Most web developers know that they should sanitize their web input. However recent figures from the UK Security Breach Investigations Report 2010 indicate that 40 per cent of all website attacks are due to SQL injections. SQL injection attacks allow perpetrators to leak data, usually by making a web application perform a query it wasn’t [...]

I’ve been really excited about the potential of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6/CentOS6) and the beta has not let me down. Most of the more prominent features are laid out at the Redhat website but one of the things it neglects to mention is how much more access control it comes with.

A couple of weeks ago the Linux Kernel 2.6.35 was officially released. For me, this release hasn’t been as exciting as say, 2.6.30 but one thing that whet my appetite was the support for distributed incoming network load. But what’s the fuss all about? Here I demonstrate how spreading incoming network I/O over multiple CPUs [...]

Last month a significant milestone was achieved, but it would have passed by most people unnoticed. The Apache HTTP Server announced its 15th anniversary.

This week provides a little extra excitement in the world of Linux. The newest version of Ubuntu (10.4) has been released for testing!

Traditionally, change is brought about by ideas, contributions, team work and communities. This is no less so in IT. Just a few years ago software and applications were seen as magical entities and few people understood how they worked. This lack of understanding inevitably led to problems like users being locked into applications that vendors [...]

So, as my ongoing quest to expand the Linux user base continues, I want to mention the middle ground people often get stuck in. It’s often perceived as a no-mans lands between the two waring sides, however there is a “bridge of peace” between the two so to speak. This comes in the unexpected form, [...]

As the title of my first post touched on, Linux has a steep learning curve, and I don’t think many people would disagree. The power, freedom and control of Linux is certainly what draws and maintains the vast majority of its users. The first steps into Linux could be from the demands of an over-worked [...]

Whilst thinking about where to start this newly extended Linux section of the UKFast blog, it dawned on me to simply start at the beginning and grow from there. A curious statement you may say, but one I had to think about in order to qualify. For me it started around ten years ago with [...]

In the hosting industry we’re seeing an increase in the number of businesses opting for Linux-based servers. If you’re looking to host a quality website you’ll be looking for the most stable technology on which to build your online presence. So, how do Windows and Linux platforms differ and which offers you the best service? [...]