by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 25, 2010 | Server Administration
Hey, is spam bogging you down? Is it clogging your Inbox? Has it become a nuisance in your day to day life? Deleting them is an easy way out, but if you want to really fight spam then read on… Wouldn’t be great if you could stop spam? To do that, it is...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 23, 2010 | Litespeed, Server Administration
We are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve the response times of our servers. We already have various software available in the market today that can help us achieve that goal, like Nginx, LightHttpd, Litespeed etc. In my article today we will discuss on one...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 20, 2010 | Server Administration
To roll out an IT service or business application into production, companies customize standard application packages, or go ahead and develop the entire application inhouse. In either case, applications go through a rigorous release management cycle, before it is put...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 19, 2010 | Server Administration, VMware
Microsoft recently released the Service Pack 1 Beta for Windows Server 2008 R2. In its war with VMWare in the Virtualization sector, Microsoft has decided to showcase its own developments in the Windows Server virtualization platform via two key features: Dynamic...
by dhanya | Aug 17, 2010 | Server Administration
Last week I spoke about SQL injection attacks used to try and gain access to the Administrative Interface on an application sever. This week I will be talking about three other methods used to try and do the same. Parameter Tampering: Parameter tampering is a form of...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 13, 2010 | Server Administration
To define a firewall in simple terms, one can put it to words as a – protective system that functions between your host/network and the sometimes “deadly” Internet. An effective firewall policy, prevents unauthorized use and access to your...