Collaborate Disseminate
I am performing research on the security of control panel software for shared hosting providers, and I am interested to know if there is a way to identify the version of the control panel software that the server is using, fo… Continue reading Is there a way to guess a shared server’s control panel’s version?
Media Temple is launching a new enterprise-grade WordPress hosting solution today. That would be interesting by itself, but the twist here is that the company, which is owned by GoDaddy, is hosting this service on AWS. With this offering, Media Temple is combining its expertise in running WordPress installs with its (mt) One white-glove customer service offering, CloudTech Premier support,… Read More Continue reading Media Temple launches new enterprise WordPress solution hosted on AWS
RIP, data: customers are howling as the company tells some that it can’t get their sites back. Continue reading Web host 123-reg accidentally slaughters customers’ sites
Is there any website out the like bgp.he.net (Hurricane Electric) or ipv4info.com that has a database with all VPS/Dedicated Server comapnies filtered by AS Number?
I know that there are plenty of websites which have a datab… Continue reading Hosting companies by AS Number [closed]
The OpenStack Foundation today launched Mitaka, the thirteenth release of its open source enterprise cloud platform. In many ways, this new release shows the growing maturity of the project, which was originally incubated in 2010 by Rackspace and… Continue reading OpenStack’s Mitaka release focuses on manageability and user experience
DreamHost is best known as a web hosting service, but the company has also long been a major contributor to the open source OpenStack platform for enterprises. For the last few years, it’s also been running its own OpenStack-based cloud computing service DreamCompute in beta. Today, DreamCompute is coming out of beta and announcing a new pricing model that’s a mix of… Read More Continue reading DreamHost’s OpenStack-powered EC2 rival comes out of beta
GoDaddy, the web hosting and domain registration company that went public last year, is adding new cloud services to grow the revenues it makes from the 14 million small businesses that make up the majority of its customer base. Today it’s taking the wraps off Cloud Servers and Cloud Applications — Amazon-style features that will let companies build, test and scale cloud… Read More Continue reading GoDaddy launches AWS-style servers and apps to build, test and scale cloud services
One of my dedicated hosting CentOS servers hit 12 years. I received an end-of-life notice on it, and I started receiving SMART errors as well. I guess it’s time to let it go. But before I do, I’d like to try and securely eras… Continue reading Securely decommissioning a dedicated server
I have some domains/websites as well as emails with Bluehost. Every time I need support, they need the last 4 characters of my main password for the account. They cannot tell me how they store the password, so I am intrigued in how they… Continue reading If a provider sees the last 4 characters of my password, can they see it in full?
Would having the IP address and name of my database visible to the public be a security risk?
I have hosting with godaddy, a shared hosting plan. When I connect to my DB, via MS-SQL-MS, I can see the names of all databases on the shared h… Continue reading Database Security