by Visakh S | Oct 9, 2015 | Technical Support
How many VPS should I put in a server? As part of our hosting support services, we often get this question from VPS hosting providers. We’ve seen that anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 times the normal server capacity is safe depending on how the server is managed. As a...
by Visakh S | Oct 6, 2015 | Apache, Development Service, Docker, Magento, MySQL
Magento is one of our favorite platforms to develop secure, feature rich eCommerce websites. Since 2008 we’ve developed for and supported Magento shops that ranged from small cake shops to large fashion houses. It has been a fun ride, but it also brought its own...
by Visakh S | Sep 28, 2015 | Server Management
Linux servers have a great set of open source anti-malware tools like Linux Malware Detect, ClamAV + SaneSecurity, etc. These tools do a good job in identifying the vast majority of malware that’s out there. However, they still need a bit of time to create...
by Visakh S | Sep 23, 2015 | Server Administration
On 18th Sep, Sucuri reported a sudden spike in the number of WordPress, Joomla and other CMS sites infected with the now infamous visitorTracker_isMob malware code. Using a malware signature published by Linux Malware Detect, we were able to secure all servers under...
by Visakh S | Sep 19, 2015 | Docker, Server Administration
When it comes to security, the rule of thumb is, any open vulnerability WILL be exploited sooner than later. Django provides a strong foundation for to build secure web applications, but is that enough? What about server security? It is not uncommon for secure web...
by Blessen | Sep 17, 2015 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
Are your servers secure? In a word, No. No machine connected to the internet is 100% secure. This doesn’t mean that you are helpless. You can take measures to avoid hacks, and give your customers pretty reliable security. Knowingly or unknowingly every company...
by Visakh S | Sep 15, 2015 | Docker, Latest
Release early, release often. And listen to your customers. This famous philosophy (abbreviated RERO) by Eric Raymond is now the de-facto product planning strategy of web application developers. It enables developers to quickly react to customer needs, and shape their...
by Abhilash C R | Sep 13, 2015 | Server Management
“Google has listed your server as a malware source! Its been hacked into, and is being used to spread malware!” I’m sure this is a message that you never hope to get in your mailbox. But, how confident are you about your server security? One of the most...
by Blessen | Sep 11, 2015 | DDoS, Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
DDOS, or Distributed Denial of Service is an advanced version of DOS (Denial of Service) attack. Like DOS, DDOS also tries to deny important services running on a server by broadcasting packets to the destination server in a way that the Destination server cannot...
by Visakh S | Sep 9, 2015 | Docker
Docker runs on 13 major operating systems that include RHEL, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Arch Linux, and others. However, these operating systems are full-featured distributions, and are an over-kill for container based services. Docker containers only need a limited set of...
