[Phpip-support] HotScripts.com December Newsletter

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Greetings all,



First off, thanks to our Creative Director, Greg Pabst, for the revamped

newsletter design.



An* important note* to all our listings partners: Please make sure that

you update your listings to reflect the new licensing information. As of

the 15th of December 2004, we will no longer display old pricing

information.



2005 brings with it an uncertainty as to what?s ahead in the year to

come, but one thing you can be sure of is that HotScripts.com will be

one of the more friendly places on the planet to be!



Our CEO, Ryan Elledge, is currently mapping out the year ahead, Ryan

Huff and I have been busy in the forums, and Sherry is feverishly

answering the truckload of support tickets. 2005 is going to be huge!



Remember to keep your comments coming to: new...@ho...

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- Ahmad Permessur

Newsletter Editor



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HotScripts.com Interview





To the world, Mat Sumpter is someone, but to iNET Interactive, Mat is

the world! Mat just turned 20, and he was also just promoted to Lead

Developer at iNET Interactive, LLC. Also known as 'The Prohacker', Mat

kindly took some time from his busy schedule to answer a few

questions for us about himself, his new responsibilities and

HotScripts.com. Joining me for an exclusive online interview, ladies and

gentleman... it's Mat Sumpter.



*HotScripts: Many of our readers are aware of your nickname but many are

not. You are a.k.a. ?The Prohacker.? Tell us about the name. *



Mat: I received the name ?The Prohacker' several years ago from a group

of friends on IRC that knew my specialty was taking a program, piece of

hardware, or even just an idea,  and making it work. I love the

challenge of figuring something new out and making it do something that

it wasn't originally meant to do.



* **HotScripts: Congratulations on your new promotion to Lead

Developer!  Please share with us some of your responsibilities as the

new Lead Developer for iNET Interactive, LLC? *



Mat: At iNET, everyone has to wear many hats. I am responsible for

server maintenance and security, along with coordinating projects on all

our properties. At the beginning of the day I could be planning the

method of delivery for the HotScripts.com newsletter and by the end I'm

repairing a desktop computer in the office.



*HotScripts: So you are responsible for the maintenance and development

of iNET's websites and cluster of servers? How many web servers are we

talking about? *



Mat: Yes, I am responsible for the day to day operations of the iNET

Interactive cluster which can include adding new sites, upgrading

software, and investigating new solutions. The cluster hosting

HotScripts and all of our properties is comprised of 5 web servers (Dual

Xeon, 2GBs of RAM, RAID 5 SCSI array), 4 database servers (Dual Xeon,

4GBs of RAM, RAID 5 SCSI array), along with several other supporting

servers for mail, DNS, and advertising.



*HotScripts: Have there been any recent additions to the iNET cluster of

websites? *



Mat: We just acquired HostVoice.com, after which it was my

responsibility to move it to our cluster and ensure it was functioning

properly.



*HotScripts: HotScripts.com is one of the most popular properties of

iNET, what kind of security measures are taken to protect a site like

HotScripts.com? *



Mat: In the world today there are many kinds of threats, the most common

of which is the Denial of Service or Distributed Denial of Service

attack. Many of our large sites like HotScripts.com have been subject to

these sorts of attacks which spurred us to invest in a technology that

lessens their affect. RackSpace informed us of their service,

PrevenTier, which is an improvement of the "Guard" produced by Riverhead

Networks. Currently PrevenTier protects our entire network of sites.



*HotScripts: Do you ever have a need to use HotScripts.com yourself? *



Mat: Whenever I need ideas on how to do something I'll run over to

HotScripts and look for projects that meet the same basic criteria and

view other options.**



*HotScripts: What new projects does iNET have in the works for 2005?



Mat: We have several projects up and coming for 2005. On the shortlist

is a re-write of HostingCatalog and HostVoice, both of which will have

all new back-ends and other features that will help distinguish both

sites as the best in their category.





*HotScripts: Anything else from iNET in 2005? *



Mat: Based on feedback from our customers we are planning a complete

re-write of the billing system to make the purchasing of advertising

more efficient and easier on the end-user. One feature will allow

HotScripts listing owners to purchase a sponsored listing and submit

their listing ID, making this almost a fully automated process. We also

have numerous other plans but there isn't enough room to list them all here!



*HotScripts: Sounds awesome! What are some features of the new billing

system?



*Mat: Our plan is to make the media buying experience much easier with a

public shopping cart that will lay out our options much clearer to the

advertiser than the present system. We are also going to build in a

support system and knowledge base for faster resolution to issues. [ /We

can't wait, a user searchable knowledge base !/ ]



*HotScripts: Wow, only 20 years old and so much responsibility! How cool

is it to be the Lead Developer for iNET Interactive, owners of many

sites like HotScripts and WebHostingTalk?



*Mat: I must say its a very interesting experience to have so much

responsibility, but I enjoy coming to work every day and working with

the great people here!



/[The Prohacker is certainly wise beyond his years; his position speaks

for itself.] /*



*HotScripts: Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to talk with

us Prohacker.





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