by admin | Dec 26, 2011 | Server Administration
In February this year, a well known Web Hosting News Site reported Cybercrime-Linked Web Host VolgaHost Goes Offline . The post goes on to say “The hosting provider has been known in the industry for hosting botnet command-and-control servers and other online...
by admin | Oct 25, 2011 | Server Administration
Server hacking is a common problem that webhosts face. The intrusion can be caused by several reasons like malicious scripts, vulnerabilities in the server etc. It would be of real help, if we had a good tool to find such scripts running in the server. iScanner is one...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 16, 2011 | cPanel, Server Administration
PHP open_basedir directive is used to limit the files that can be opened by PHP to a specific directory-tree. What does that mean? With the open_basedir directive, you can tell the PHP scripts on a domain, which folders they have access to. Once specified, the PHP...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | May 14, 2011 | DDoS, Server Administration
Last post on Identification of DDoS attack did not cover analysis of the attack, in cases wherein bandwidth graph’s and connection status aren’t conclusive. In such a scenario, the best means is to inspect the packets coming into the server, and this can be done by...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | May 7, 2011 | DDoS, Server Administration
If you are a hosting provider, chances are that you’ve experienced a DoS/DDoS attack against a domain or a server. If so, you already know how frustrating it can be to tackle such an attack. For those who are yet to feel the heat of it, its better to be prepared to...
