by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 29, 2010 | Server Administration
If you haven’t seen the changes yet, make sure you hit the refresh button a couple of times…Bobcares.com now has a new look! and so does our Blog! We’ve always felt like an open book…and now we look like one too! We are firm believers in...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 25, 2010 | Server Administration
Hey, is spam bogging you down? Is it clogging your Inbox? Has it become a nuisance in your day to day life? Deleting them is an easy way out, but if you want to really fight spam then read on… Wouldn’t be great if you could stop spam? To do that, it is...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 23, 2010 | Litespeed, Server Administration
We are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve the response times of our servers. We already have various software available in the market today that can help us achieve that goal, like Nginx, LightHttpd, Litespeed etc. In my article today we will discuss on one...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 20, 2010 | Server Administration
To roll out an IT service or business application into production, companies customize standard application packages, or go ahead and develop the entire application inhouse. In either case, applications go through a rigorous release management cycle, before it is put...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 19, 2010 | Server Administration, VMware
Microsoft recently released the Service Pack 1 Beta for Windows Server 2008 R2. In its war with VMWare in the Virtualization sector, Microsoft has decided to showcase its own developments in the Windows Server virtualization platform via two key features: Dynamic...
by dhanya | Aug 17, 2010 | Server Administration
Last week I spoke about SQL injection attacks used to try and gain access to the Administrative Interface on an application sever. This week I will be talking about three other methods used to try and do the same. Parameter Tampering: Parameter tampering is a form of...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 13, 2010 | Server Administration
To define a firewall in simple terms, one can put it to words as a – protective system that functions between your host/network and the sometimes “deadly” Internet. An effective firewall policy, prevents unauthorized use and access to your...
by dhanya | Aug 10, 2010 | Server Administration
Last week I spoke about Session hijacking and methods to secure Authentication details. This week I will be talking about the various types of attacks that are used to try and gain access to the Administrative Interface on the target application server. Administrative...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 9, 2010 | Server Administration
TestNG is a testing framework for the Java Programming language. TestNG is designed to cover all categories of tests: unit, functional, end-to-end, integration, etc. TestNG is an annotation-based testing framework, which draws on some of the shortcomings of JUnit by...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Aug 4, 2010 | Server Administration, Server Management
In my last two posts, I talked about two options you could choose from when deciding to start your own Webhosting business. You could either start off as a Reseller, or go for your own VPS. This week I’ll talk about a third option, getting your very own...