Linux and PHP web application support and development (Bromsgrove, UK)

Performance enhancements for a bespoke PHP ecommerce store

July 15, 2009 development

Introduction Not so long ago, a customer was using an bespoke online store for selling clothing. For 99% of the year, the site would perform perfectly (fast page loading times and so on) – however at the start of a sales promotion, the site would collapse due to a huge spike in requests from potential […]

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A quick overview of a compromised Linux system

April 29, 2009 systems administration

Some time ago, a new customer approached us (thanks to a referral from Bytemark); they were using a virtual machine to host their website. The machine itself was RedHat 9 (from 2003ish) and was used to take online bookings for events. Here’s a summary of what we found, which may prove to be interesting/useful for […]

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