mod_ruid2 – Issues in mutual exclusion ?

The mod_ruid2 Apache module changes the permissions of all of the HTTP requests for a domain to the permissions of the owner of that domain. This is just like suexec or the module mod_suphp ! If you have enabled mod_ruid2 in your server and if there are any scripts...

The Ghost vulnerability – CVE-2015-0235

So there we have another vulnerability affecting the world of opensource. Nick-named as GHOST Vulnerability,  it affects the glibc library shipped along with the linux systems. It has been assigned CVE-2015-0235 As per redhat, GHOST is a ‘buffer overflow’...

Turning off mod_gzip using .htaccess rules !

You an read this to find out about mod_gzip, an external module for Apache. There can be an issue with mod_gzip, when your website is hit with lots of users, attempting to complete some form-submission and if they do not allow enough time for mod_gzip to send the...

Disabling email alerts from LFD !

LFD ( login failure daemon ) which comes along with the firewall CSF, is a process which runs in the background and that scans for the server logs periodically to find any suspicious activities, process, login attempts etc. You might receive Lfd excessive resource...