Before Christmas, the latest stable releases of PHP were released for the 5.4 and 5.3 branches – 5.4.10 and 5.3.20 – but there is also the latest alpha release – 5.5.0 Alpha 2, following on from the Alpha 1 release … Continue reading →

Here is a script that, when executed, will draw a Christmas tree using the characters chosen by the user on the linux terminal. The script will prompt the user to enter the character using which the tree has to be … Continue reading →

It’s important to make sure your operating system and applications are regularly patched, to ensure the system is kept up-to-date and reduce the chances of it being compromised. If you run Red Hat Enterprise, Fedora or CentOS (any rpm/yum based … Continue reading →

If you have presence in internet, whether it is a server you fully manage or hosted, even shared by somebody else, you need to think how you can secure yourself from potential malicious attack. Truth is simple, you will be … Continue reading →

There are times when a webserver which you’re in charge of administrating has a traffic spike and you need to try to identify whether that is malicious or standard traffic. There is always the possibility to check the log files, … Continue reading →

Christmas 1982. I ran downstairs like 1000′s of kids (mainly boys) and got my hands on my new Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K. Wow. With its colour graphics, sound and rubber keyboard I was in heaven. It plugged directly into a … Continue reading →

No it’s not a new Android update. If you own a Raspberry Pi, you’re probably either thinking of some practical uses for it or you just like to play with it and see what you can do. Either way installing … Continue reading →

If you ever used SSH then you must heard about tunneling feature. “By using tunneling one can (for example) carry a payload over an incompatible delivery-network, or provide a secure path through an untrusted network.” – wikipedia.org I’m going to … Continue reading →