## 7. Miscellaneous Topics Note:

### Topics * Revision control systems (git) * Domain names and DNS * Hosting * GDPR Note:

### Git Version control * https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XFy_v6xXaLoPaAwV9-4jdWcqjtJkAdoQpFiybwGdFBQ/edit#slide=id.g7aa630d6a_0120 Note:

### Domain names and DNS * Choosing and registering domain name * Domain registration rules * Top level domains (TLDs): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains * Tuvalu island earns 10% budged from .tv domain sales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34gHoxqZlJc * Configuring DNS server * Example with nic.lv Note:

### Domain registrars * Registrar in Latvia is nic.lv * Can use diacritical marks (ā,ē,ī,ū,ō,ķ,ļ,ņ,ŗ,ģ,š,č,ž) * Price: 10 eur/year * Popular registrars: * hover.com * Provide other add-on services Note:

### Domains: important * Don't lose your domain! * Bad example (SEO spam): http://viavalmierafk.lv/ Note:

### Hosting * Static page hosting * Shared hosting * Virtual private server (VPS) * Specialised hosting Note:

### Static page hosting * Static (html, css, js) page hosting * Without PHP, datubase * Example: GitHub Pages (free) * Instruction: https://pages.github.com/ * Resulting page address: https://username.github.io Note:

### Shared (managed) hosting * Many websites are co-hosted on same server * Limited ability to control server configuration * (Cheap hosting option) Note:

### Virtual private server (VPS) * Own virtual server (Linux, Windows utt.) * Full control (and responsibility) over server * Providers: * DigitalOcean.com (from 5$/mēn) * Linode.com (from 5$/mēn) * Amazon Web Services EC2 Note:

### GDPR * General data protection regulation * In effect today (May 25th 2018)! :) * https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cK4y6o8Jl7djz1D5prkOwcq0TLZNd-hJalS1Yiayd4o/edit#slide=id.g282805adbc_1_153 * https://www.slideshare.net/DevClub_lv/gdpr-and-kittens-by-kirill-linnik-from-move-guidesdevclub-estonia-at-security-focused-64th-devclublv

### GDPR * Protects against password leaks * AshleyMadison.com hack * Check for leaked passwords: https://gotcha.pw/search/@va.lv * Protects personal data

### Uzdevums (12 prakt) 1. Publiskot statisku mājaslapu ar GitHub Pages: https://pages.github.com/ Note: