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| How to Choose a Web Host: Factors to Consider |
Category: Beginners Section Date Submitted: 23rd of April 2006 |
| With all of the web hosting companies, including resellers, out there today, and with all of the promises they make, choosing a web host isn’t always easy. Here are five factors you should consider when comparing web hosts and their hosting plans: |
| Is a Niche Web Hosting Service for You? |
Category: Beginners Section Date Submitted: 10th of April 2006 |
| Aside from the big name web hosting providers, there are many smaller, niche-oriented web hosting companies. Could these be a better deal, or provide better service for your highly targeted site than a general web host? First it’s important to understand what a niche web host is. |
| How To Install PICO Editor Using SSH |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| Here we are going to show you how to Install Pico. So you got your new dedicated server and your favorite editor ( PICO ) is not there? Well we are going to help you install Pico on your dedicated server. PICO is a very simple and easy-to-use text editor offering paragraph justification, cut/paste, and a spelling checker. (Pico is an acronym for PIne COmposer). Please note pico can not be "updated" alone on your server as it is part of PINE. Let's get started and Install Pico. |
| Update PHP 4.3.10 |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| Since the release of the script that will compromise a phpBB forum it is now become top priority for web hosts and independent server owners to upgrade PHP. |
| CHKrootkit Finds Slapper Worm installed |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| Root Kit Hunters such as CHKRootKit are great for monitoring your server for security holes but sometimes they find false positives. These appear to be real security threats when you run the software so it's sometimes confusing to determine if you are in fact in trouble or if it's false. |
| How To Install RKHunter |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| RKHunter - (RootKit Hunter) Is a security scanning tool which will scan for rootkits, backdoors, and local exploits. RKHunter will ensure you about 99.9% that your dedicated web server is secure. |
| Disable Telnet Access |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| Telnet should be disabled, and you should use SSH. Telnet sends password in plain text, and 'crackers/hackers' can obtain these passwords easily compared to SSH, and then takeover your dedicated web server. |
| Disabling Direct Root Login (SSH) |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| Disabling root login will force any attempted hackers to use 2 passwords making the odds of him breaking in even harder. Now we know you don't have to use two seperate passwords but if you don't you are making it easier for someone to break into your server. |
| Install BFD (Brute Force Detection) |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| What is Brute Force Detection? (BFD) BFD is a modular shell script for parsing applicable logs and checking for authentication failures. There is not much complexity or detail to BFD yet and likewise it is very straight-forward in its installation, configuration and usage. The reason behind BFD is very simple; the fact there is little to no authentication and brute force auditing programs in the linux community that work in conjunction with a firewall or real-time facility to place bans. |
| eAccelerator for PHP |
Category: Intermediate & Advanced Articles Date Submitted: 24th of February 2006 |
| eAccelerator is a free open source PHP accelerator, optimizer, encoder and dynamic content cache for PHP. It increases performance of PHP scripts by caching them in compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. Also it uses some optimizations to speed up execution of PHP scripts. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times. |
