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Security vulnerability: 8 years old bug in PHP that shows the source code

May 5, 2012 News & Events

Weevil on a computer printout

The other day, the PHP developers found an 8 years old bug hidden in all versions of php library since a commit made in 2004.The bug in question affects only PHP using the Apache mod_cgi mode. The Apache+mod_php and nginx+php-fpm are not affected So the bug comes up when you add a url without any [...]

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POP vs IMAP vs SMTP vs Forwarding emails

September 18, 2011 Web Tutorials

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POP vs IMAP, the eternal fight. What is POP and what is IMAP, and what in the hell is SMTP, this one is new, not to mention email forwarding. Here is the answerer to all that: What is POP Protocol Post office protocol (also called POP) downloads email directly to your computer. When this happens, [...]

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0 Email, Email forwarding, Hosting, IMAP, POP,

Differences between VPS and Dedicated Server

September 12, 2011 Web Tutorials

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Think of a Virtual Private Server as a go-between a virtual hosting/shared account and a dedicated server. ‘Virtual’ means that it is not real. Basically, it is still a shared hosting account but unlike a normal shared hosting account, each VPS has its own dedicated slice of the CPU, RAM and disk space. So basically, [...]

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0 Dedicated server, Hosting, Terminology,