Download article as PDF suPHP is a module that enhances overall server security. It forces the system to execute PHP scripts with user privileges as opposed to Web server privileges. suPHP is a good security measure especially when you expect to host multiple unrelated websites or hosting accounts. It keeps rotten apples away from the [...]
Download article as PDF A customer wanted Amazon’s S3 tools installed on his Centos 5.3 server in order to backup important files off-network. The task is straight forward as it requires installing the usual Ruby interpreter, tools, and Gems. But as it turned out, cPanel appends an exclude line in /etc/yum.conf to prevent installing anything [...]
Download article as PDF In this short post, I would like to share a technique that will protect your confidential data even if your backup store were to be compromised. We shall leverage the powerful open source Encryption Filesystem. I’ll go through all steps required to install the software, use it, and finally integrate it [...]
