Monitor Nginx Real-time Metrics on Linux/Ubuntu

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Monitoring webserver is essential to see whats happening on your website. In this article, Ill explain how to install and usengxtopfor Linux and Ubuntu OS. This assumes you have Nginx installed and running. If not, then you’re free to refer to myinstallation guide. To Install ngxtop on CentOS/RHEL First, you better install PIP (Python Package Management System)....

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 154 words · Keith Daniels

How the Lonely Island Changed the Internet, Comedy, and Especially Internet Comedy

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. As youll see, those rules have served them well. Cut a hole in a box.The Lonely Island disrupted the distribution and aesthetic of filmed comedy. Related Stories Comedy is all about timing. YouTube officially launched on December 15, 2005. The Lonely Island premiered their secondSNLdigital short, Lazy Sunday, two days later. By 2005, the cast featured an incredible11cast members who had improv backgrounds....

June 1, 2016 · 4 min · 803 words · Mary Smith

How to Install & Configure ModSecurity on Nginx

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Nginx web server is used on more than30%of website worldwide and growing. Nginx is well-known for its performance and lightweight web server/proxy and used on many busiest sites. Mod Security is an Open Source WAF by Trustwave SpiderLabs and was made available for Nginx in 2012. In this guide, Ill explain how todownload,installandconfigureMod Security with Nginx....

May 22, 2016 · 1 min · 170 words · Theodore Dillon

How to Integrate IBM HTTP Server with WebSphere in 8.5.5?

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Putting your WebSphere behind Web Server isessentialfor various reasons including performance, security, and scalability. On high-level, you should probably do following so that implement managed web server. This assumes you have IHS and WAS installed on Linux environment. The following demonstration is based onWebSphere ND 8.5.5andIBM HTTP Server 8.5.5. You may use IBM WAS with other web servers like Apache, Nginx or IIS as well....

May 15, 2016 · 2 min · 230 words · Suzanne Gonzalez

I Might Be Wrong: Every Radiohead Song, Ranked

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In January 1998, Radiohead released a B-side called How I Made My Millions. Its a rough recording, essentially a demo, and yet the title is apt. Yorkes words are almost beyond comprehension, but the feeling behind them is palpable. If the title is a prompt, the song is a demonstration. Radioheads still doing it. Its hard to argue that that even the slinky, in-the-moment grooves ofThe King of Limbshave been underpraised....

May 13, 2016 · 7 min · 1297 words · Andrew Bailey

IT Production Support Shift, On-Call Handover Template

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Most probably youll be working on a shift or on-call basis if you are doing Production Support. Many of you are probably already using some template. However, this is to those who have just started working on a shift or need shift handover format. How do you do a handover to the next support team now?...

May 7, 2016 · 2 min · 232 words · Michele Klein

Secure Wordpress with X-Frame-Options & HTTPOnly Cookie

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. However, to do this directly in WordPress you could do the following. Note: post-implementation, you’re able to use theSecure Headers Test toolto verify the results. X-Frame-Options Header in WordPress Having this injected into the Header will preventClickjackingattacks. Below was discovered by Netsparker. Note: This would work on the HTTPS website. If you are still on HTTP, you may consider switching toHTTPS for better security....

April 3, 2016 · 1 min · 143 words · Michael Thompson

How to get FREE SSL Certificate for Website (HTTPS) ?

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Its necessary for the transactional or membership-based site to encrypt the sensitive data from a client to a server. Improve your Website Security withSSL/TLSCertificate. HTTPS would also boost thesearch engine ranking, so you may consider having this for your blog as well. The following acronyms are used below. If you are looking for shared hosting that provides a free SSL certificate, you may try SiteGround....

March 8, 2016 · 2 min · 324 words · Angela Boyd

8 Best Online Port Scanners

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Port scanning is a technique to explore a web connection by checking specific ports for openness. It helps identify potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses in a systems security. It helps identify active services and assess the security posture of a system or internet. Pentest-Tools is a cloud-based toolkit for offensive security testing focused on web applications and online grid penetration testing....

February 20, 2016 · 3 min · 600 words · Michael Perkins

How to Test & Fix Missing SPF Record Vulnerability/Email Spoofing?

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Not only that, but this will also result in land emails in the SPAM box when SPF missing. Lately, I performed a Vulnerability Scan on my website through Detectify and found this critical item to fix. Lets take a look at the following online tools to test the SPF records. MX Toolbox MX Toolboxis another SPF record checker tool along with many other emails related lookup....

January 17, 2016 · 1 min · 176 words · Michael Williams

WPScan: Find WordPress Security Vulnerabilities

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. WordPress is a popular content management system that is often targeted by hackers. What Is WPScan? It is owned by Automattic and uses a WordPress vulnerability database to scan for known vulnerabilities. WPScan is an open-source tool supported by a large community. Its database is regularly updated to stay effective in finding new threats....

January 16, 2016 · 2 min · 378 words · David Young

Test “Origin IP” Vulnerability to Prevent DDoS Attacks

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Keeping original IP exposed makes attacker life easier to prepare for an attack directly on the server. DDoS is dangerous for online businesses. Lets take a look at online tools which will help you to test the origin IP vulnerability. Users can use it to look up specific IP addresses, domain names, and other kinds of data....

January 13, 2016 · 2 min · 249 words · Amanda Newman

How to Find Real IP (Origin) address of Website?

We earn commission when you buy through affiliate links. This does not influence our reviews or recommendations.Learn more. Have you done the necessary to ensure your websites origin IP is not exposed? Protecting the real IP address of a website is essential toprevent DDoS attacks. There are multiple ways to find out the websites IP address like Domain into IP or DNS records lookup. But its difficult, not impossible. Its an exciting tool to find out not just the IP but many other things, including following....

January 10, 2016 · 2 min · 250 words · James Blake