by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Mar 5, 2019 | Apache, Server Administration
404 bot attack is one of the powerful weapons of hackers. But, that’s where Fail2ban comes for your help. We can use Fail2ban to block malicious 404 scans and invalid requests on a web server such as Apache. At Bobcares, we help server owners setup Fail2ban to...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Feb 26, 2019 | Latest, Server Administration
It’s common that many services fail due to memory crunch on the server. That’s where the role of swap space come into picture. And, it’s true that swap partition can improve the performance and stability of the system. At Bobcares, we help server...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Feb 25, 2019 | Latest, Server Administration
Rsync is a great tool for replicating a single file to entire filesystems. It always provides smooth data transfer. But, it’s quite common to get frustrated with rsync. One such frustrating error is “rsync permission denied for root”. At Bobcares, we...
by Visakh S | Oct 30, 2018 | Filezilla, FTP, Server Administration
Web hosts give their customers FTP access to easily upload website content, images etc. to the server. But the downside of FTP is that it is vulnerable to brute force attacks (where hackers try logging in with thousands of password combinations, and FTP allows...
by Visakh S | Oct 29, 2018 | Server Management, WordPress
Many web hosts now guarantee 99.9% uptime for their services, but that still allows up to 8.7 hours of downtime a year. That is not a risk many companies can afford to take. For eg. Sports news websites that fail right in the middle of a superbowl may lose their loyal...
