by Visakh S | Mar 3, 2016 | Apache, Nginx, Server Management
On March 1, 2016, a new SSL vulnerability called DROWN (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened Encryption) was disclosed by security researchers. This vulnerability (aka CVE-2016-0800) allows attackers to decrypt even strong TLSv1.2 connections, if the server...
by Visakh S | Feb 16, 2016 | Magento, Server Management
Magento is arguably the most popular eCommerce application, but its Achilles heel is performance. Sooner or later every webmaster finds their site to be slow, and look for Magento speed optimization methods. The natural tendency for most webmasters is to upgrade...
by Visakh S | Feb 15, 2016 | Server Management, WordPress, WordPress Hosting, WordPressHA
Every webmaster in this world wants their sites to load fast, and never go down. But, many get dissuaded by seeing the high costs for enterprise grade high availability solutions or cloud hosting costs. Well, what if you don’t have to spend a fortune to achieve...
by Reeshma Mathews | Feb 2, 2016 | Server Management, Technical Support
In 2010, Virgin Blue Airlines reported a $20 million dip in profit due to an outage in its online reservation system. Hardware failure was identified as the reason for the outage, but it caused severe damage to Virgin Blue’s reputation, customer loyalty and...
by Visakh S | Jan 23, 2016 | Nginx, Server Management
On 24th Sep, 2015, ARIN (IP registry for North America) announced that there were no more free IPv4 addresses. It meant that the already scarce IPv4 addresses became even more difficult to obtain. This prompted many web hosts and website developers to look at...
by Reeshma Mathews | Jan 15, 2016 | Server Management
Even the best software application that works seamlessly in the development server, may go haywire in the live server, due to version mismatch or compatibility issues with the server software. To facilitate smooth completion of a software project, its development and...
