VPSbitVPS and privacy-hosting glossary
Plain-English definitions of hosting and privacy terms. Each page is a full article with honest limits and internal links to the products that match.
Hosting basics
- NVMe vs SSD hostingNVMe beats SATA SSD on latency and parallel I/O; what you feel on a VPS depends on the whole storage fabric. The numbers…
- What is KVM virtualization?True virtualization with your own kernel and reserved resources, versus shared-container hosting. What the difference me…
Privacy and payment
- What is no-KYC hosting?No-KYC hosting defined: no ID, no documents, no phone at signup. What it protects, what it cannot do, and how to judge a…
- Bulletproof vs offshore hostingBulletproof hosting ignores abuse to carry crime; offshore hosting changes jurisdiction while obeying local law. A compa…
- What is offshore hosting?Hosting placed in a jurisdiction chosen for legal, political or fiscal reasons. What it changes, what it does not, and w…
Jurisdiction and policy
- The 5, 9 and 14 Eyes, explainedThe 5, 9 and 14 Eyes are intelligence-sharing alliances, not hosting laws. Who sits in each tier, what they do and don't…
- Is DMCA-ignored hosting legal?A host that files copyright notices without action. What that policy actually is, what it is not, what still gets action…
- What is a warrant canary?A periodically signed statement that no warrants, subpoenas or gag orders have arrived. How silence works as a signal — …
Networking and IP
- What is a clean IP?A clean IP has no spam or abuse history on Spamhaus and the major blocklists. How IP reputation works, where a dirty add…
- What is reverse DNS?Reverse DNS maps an IP back to a hostname through a PTR record. How the mechanism works, why mail filters demand it, and…
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