by Joel | Oct 16, 2014 | Servers
With the recent openSSL vulnerabilities, upgrading openssl to a more latest and stable version, openssl-1.0.1g can be done using the following easy steps. Applicable for CentOS server’s ! # wget ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz # tar -zxf...
by Joel | Oct 13, 2014 | cPanel/WHM
Under normal circumstances, the process involving recompilation of Apache and PHP would take around 15-30 mins. However the httpd service would not stay down for this long. In a usual scenario if things are going well, it would be down for less than a minute. This is...
by Joel | Oct 13, 2014 | Apache
mod_gzip is an external extension module for Apache, which uses Gzip compression method for a significant reduction of the volume of web page content served. Disabling mod_gzip has advantages as well as disadvantages. Among the advantages are that you can save up...
by Joel | Oct 3, 2014 | cPanel/WHM
When trying to run/restart the Pureftp service, do you get the following error ? pure-ftpd (/usr/sbin/pure-ftpd -O clf:/var/log/xferlog –daemonize -A -c50 -B – C8 -D -E -fftp -H -I15 -lextauth:/var/run/ftpd.sock -L2000:8 -m4 -p30000:35000 -s -S21 -U133:022 -u100...
by Joel | Sep 18, 2014 | OpenSource
We have discussed about DDoS hitting Webservers in this post. It can also attack the DNS servers, which is often called as DNS Amplification Attacks. In Simple words, the attack can be explained as follows : Someone makes an inquiry to you, on how to reach a...
