Key Factors from Part 1 The first article in this series raised some subtle points when using SaltStack to deploy code to production environments, one of ...

Deployment pitfalls Except for very simple software, most code deployments of any substance relies on a number of dependencies, both at the Operating...

Introduction to Git As web development, and for that matter any software development becomes more and more complicated the need to track changes, compare ...

Despite better coding practices, testing and peer review of code, the number of exploit attempts and the technical complexity of attacks continues to increas...

In the world of web application development, especially rapid web application development, the names you usually hear of are PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python...

Recently, here on the Conetix blog, we began looking at configuring Plesk 12 to integrate with different logging options, ones outside of the standard setup,...

As a hosting provider, we run hundreds of web servers with varying configurations. Some are tuned to work with large systems, some are tuned to work with lot...

A What? A directory traversal attack is a type of brute force attack by which a hacker uses to get both an understanding of your web site structure and po...

To have a fully operational server, you need to be across a range of different technologies. Whether that’s security and intrusion detection, Email, DN...

Firstly, FREAK stands for "Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys" and is officially designated as CVE-2015-0204. It is a weakness in s...

Transferring Files - FTP, SFTP and FTPS There are numerous ways to transfer files these days, the oldest and still very widely used method is FTP. FTP sta...

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Introduction If you haven’t read my previous article covering WordPress 4.0, please read it first. As it covers my testing methodology and test plat...

TWO oblivious workers were caught having sex at the office over the weekend — by scores of revellers with their camera phones out.

IN the wake of anti-war criticism of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated American Sniper, it’s been revealed the world’s most lethal military sharpshooter may be a Royal Marine.

Overview The start to 2015 from a security perspective has given us a very timely reminder about the need to stay vigilant with security updates. As is th...

On Monday, Americans learned that the box office premiere of American Sniper, a movie about the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, shattered all box office records bringing in $90.2 million. By the end of the holiday weekend, the movie was expected to hav ...

Web development has come a long way since the days of just writing in HTML. Because of the advances in HTML, CSS, PHP and other programming languages, the us...