and HKDS4 plans.
1) New servers for those plans will now be hosted at the New World Telecom datacenter. HKDS-1 and HKDS-2 will continue to be hosted at Diyixian datacenter.
2) The HKDS-4 specifications have been upgraded to the following:
-CPU: Intel core i5 650 (3.20GHz)
-RAM: 4GB
-HDD: 500GB SATA
-2 IP addresses
-Unmetered bandwidth
3) The HKDS-4 is now available on a monthly basis, at RMB2,500/month with a one-time RMB200 setup fee (previously this plan was available only for a minimum 3 month contract). From three months and beyond there is no setup fee as for our other Hong Kong dedicated servers packages.
The Management
www.sinohosting.net
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November 10th, 2010 shadmin
Our server hkta.sinohosting.net has been down since late this morning, and attempts to contact the datacenter (Tele Asia) have so far been unsuccessful. We do not have an ETA about when the server will be back online. Clients hosted on the server hkta.sinohosting.net, as well as some of our Hong Kong VPS clients are affected.
We apologize for the inconvenience and do our best in order to get the server back online asap. Unfortunately as we do not have a physical access to the server we can only wait for the Tele Asia staff to solve it. Downtime credits will be applied to all accounts affected.
If you have a backup of your site and wants to be migrated to a new server, please open a support ticket through our client area and our admins will set up a new account for you within 1h.
The Management
www.sinohosting.net
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November 1st, 2010 shadmin
We have just received a short maintenance notice from Tele Asia datacenter, where our shared hosting server hkta.sinohosting.net , as well as our Hong Kong Linux VPS node are hosted. Clients hosted at these two servers will be affected. We apologize for the short notice as we were also notified this morning only.
Subject: Scheduled Maintenance at Tele-Asia, 01/11/10
Maintenance in our data centre is scheduled to commence at 10AM (HKT, GMT+8), November 1st 2010 for approx 2 hours. During this period, your server may be affected by these works. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind Regards
Tele-Asia Support
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September 16th, 2010 shadmin
Following a notice from the CNNIC, domestic registrars are currently investigating .cn domain names in order to make sure owners have provided the required documentation. In January this year we have sent mails to all our clients to request them to provide both their passport copy and copy of business license (when applicable) in order to comply with the CNNIC requirements. If you have registered a .cn domain name with us and your site has stopped resolving then it means you haven’t sent us the documents or these documents have not been accepted as valid by the registrar. Such domains show “ClientHold” as status when doing a whois search instead of the normal value (“OK”).
In case you are concerned by the situation above, please send immediately to our support email:
-The passport copy of your registrant (the registrant would be the client who purchased the domain name from us, which you can also verify by doing a whois search)
-A scan copy of your business license or certificate of incorporation (if domain was registered for a company).
As soon as we receive these documents we will transfer them to the appropriate registrar for the domain name to be reactivated.
For any questions on the above issue, you can email to our support department or open a support ticket using your client details.
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August 22nd, 2010 shadmin
As we have added a new datacenter provider in Hong Kong, we are now able to lower our price for dedicated IP address in Hong Kong for shared hosting accounts. The new price is RMB980/year, which is almost RMB700 cheaper than before.
Dedicated IP addresses are recommended for companies who do not want to have their sites sharing the same IP with other unrelated websites, which can be found easily through some free online tools. On the other hand, they are required for clients running ecommerce sites and requiring to install a SSL certificate.
Finally, please note that Hong Kong IP addresses are available free of charge on our Enterprise Email Hosting plans.
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July 28th, 2010 shadmin
Since yesterday evening our hkta.sinohosting.net server as well as our Hong Kong VPS node with IP starting from 91.207 are experiencing some outages resulting on websites on that server being unavailable. From the preliminary information from our datacenter this would be due to a DDoS attack. We are working on this issue together with our Hong Kong datacenter in order to get these servers back online within today. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
The Management
www.sinohosting.net
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July 27th, 2010 shadmin
In our constant search to provide the best value for our clients, we are proud to announce that as of today all our enterprise email hosting plans will now come with a free dedicated IP address.
With a dedicated IP address, risks of the IP being blacklisted, which affects from time to time accounts on shared servers, will be basically removed. This will also improve email delivery and the overall service level.
All dedicated IP addresses will have a reverse DNS in place as before.
If you currently have an enterprise email hosting plan, you can contact us to get your account setup with a free dedicated IP address as well.
Above offer is valid for accounts hosted on Hong Kong or USA servers only, we are unable to offer this service for email hosting plans hosted on our mainland China servers.
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June 30th, 2010 shadmin
From June 19th to July 19th, the ministry of industry and information technology will proceed to an upgrade to its ICP license system. During the upgrade, new ICP applications will not be accepted, and from June 5th, changes to existing ICP licenses will not be processed.
The new system make application for an ICP license even more complex. New changes include, among others:
1-On top of the national ICP system, which is managed by the ministry of industry and information technology, a provincial communication administration and server provider ICP systems have been introduced. There are now therefore three levels of approvals, with the applicant entering details through the server provider ICP system, which then will forward to the provincial communication administration, and finally to the national ICP system under the ministry of industry and information technology.
2-The server provider needs to verify the information provided by the applicant (telephone number, mobile, email, address etc.) and sign a document to provide to the ministry of information attesting that such verification has been properly conducted.
3-A “domain name certificate” has been added to the list of documents to provide with the application. Considering that such certificates are typically issued by Chinese registrars only, it might signal that foreign registered domain names cannot anymore be used to apply for the ICP license.
4-The domain name owner name (as per domain name certificate) must correspond to the company name on the ICP license application.
5-A copy of the business license certificate, and Chinese ID card of contact person must be provided (previously, only the license numbers and ID cards numbers were required to file on the application form).
6-The contact person must come in person to the server provider office and have its photograph taken (we will see the possibility of avoiding this by having applicant provide a photograph by email; instructions to be provided upon request)
7-All application documents must now be sent in hard copy to the server provider.
8-The ICP application system website will now be changed to www.miitbeian.gov.cn
The three level application documents and the expanded list of documents make the whole ICP application much more difficult, and we estimate that it would push the application time from the current 2 to 3 weeks to a minimum of 1 to 3 months.
More rules or updates may come from the ministry of industry and information technology between now and the official launch of the new system on July 2oth, we will update this post accordingly.
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