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Difference between OnShore & Offshore hosting - Calibur - Jun 30, 2016
Can someone who has a lot of knowledge on web hostings/servers.
I've been making sites several times and im still pretty confused of what is the diference between onshore & offshore.
What i thought was this:
OFFSHORE
~ I can post anything on my website that is NOT allowed on onshore (besides cpu eating, email bombs, ddos scripts, child porn, etc)
ONSHORE
~ I can NOT postor host anything that is copyrighted like, embedding full movies, posting cracks of softwares, and using nulled scripts.
Please someone explain it further. i wanted to know a lot.
Thank you! 🤝
* - BITW - Jun 30, 2016
Sometime it means the following -
Onshore = US based servers
Offshore = Europe or any location outside US
BTW this link might help you - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_hosting_service
Also Spamming, Attacking, DDOS or Phishing activities are forbidden in almost all the providers so ask them first before making any deal.
Hope it helps.
* - Nerdi - Jun 30, 2016
Onshore typical means a US server, as many users are from the U.S.
However, in a more global sense, onshore means any server that is located in USA, Canada, England, or another country that has similar laws (Australia, Scotland, etc).
Offshore means any server in a country that has relaxed laws, or no enforced laws in regards to hosting, and often doesn't extradite to the U.S. or respect US law altogether. Offshore examples: Netherlands, Russia, China, Vietnam.
* - Carbon - Jun 30, 2016
Onshore can be US or EU. It is sort of a term for web hosting on clean networks and neighborhoods. Offshore hosting is in places with more lenient internet laws, or simply ins't monitored. Preferably a country that doesn't listen to foreign laws.
(Jun 30, 2016 12:40 PM)Nerdi Wrote: Onshore typical means a US server, as many users are from the U.S.
However, in a more global sense, onshore means any server that is located in USA, Canada, England, or another country that has similar laws (Australia, Scotland, etc).
Offshore means any server in a country that has relaxed laws, or no enforced laws in regards to hosting, and often doesn't extradite to the U.S. or respect US law altogether. Offshore examples: Netherlands, Russia, China, Vietnam.
Nerdi beat me to it. This is the correct explanation