Monthly Archives: November 2011

Unexpected changes to index files?

One of the more common forms of websites being hacked that we are seeing at the moment is a 1×1 pixel iFrame being added to the bottom of all types of index pages either?. The iFrames normally load a page … Continue reading

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Go-live – Using Port Forwarding

When migrating a website to a new host or server there is always that awkward time in switching the website over from the old to the new server. In order to make the new server live, the DNS will need … Continue reading

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Installing Grails on CentOS

Grails (grails.org) is an open source web application framework which uses the Groovy programming language, which is based on Java. The official website contains comprehensive installation documentation, but this tends to be biased towards Debian/Ubuntu distros, with Red Hat/CentOS less … Continue reading

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Tales of the sysadmin : patching

One thing that sysadmin is rather often involved is patching. You need to keep an eye on the exploits, and if possible apply new versions of software that you are using on the server. There is an obvious danger related … Continue reading

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How To Generate A CSR For An SSL Certificate.

A CSR is required in order for an SSL certificate to be issued. A CSR is where all of the information which goes into the SSL certificate is originally entered. An SSL Key is required to generate a CSR, you … Continue reading

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Why Zend Date Is So Nice!

I work with the Zend Framework on a daily basis and use the Zend_Date component all the time. I love the wide variety of date and time constants it supports. With two lines of code you can return something as … Continue reading

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HTML 5 Local Storage

Over the years there have been many different web technologies developed to allow developers to store data to enhance the experience of the website user. The fairly recent rise of HTML5 has seen a new procedure to allow local data … Continue reading

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