Tag: Web server
SYN Flooding using SCAPY and Prevention using iptables
DoS (Denial of Service) attacks against Web services make them unavailable for legitimate users, affecting the website owner's potential business. These involve intentional consumption...
The Comprehensive LAMP Guide — Part 3 (PHP)
PHP, the "P" in LAMP, is a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. It is the most widely used programming language for Web applications...
Storage Management using Openfiler, Part 1
Many companies use the file-sharing features of a popular proprietary desktop operating system. The main constraint is the limit on simultaneous connections to a...
Set Up Your Own Forum Using phpBB
Clichéd as it may sound, we do live in the age of the social media. It is normal for humans to gather in groups...
Making Your Web Apps Social with Facebook
Thinking about making your Web application talk to Facebook? Or do you need tighter integration for your website? Alternately, do you just want to...
WordPress Multi-site Servers on Production Machines
Everybody knows how to set up a LAMP machine and get a WordPress site running, using the famous three-minute installation. But how many...
Advanced Awk for Sysadmins
In this article, we will discuss advanced Awk functionality, including string- and time-manipulation functions, associative arrays and user-defined functions. These can be very useful...
The Comperhensive LAMP Guide, Part-1: Compiling and Optimising Apache
These days, almost everyone needs a website. Online business is picking up, and an Internet presence is a must for firms wanting to expand...
Turnkey: Build LAMP Server in Under 10 Minutes
Many of us have wanted to work on our own homemade Linux Web server, but struggled due to the lack of appropriate versions, and...
Securing Apache, Part 8: DoS & DDoS Attacks
In this part of the series, we focus on DoS/DDoS attacks, which have been among the major threats to Web servers since the beginning...
