Those of us who use apache on a daily basis often have to modify the apache conf file, but I am sure, like myself, we don’t even use half of the directives available. For a full list you can check … Continue reading →

What Is It? It is a system where by unauthorised code (such as viruses and other malware) cannot be run on boot. This should make computers more secure but it also locks down the computer from running programs like the … Continue reading →

On all of our servers we recommend a combination of APF and BFD, the first is needed for the 2nd. Now generally bfd does a good job of blocking attacks on ssh, ftp and mail accounts however recently we have … Continue reading →

A problem that I seem to have dealt with regularly for the last month is clients wanting to access their database servers remotely – so I thought a blog post on what you need to do and the potential pitfalls … Continue reading →

So, after making the assumption that I had now backed up everything I needed from my old  server, I gave the hosting company the word to rebuild the server and crossed my fingers……the next morning there was an email in … Continue reading →

As an interim to the rebuilding of my server story I discovered something when I was backing up everything and prepping it for reinstallation. It was the number of installations of various things installed on the server that had been … Continue reading →

As the old adage goes “the worst car on the road is driven by a mechanic” and the same can be true for techies and their servers. My personal hosted server has been chugging along quite nicely for the last … Continue reading →