Whois & Analysis for idfnv.com

SHOUTcast is cross-platform proprietary software for streaming media over the Internet.

The software, developed by Nullsoft, is available free of charge.

It allows digital audio content, primarily in MP3 or High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding format, to be broadcast to and from media player software, enabling the creation of Internet radio "stations".

Icecast is a streaming media project released as free software maintained by the Xiph.org Foundation.

It also refers specifically to the server program which is part of the project.

Icecast was created in December 1998/January 1999 by Jack Moffitt and Barath Raghavan to provide an open source audio streaming server that anyone could modify, use, and tinker with.

Version 2 was started in 2001, a ground-up rewrite aimed at multi-format support (initially targeting Ogg Vorbis) and scalability; this rewrite was released in January 2004.

A seedbox is a remote server hosted in a high-bandwidth data center used for the safe uploading and downloading of digital files.

These speeds range from 100Mbit/s (12.5MB/s) to 10Gbit/s (1250MB/s).

Persons with access to a seedbox can download these files to their personal computers anonymously.

A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting service.

A dedicated hosting service, dedicated server, or managed hosting service is a type of Internet hosting in which the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone else.

This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system, hardware, etc.

There is also another level of dedicated or managed hosting commonly referred to as complex managed hosting.

Complex Managed Hosting applies to both physical dedicated servers, Hybrid server and virtual servers, with many companies choosing a hybrid (combination of physical and virtual) hosting solution.

There are many similarities between standard and complex managed hosting but the key difference is the level of administrative and engineering support that the customer pays for – owing to both the increased size and complexity of the infrastructure deployment.

The provider steps in to take over most of the management, including security, memory, storage and IT support.

The service is primarily proactive in nature.

Server administration can usually be provided by the hosting company as an add-on service.

In some cases a dedicated server can offer less overhead and a larger return on investment.

Dedicated servers are most often housed in data centers, similar to colocation facilities, providing redundant power sources and HVAC systems.