There is a new Maintenance and Security Release for WordPress. The new version is version 3.5.1. It fixes 3 quite serious issues : A server-side request forgery vulnerability and remote port scanning using pingbacks. This vulnerability, which could potentially be … Continue reading →

The problem You have devoted many hours of your time to a particular PHP framework; you understand all of it’s cool libraries (database interaction, form builders, API integration etc) and can build projects quickly using this framework. Now, for whatever … Continue reading →

DTRX is an open source application which is probably more useful for home/office users rather than server users, but I still found it a useful tool to have, to save time. DTRX stands for “Do The Right Extraction”, all the … Continue reading →

While working with Alfresco files I had to search and find numerous strings within XML files. The task included replacing Hex Colour Codes, this was achieved by using the following Vim command: :s/#code1/#code2 Replaces the first instance of #code1 with … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered why some programs simply stop when the server is very busy? There could be an error in the code causing the failure, or it could be a victim of kernel assassination! The Linux kernel has some … Continue reading →

Valve’s first entry into hardware has been hailed as the console that will kill off consoles. Although, the Steam box is technically not a console, rather it is a full powered gaming PC server. With the current major consoles getting … Continue reading →

From corrupt partition tables to severely infected machines, Linux tools come in handy when the host system won’t boot. So here are a list of some of the most common tools used that might be useful to you: 1: Knoppix … Continue reading →

Rsnapshot is very useful tool when it comes to backups – based on reliable and versatile ‘rsync’ is capable to meet most of possible expectations. Just recently I had to figure out how to make it backup only specific subdirectories … Continue reading →

To make WordPress faster many people install the plugin W3 Total Cache. It has many great features like caching and also support for pushing images to a CDN (content delivery network). There are a few options when choosing the caching … Continue reading →

All paths in this blog are based of CentOS 5/6 Many times I see people type out the same SSH commands with many different options, usually these options are the same and people type them out each and every time. … Continue reading →