To ensure the up most security on our servers we operate strict firewalls on all our servers to help protect our clients sites, such as automatically blocking users who incur too many login failures.

Because of this legitimate customers can sometimes find themselves blocked and unable to access the server. Until now clients have needed to contact the support desk to have the blocks removed, which is why we have now developed the “Firewall Unblocker” tool within the client area.

The firewall unblocker tool enables clients to simply login and view any blocks which might be in effect on their current IP address and remove them.

You can find a link to the Firewall Unblocker page on the right hand side menu in your client area:

Here you will find all the servers which you have services on with details of any blocks which might be in effect for your current IP address:

To remove blocks, simply click the “UNBLOCK ME NOW” link and the block will be removed from the firewall within 1 – 5 minutes.

We welcome any comments or questions regarding this, simply leave a comment below, tweet us @xdnet, comment on facebook or simply get in touch with support [at] xdnet.co.uk and we’ll be happy to help.

Recently the 10 millionth .UK domain was registered and to celebrate this the .UK registry Nominet are giving away 30 brand new iPad 3′s (16gb wifi)!

10 million domains registered is a huge achievement for the .UK registry and underlines the growth of the UK internet economy, with .co.uk as the go-to domain for UK businesses growing strongly with around a million new registrations in the last year alone.

.UK domains are a great way to show you do business in the UK with 80% of internet users preferring .UK results when searching line. There really isn’t a better time to get on board and grab your slice of the .UK namespace with your own .UK domain.

XDnet offer all .UK extensions including: .co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, .ltd.uk, .plc.uk and .net.uk – So why not join 10 million others and get yours now!  - Don’t forget for a limited time you can still save 20% on all domain registrations using the promo code 235TLDS at checkout.

How do I win an iPad?

Every single .co.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk domain registered or renewed between 28th March 2012 and 26th April 2012 will automatically be entered into the price draw to win an iPad 3 over the 30 day promotional period (one prize per day).

Winners are chosen at random at 5PM every day.

Note: This draw is only open for UK residents. For full terms and conditions please see Nominet’s Offical website here.

XDnet Web Services is pleased to announce we have increased our domain offering considerably again with the introduction of an additional 83 new TLDs, with this we have also reduced the prices of 26 TLDs considerably.

This brings the total domain extensions/TLDs up to an impressive, 235 extensions total.

New TLDs include:

• .AS
• .CD
• .GD
• .HT
• .MU
• .MY
• .ST
• .TL
• .TO
• .VC
• And many more!

Reduced TLDs include:

• .PRO – Now: £20! (Was: £75)
• .TV Now: £10 (Was: £25)
• .AM – Now: £70 (Was: £85)
• .IO – Now: £50 (Was: £75)
• .JP – Now: £60 (Was: £125)
• .LA – Now: £40 (Was: £45)
• .SH – Now: £55 (Was: £75)
• .SO Now: £20 (Was: £35)
• .TC Now: £20 (Was: £35)
• .TM Now: £100 (Was: £140)
• And many more!

As always, to celebrate the introduction of our new TLDs and price reductions, why not save some more!

Save 20% off ALL TLDs using coupon code: 235TLDS at checkout!

All GlobalSign branded SSL Certificates (excludes AlphaSSL) issued on and after 22nd December 2011 will start benefitting from FREE Malware Monitoring on their websites.

If you have a GlobalSign SSL Certificate from XDnet your site will benefit from daily HackAlert scans which can identify any pages infected by drive-by downloads and provide alarms for “zero-day” malware threats hidden in your websites, protecting you and your users from the damaging effects of malware.

If malware is detected by HackAlert it will instantly email you with details, including the offending code snippet of the malware so you can quickly remove it from your website.

Every day thousands of websites are hacked and used to distribute malware to the websites visitors. Such malware is developed to compromise PCs and spread viruses, hijack computers or steal personal information.

Unless remedied quickly, an infected website will quickly be flagged or blacklisted by Google for hosting malicious content, you can expect traffic to your site to drop significantly when potential customers see worrying warnings about your website potentially harming their computers.

HackAlert acts as an early warning system against zero-day attacks. By passively monitoring your website and identifying breaches quickly – giving you time to remove malicious code before too much damage is caused.

Malware left on your site can cause untold damage to your brand and permanently associate your brand/site with malware and untrusted with users and search engines. Sites found to be hosting malware or malicious code may also be suspended by XDnet Web Services until the offending items are removed.

Today we are pleased to announce that XDnet Web Services is now a GlobalSign Authorised Partner enabling us to directly sell SSL Certificates and other security services at discount prices. This has enabled us to again sell a full range of SSL Certificates  so that our clients can easily add the protection of peace and mind of SSL to their sites.

To celebrate our partnership and relaunch of our SSL Certificates we’re offering everyone an incredible 15% off any certificate using promo code “SSLISBACK” on checkout. Grab your certificate today and save a bundle!

Today (18th November) many will be raising money for Children in Need and enjoying a fantastic evening of entertainment on the BBC. We at XDnet want to do our part, and are pledging to donate 50% of ALL new Web Hosting orders received between the 18th November and 25th November inclusive.

It’s that simple, so why not order your hosting today and help a wonderful cause at the same time?

The amount which will be donated will be 50% of the Web Hosting order, this means if you purchase the Advanced package on monthly basis we will donate £3.50. If you purcase the Advanced package on a yearly basis we will donate £35.00 to Children in Need from your order.

Many Thanks,

Dan Rodgers, XDnet.co.uk

We’ve been busy working hard to provide the best domain deals, and we are pleased to announce massive price drops on 14 TLDs as well as awesome promotions we’re currently running on top TLDs too!

Promotions:

• .ME for £10.00 – Grab your slice of the web with a .Me domain for just £10!! That’s a £15 saving!
• .IN for £3.50 – We have managed to secure the incredible .In pricing again for a limited time – get In and grab a bargain with all .IN domains now just £3.50!
• .EU for £5.00 – We have extended our .EU promotion so you can still get your .EU domains at half price for just a fiver!
• .CO for £19.00 (2nd Level) – Save £6 on .CO domains and grab great global domain! (You can also save £6 on 3rd level .CO domains such as .net.co for just £14!)

Price Drops:

.AC – Was: £95 – Now: £75

.AG – Was: £120 – Now: £110

.AM – Was: £110 – Now: £85

.CM – Was: £200 – Now: £120

.FM – Was: £110 – Now: £75

.GS – Was: £95 – Now: £35

.COM.HN – Was: £110 – Now: £45

.IE – Was: £50 – Now: £45

.IO – Was: £95 – Now: £75

.ME – Was: £25 – Now: £20

.MS – Was: £95 – Now: £45

.SH – Was: £110 – Now: £75

.TC – Was: £95 – Now: £35

.VG – Was: £95 – Now: £45

Get your perfect domain today!

Don’t forget to check out our Offers page and Follow @xdnet on Twitter for the latest offers and discounts and save a bundle!

The XDnet .IN Domain hack competition closed last night and we have now selected our winners!

The winning entries were selected because they were considered to be the most interesting, amusing & awesome .IN domain hacks.

• Lewis (@lewymd) – RickRoll.in
• Bilal (@BilalBM) – ibetripp.in
• Gareth (@GamerGaz) – damageb.in
• Peter – bignight.in
• Simon – shutupandget.in

We are pleased to announce that XDnet have  now officially partnered with CloudFlare.

As a certified partner we can provide users with easy integration with CloudFlare direct from cPanel with the click of a button!

Enabling your site to use CloudFlare is easy and brings huge benefits to both you and your users, on average sites using CloudFlare:

• Load 40% faster
• Uses 60% less bandwidth
• Sees 65% fewer requests
• Is vastly more secure!

XDnet Web Services are pleased to launch even more domains bringing out current total to 151 domain TLDs available!

We now provide one of the widest selection of domain types available, with more than 30% of ALL TLDs available, and we are working hard with registries to provide even more! We are aiming to increase our selection further in the coming months and are aiming to support more than 45% of all available TLDs by 2012.

We of course want to celebrate this with a great 20% off most* domains when using promotional coupon “151tlds” at checkout! What are you waiting for? Get your domain now!

New Domain TLDs include:

As well as many others, check the out and grab yours today!

* Excluded TLDs include: .travel, .tm, .md, .jobs, .cm, .co.at, .ag, .af, .com.af, .net.af, .org.af