by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 16, 2010 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
If you happen to know any Windows Server “fanboys”, you’d probably have noticed the smug look they have on their faces right now. Its most likely after little announcement. A recent version of the Unreal IRC server source tar ball, stored on various...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 26, 2010 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
Auditing your servers should be a part of your basic security policy. Part of that audit is collecting information. The more information you have about your servers the better. So over the coming weeks we’ll look at simple and small programs that can help you...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 24, 2010 | FTP, Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
All Webhosts go through a lot of trouble securing their servers. Monitoring the server, setting up a firewall, creating multiple backups etc. Unfortunately, all this hard word can be undone by a vulnerability in a site hosted on this server. If its a shared hosting...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Mar 3, 2010 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
Go VPN! As a Webhost with more than a few servers, the benefits of having a private network setup between your servers are many. This private network allows your servers to communicate and transfer data securely among themselves. Most DCs offer this as an added...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Feb 22, 2010 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
Two weeks ago Sophos released their annual Security Threat Report for the year 2009. Based on their survey they have recorded an astonishing 70% increase in the number of attacks via Social Networking sites, with Facebook on the top of that list. One of the reasons...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jan 25, 2010 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
It now seems that scammers are targeting your donations to Haiti victims. Responding to the heart wrenching images seen on television, internet and other media, the common man is trying to reach out through various charities. And this is exactly what the scammers want...
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