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How to get a grip on your log files growing outta control: set up and force logrotate

Cloud Insidr 2016-08-24 Leave a Comment

How to get a grip on your log files growing outta control: set up and force logrotate

Logs that grow in size uncontrollably can cause unintended consequences. If you keep ignoring the situation, it will only get worse until you run our of disc space, the system starts being unresponsive or processes begin to crash.

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Filed Under: administration and orchestration, databases, Linux, mail servers, web servers in the cloud Tagged With: Dovecot, logs

Apple and Seagate Hacked

Cloud Insidr 2016-03-07 4 Comments

Apple and Seagate Hacked

Over the years, Apple has dismissed some of their best technical talent. Today, it came back to bite them: the legendary electronic maker had to admit that they got hacked big-time, joining Seagate in this predicament. It made news all over the airwaves.

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Filed Under: cloud, edge and everything in between, cybersecurity and cyber warfare, encryption, industry gossip, news, web servers in the cloud Tagged With: Apple, breach, Closing Bell, CNBC, cy, cyber security, hack, Seagate

How to Create a Content Security Policy to Protect Your Web Application against XSRF/CSRF/XFS, Clickjacking and Other Code Injection Attacks

Filipe Martins 2016-02-22 3 Comments

How to Create a Content Security Policy to Protect Your Web Application against XSRF/CSRF/XFS, Clickjacking and Other Code Injection Attacks

[Updated 2019-03-17] Are you wondering why some JavaScript code from external domains simply won’t execute on your website? The reason could be as simple as an overly restrictive Content Security Policy (CSP for short). This article explains how you can create a Content Security Policy that’s both protective and functional. It will help you to secure your web server from some types of cross-site request forgery (XSRF/CSRF/XFS), clickjacking and other code injection attacks.

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Filed Under: administration and orchestration, cloud, edge and everything in between, cybersecurity and cyber warfare, encryption, Uncategorized, web servers in the cloud Tagged With: CSP, cyber defense, cyber security, cybersecurity, NGINX

How to renew a Letsencrypt certificate

Anna E Kobylinska 2016-02-21 1 Comment

How to renew a Letsencrypt certificate

In a post titled How to Set Up Letsencrypt, the SSL-Certificate Engine for the Cloud Era of Hyperscale, on AWS EC2, we have introduced you to this free, open, and fully automated Certificate Authority backed by the likes of Facebook (a gold sponsor), and discussed a manual setup for adventurers in How to Use Letsencrypt across Servers in the Manual Configuration Mode with a CSR.

Now is the time to discuss how to extend the validity of a Letsencrypt certificate for up to another 90 days of blissful happiness.

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Filed Under: administration and orchestration, cloud, edge and everything in between, cybersecurity and cyber warfare, encryption, mail servers, web servers in the cloud Tagged With: certificate, letsencrypt, SSL

WordPress Says Your Host May Have Disabled The mail() Function. Here Is How to Fix It.

Cloud Insidr 2016-02-14 5 Comments

WordPress Says Your Host May Have Disabled The mail() Function. Here Is How to Fix It.

Some WordPress installations stubbornly refuse requests for a password reset link, showing the user this error message instead:

The email could not be sent.
Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.

WordPress’ error massage is anything but insightful. The underlying cause usually involves SELinux. Let us introduce you to an easy fix that does not involve plug-ins or external email services. Buckle up.

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Filed Under: administration and orchestration, cloud, edge and everything in between, mail servers, NGINX, web servers in the cloud Tagged With: NGINX, postfix, SELinux, WordPress

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