SSL- the “What” and “Why”
Understanding SSL What is SSL? SSL stands for secure sockets layer and is a form of security for sites that handle sensitive information such as customer names, phone numbers, addresses, and credit card numbers. It creates a secure connection between...
What is CloudLinux?
Reaching a high level of stability can be difficult, sometimes unachievable, for many shared hosting companies. Sudden resource usage spikes, increases in traffic, and hacker attacks are some of the problems system administrators cope with every day. For years, this...
Secure your /tmp and /dev/shm partition
Keep you server clean of rookits is a good idea to get a good security level. A sysadministrator can create a seperate partition for /tmp and mount it with noexec and nosuid parameters. And to do it is not necessary to reboot...
How CloudFlare Increases Speed and Security of Your Website
CloudFlare, a web performance and security company, is excited to announce our partnership with XeonBD! If you haven’t heard about CloudFlare before, our value proposition is simple: we?ll make any website twice as fast and protect it from a broad...
Dealing With iptables
Introduction Iptables is a critical tool for developers and system administrators managing Linux firewalls. It allows for comprehensive control over network traffic, making it essential for Linux server security. Understanding Iptables Iptables enables system administrators to configure the Linux kernel...
What is mod_security? What are the benefits? How might it affect me?
After months of extensive testing and tuning, we deployed the mod_security Apache Module on all of our shared servers beginning in November 2008 in a bid to improve overall system stability and security. Before deploying mod_security we saw a lot...