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Our Company
Maverick
Publishing has been serving the web
community since 1999. Specializing in affordable and reliable services to
the individual consumer, small and medium size business owners, it
brings proven reliability, service and expertise
in online identity management.
Back then, there
was a growing need for individual domain hosting on a limited budget or
resources. The solution was affordable value plans that neither limited nor
compromised the mission and dreams of clients. The capability of upgrading
seamlessly as growth demanded, was a must, and it has been at the core of
growth. Maverick Publishing continues to work on improving services,
lowering costs, maintaining the highest level of performance on all levels,
software, hardware and human support. Standards compliance and support of
popular applications are constantly reviewed and implemented. New
technologies are added after careful research and consideration on system
integrities, security, scalability, and many other factors. Our goal is to
provide our clients with the best quality, value and all around excellent
services. Make sure to read all information on our
Privacy Policy,
Acceptable Use as well as
Service Level Agreement.
Maverick
Publishing Hosting headquarters are centrally located in the Northeast
(USA), and operates out of four diverse data center facilities throughout
the country: Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Contact us with any
additional questions or for more information.
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History...
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Technology
UNIX MICROSOFT HYBRID
A seamless blend of UNIX and Microsoft™ technologies. Our technology
combines the functionality of "Windows™ hosting" and "UNIX hosting" onto
one platform. You can run ASP/MS Access and PHP/MySQL based sites from
the same server farm. With our seamless blending of UNIX and Microsoft™
technologies, Maverick Publishing hosting system is truly
"cross-platform and one of the most advanced in the industry.
Scale to an unlimited number of domains on redundant servers
Maverick Publishing architecture is designed and built from the ground
up to scale to an unlimited number of domains. These domains are hosted
on multiple redundant servers, which are clustered using load balancing
hardware.
Take advantage of our BGP4 technology
Multiple redundant Internet connections, currently provided by UUNET,
LOOK Communications, Telus and Sprint, are implemented through the use
of BGP4 (Border Gateway Protocol). We monitor and upgrade bandwidth as
needed.
Maverick Publishing employs multiple routers and load balancers
Our multiple routers are made redundant through the use of Cisco's HSRP
(Hot Swappable Router Protocol). Our server clusters use multiple load
balancing hardware, designed for failover in the event of a load
balancer fault, which allows us to provide you with 99.9% Uptime
reliability!
Network Appliance filers assure speed and data integrity
Data integrity and speed are assured by multiple Network Appliance
Filers using RAID technology. Three back up systems are in place; one is
on-site and two are off-site at geographically separated data centers.
The systems are continuously monitored for reliability and performance
by our NOC staff. Our new state of the art data centers are protected
through electrical power backup, independent air conditioning units and
physical security measures.
Data Center Facility
Maverick Publishing uses four North American points of presence, its
main one being a state-of-the-art 80,000 sq. ft. Intelligent Internet
Data Center. The center provides the ultimate in security, reliability
and technology.
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A World
Class Capital Facility
$75 million has been invested in the Internet Data Center which is
housed in an 80,000 sq. ft. (7,432 sq. meter) building, to be
expanded to 150,000 sq. ft. (13,935 sq. meters) of hosting solutions
floor space, with the capacity of more than 35,000 servers.
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Clustered Server Environment
Maverick Publishing's Web server clusters are bundles of hardware,
operating systems, and applications, integrated to host and serve
business-critical web applications to users worldwide. Hostopia
ensures that the hardware, software and network infrastructure to
support websites is robust enough to handle the peaks and valleys of
customer demand.
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Environmental Control
The facility has a strictly controlled dust and pollution free
environment. The climate control system maintains a consistent range
of between 13-21? C (55-70? F) and humidity at 40 to 60 percent in a
static-free facility. The entire facility has raised flooring.
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Physical Security
The Center provides top-level 24x7x365 perimeter security including
video surveillance, biometric and card-key access and 24-hour
on-site security.
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Fire
Suppression
The Center has a state-of-the-art smoke detection system with the
ability to scan even the smallest (up to 3PPM) particle in the air.
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Connectivity
The Internet Data Center contains a robust reliable and high quality
network. It operates on a SONET ring, diverse redundant fiber-optic
network connections with a capacity capable of OC-192 (10 Gigabits)
connected by the latest switching and high-speed routing equipment.
Security
Perimeter
security via multi-tiered firewalling
Maverick Publishing servers are protected with software-based
firewalling which look at source and destination addresses, and ports.
Security administrators handle all aspects
of firewall management. Our engineers are familiar with many
types
of firewall applications, including CheckPoint, ipchains, ipfw,
ipfwadm, etc. We are able to modify response packets with masquerade
responses to the remote initiator. Our systems are secured using the
latest security methods including router access list filtering on
inbound carrier feeds and firewalling at the SYN level on internal
devices.
Monitoring security systems and processes
All security systems are tested continually. We use security scanners
such as Nessus, (www.nessus.org), and SAINT, (www.wwdsi.com/saint).
Automatic updates are instantly made with the latest exploit/DOS,
(Denial
of Service), check codes. This provides us with an accurate and
detailed report on our systems. Our security team is also subscribed to
all the major security mailing lists, including BUGTRAQ from
securityfocus.com. These lists provide access to the latest security
information, which enables us to patch newly found exploits within hours
of their discovery.
Intrusion Detection
We currently use a number
of intrusion detection applications such as TRIPWIRE, along with
our own proprietary monitoring and logging systems. These systems notify
our security response team during scans and potential DOS attacks. We
react to these situations immediately, modifying ACLs as needed. In
certain cases rules are implemented automatically during detection. All
suspicious activity is logged hardcopy directly to a printing station
which is monitored closely. This ensures there is no tampering with
conventional softcopy
logs.
Anti Virus Measures
Our systems are protected against viruses by extensive built-in access
controls. Regular users are unable to access or damage system files.
Offsite
Backups
Automated
offsite secure storage backups to our mirrored storage arrays in
the southern US are conducted through secure encrypted tunnels using SSH
with confidential data encryption prior to transit.
Disaster Recovery Procedure
Our disaster and recovery site is currently located in the South Eastern
United States. This site is for the sole purpose
of emergency fail over. This NOC is capable
of handling all traffic in case our eastern operations is
interrupted, however we have taken every precaution necessary to ensure
our services will be available under all circumstances. This site is
also set up in a redundant, robust, high availability clustered
environment. This allows multiple equipment failures with zero
degradation in service. All sites are designed and implemented as exact
duplicates to ensure the operating environment remains the same. users
are unable to access or damage system files.
Recording and determining access to data
Every employee with access to internal computer interfaces that includes
customer data is assigned a unique username, ID number and password.
Access to customer data is restricted based on the responsibilities
of each employee. Each user is assigned an appropriate access
level. Employees are only granted access to information that is
essential for them to efficiently perform their job requirements. The
actions
of each individual on the computer system are recorded and logged
by employee ID number.
Printed documents that include sensitive customer information are
protected in locked file cabinets. An access control system that uses
key fobs restricts access to server rooms and programming areas.
Individuals are granted access to these areas only if it is essential
for them to effectively perform their responsibilities.
Our practices regarding the protection
of customer information are captured in our Privacy Policy. The
Privacy
Officer is responsible for ensuring the responsible management
of all customer information.
Passwords
All passwords must be changed from vendor-supplied defaults upon initial
use. To ensure the effectiveness
of security parameters, we recommend a combination
of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and symbols for
each password. Employee passwords are regularly tested to ensure that
they are not easily compromised.
Secure Server Details
We are using Linux-based Apache with 128 bit SSL encryption.
Offsite
secure storage is performed at both
of our remote NOCs. These backups are done through secure
encrypted tunnels using SSH, with confidential data encrypted prior to
transit.
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