Bluehost
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Bluehost is a shared hosting company owned by Endurance International Group
. Bluehost was among those studied in the analysis of web-based hosting services in collaborative online learning programs. BlueHost is one of the 20 largest web hosts, collectively hosting well over 1.9+ million domains with its sister companies, HostMonster and FastDomain.
On June 12, 2011 company founder Matt Heaton announced on his blog that he is stepping down as CEO to focus on the company hosting platform's design and technical structure. Company COO Dan Handy would take over as CEO.
article that condemned the hosting company for censoring the web page
s of some their customers believed to be living in a country that the US Government had listed as a rogue state
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In February 2011, Bluehost took down a religious website that they were hosting on its servers after receiving thousands of complaints when that website posted comments blaming gays and lesbians for an earthquake in New Zealand
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version 2.2.17, and OpenSSL
version 0.9.8e.
Endurance International Group
Endurance International Group Inc., formerly BizLand, is one of the world's largest website hosting companies. It achieved its size by acquiring a large number of smaller hosts, including iPage.com, FatCow.com, justhost.com, NetFirms, IPowerWeb, Bluehost, FastDomain, DomainHost, eHost, PureHost,...
. Bluehost was among those studied in the analysis of web-based hosting services in collaborative online learning programs. BlueHost is one of the 20 largest web hosts, collectively hosting well over 1.9+ million domains with its sister companies, HostMonster and FastDomain.
On June 12, 2011 company founder Matt Heaton announced on his blog that he is stepping down as CEO to focus on the company hosting platform's design and technical structure. Company COO Dan Handy would take over as CEO.
Controversies
In March 2009, Bluehost received national attention when they appeared in a NewsweekNewsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
article that condemned the hosting company for censoring the web page
Web page
A web page or webpage is a document or information resource that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser and displayed on a monitor or mobile device. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format, and may provide navigation to other web pages via hypertext...
s of some their customers believed to be living in a country that the US Government had listed as a rogue state
Rogue state
Rogue state is a controversial term applied by some international theorists to states they consider threatening to the world's peace. This means meeting certain criteria, such as being ruled by authoritarian regimes that severely restrict human rights, sponsor terrorism, and seek to proliferate...
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In February 2011, Bluehost took down a religious website that they were hosting on its servers after receiving thousands of complaints when that website posted comments blaming gays and lesbians for an earthquake in New Zealand
2011 Christchurch earthquake
The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at on local time , The earthquake was centred west of the town of Lyttelton, and south-east of the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous...
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Server Software
In the Standard hosting package provided by Bluehost, the server software is Apache HTTP ServerApache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone...
version 2.2.17, and OpenSSL
OpenSSL
OpenSSL is an open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols. The core library implements the basic cryptographic functions and provides various utility functions...
version 0.9.8e.