[NOTICE] Update suspension
This notice is bilingual. (Simplified Chinese & English) Due to some unexpected and unpreventable reasons, me (@orwtmc), and my blog (frank-ruan.com) won’t update until Jun.… Read More »[NOTICE] Update suspension
Vultr Free Tier – Is it good enough?
Vultr is a cloud computing company established back in 2014. Although they entered the industry for just less than 10 years, they really have dominated… Read More »Vultr Free Tier – Is it good enough?
Installing Proxmox VE on OCI
Proxmox Virtual Environment is a great virtualization platform. And Oracle Cloud Infrastructure seems to provide virtual machines for free forever. The regular x86_64 instance has… Read More »Installing Proxmox VE on OCI
My own opinion on the principles of cryptography
In the modern era, cryptography has become one of the most important part of our digital life. We all know, cryptography is used to encrypt,… Read More »My own opinion on the principles of cryptography
OVHcloud US 0.97$/month VPS Starter Benchmark
OVHcloud is a European cloud computing and hosting company. It was founded in 1999 in France and has since expanded to operate globally, with locations… Read More »OVHcloud US 0.97$/month VPS Starter Benchmark
KURUN Cloud 3$ China-Optimized VPS Benchmark
KURUN Cloud is a VPS company established back in 2019. They are an LIR of ARIN. From the website, I would guess that a group… Read More »KURUN Cloud 3$ China-Optimized VPS Benchmark
S/MIME certificates
A S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) certificate is a type of digital certificate that is used to encrypt and sign email messages. It allows the… Read More »S/MIME certificates
My YubiKey purchase experience in China
Yubico is famous for its excellent hardware keys, and somehow they have become the industry standard. But unfortunately, for unknown reasons*, they don’t offer services… Read More »My YubiKey purchase experience in China
Kimsufi 4.99€ Dedicated Server Benchmark
Kimsufi is an affiliated company with one of the biggest providers in France — OVH. A couple of months ago, all of Kimsufi’s services are… Read More »Kimsufi 4.99€ Dedicated Server Benchmark
Friendhosting 2.99€ Storage HDD VDS Benchmark
Friendhosting is a VDS provider established back on April 20, 2009. So pretty old merchant. They offer Web Hosting, SSD VDS and HDD VDS for… Read More »Friendhosting 2.99€ Storage HDD VDS Benchmark