by Richard W | Sep 22, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web
It seems like HTTPS is the future now that Google is recommending that all websites be encrypted with SSL over HTTP. If you haven’t heard, Google announced that websites and webpages that are encrypted will rank higher than those that are not when people search...
by Richard W | Sep 22, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are three top content management systems that power most websites online today. These three depend on the LAMP stack which includes, Linux, Apache2, MySQL or MariaDB and PHP. We’ve written about installing both WordPress and Drupal...
by Richard W | Sep 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Here’s a brief tutorial that shows you how to install mCrypt PHP extension in CentOS 7. For some reasons this PHP extension isn’t available from CentOS 7 default repositories. You may be able to install other PHP extensions right out of the box after...
by Richard W | Sep 18, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Few weeks ago we showed you how to install ProFTPD in Ubuntu 14.04 and also said that by design, the FTP protocol is inherently insecure. If you have to implement FTP on your servers, you should opt for a secure FTP or SFTP. This brief tutorial is going to show you...
by Richard W | Sep 16, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Here’s a tutorial that shows you how to install VirtualBox in CentOS 7 server and manage it via phpVirtualBox tool. With this setup you’ll be able to manage VirtualBox guest machines remotely via a web browser. This setup is also known as VirtualBox...
by Richard W | Sep 15, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
Lighttpd is a web server that’s fast, flexible and built with security good practices. It’s designed for high performance environments and websites with very high traffic. Lighttpd allows you to run these powerful web applications with limited footprint...
