Published on : March 10, 2020 by Glenn Max
A proxy server is a dedicated computer or a software system running on a computer that acts as an intermediary between an endpoint device, such as a computer, and another server from which a user or client is requesting a service. The proxy server may exist in the same machine as a firewall server or […]
Published on : August 14, 2019 by Eric Maze
This issue normally occurs when STAPLING is enabled and you are not able to connect to the SSL CA provider. Normally it’s because of network error in the datacenter. You can verify that by pinging from your server (where you are facing this issue) to SSL CA provider. In our case ocsp.int-x3.letsencrypt.org. If you not […]
Published on : April 17, 2019 by Nidhin George
For me, a sysadmin is a jack of all, master of few trades. A good sysadmin can play multiple roles effortlessly, in his professional as well as personal life. Once he is into debugging an issue, don’t disturb. That’s the only condition he would have. I agree that its difficult to document how a sysadmin […]
Published on : April 12, 2019 by Nidhin George
Do we need security through obscurity? My answer would be ‘yes‘, we need security through obscurity as well. Well changing the ssh port from the default 22 to a non-default one is desired and is recommended by me. But do not simply rely on this method though for SSH security. On a publicly accessible server […]
Published on : April 10, 2019 by Nidhin George
WordPress based websites sometimes show a 500 internal server error and in some cases, you get a white screen instead of the error. There can be many reasons for this error, but primarily two which accounts for 80% of the cases. Let’s discuss the scenarios in detail. Primary reasons Wrong entries in .htaccess (assuming that […]
