19 Jan 10 Website Security Scan

Websites get hacked every day, customers details taken, and it’s usually REALLY EASY to do. As a security consultant,  I often get a call after a Google search turns up with my details as the guy to contact when this happens.

Shameless plug: Why not contact me BEFORE this happens for a FREE basic web scan.

Shameless plug over, why not consider some of the things that can be done to help prevent a website breach..
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Tags: Apache, backups, code, cookie, cross site scripting, htaccess, LAMP, logs, mod_security, MySQL, PHP, php security, rate limit, restrict limit, Security Consultant, session, sniffing, sql injection, website security scan, xss

30 Jun 08 LAMP Optimization

Here’s 3 easy steps to immediately boost your Linux Apache MySQL PHP installation.

- Apache:
Make sure you’re using the correct number of spare threads and minimum and maximum constraints. Too few available threads mean that a new one will have to be spawned for a site access leading to a decrease in response time, but too many available threads will eat memory unnecessarily
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Tags: Apache, eaccelerator, LAMP Optimization, MySQL, Optimization, PHP, query cache, query caching, theads