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Refers to the software or hardware that make up a webserver, delivering content on a private or public website.

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Securing php webserver from exploits?

We are running a PHP application on a linux apache webserver. How can we secure the server, so if someone finds a hole in our application, they can only get access to the application (Files inside the www folder) and not rest of the server? How to…
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windows 2008 R2 server IIS 7.5 not loading pages on first visit...requires refresh 2 or 3 times

This could be a network thing at my ISP where my box is colocated...not entirely sure. I wanted to just check here to see if anyone has seen an issue like this that is server related so I can check there as well. if I go to one of my web sites, I…
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Unexpected URL referrers from trusted websites?

I just found these two entries in my error logs: Date: 2012-02-09 11:33:46.693 PageUrl: http://thebusinessbook.com/SalfordComamp;tbo=1&q=related:http:/www.barnesandnoble.com/c/city-of-salford-commun2onmousedown=return Error: A potentially…
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Server returning response for previous requests

It's a really strange problem. I believe it to be a server issue, but it's so strange and hard to reproduce that I'm not entirely sure. Just as the title says I'm receiving responses for earlier requests. And not just from the same client. I'm…
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IP Level Failover for Web Servers With BGP (Am I Insane?)

I've considered using Round-robin DNS failover, but due to various levels of DNS caching, you run the risk of old records pointing to a down site. If I own my own address space and AS number, in data centre 1, I can announce my 1.1.1.x/x network to…
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PhP on Tomcat 7 possible?

I have a website using PhP and Apache Webserver (e.g. mod_php). I need to use Tomcat for another purpose. Rather than just add Tomcat to the current mix, I'm wondering if I should eliminate Apache Webserver and simply use Tomcat to serve static…
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Using wordpress as a subdirectory of a drupal installation?

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 with NginX 0.7.65. I have Drupal installed in the root directory and it works perfectly with an appropriately configured vhost file, but now I would like to install Wordpress in a subdirectory on the same domain. When I go…
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IIS7 logging options - Difference between Server and Site level

I am setting up my first IIS 7.5 server and have come unstuck. Is there a difference between the server logging options and site logging options. I am assuming that the server logging options relate to creating a template for all sites to follow so…
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captive billing portal?

For a while now, I've been looking at how we deal with customers that have not paid their bill. At the moment, after several gentle email reminders being sent to an email address that the customers subscribe to themselves, we essentially reprogram…
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Make a file accesible by PHP but not from the outside

My host gives me two folders for my use, a /home/public/ which is where the pages go, and /home/private/, which is for my personal use. I would like for PHP to create a file that's readable by me from the machine but not by anyone else over the…
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Nightly Backups and Server Performance

At a certain time we run a few backup scripts to backup: code/files databases other important files on the server During this time the websites on the server grind to a hault giving timeouts and database connection issues. So, i imagine im doing…
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Python app server & web server co-existing?

I have a site example.com that runs off a 'normal' web server ie at the moment Apache but looking to go for a less RAM intensive alternative in future so I don't want mod_WSGI on apache. Shortly I will be looking to deploy a web app that runs out of…
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How the web server distinguishes between different DNS names?

I want to know how a web server can distinguish between requests of different DNS names on the same server (same IP)? for example, in my university there are two websites: fea.kau.edu.sa engineering.kau.edu.sa and when I use nslookup on Windows, I…
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Javascript works everywhere else, except new server

Server A: Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS 7, admin - me Server B: Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS 7, admin - company server admin group I have a Javascript file that works well on my local machine. The JS file also works on Server B. When loaded to Server…
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Heartbeat ip failover on Ubuntu

I have 3 servers, 1 as load balancer and 2 as web-servers(apache tomcat) hosting some jsp pages. I want to add one more load balancer in active/passive mode to avoid SPOF and below is the expected setup. lb1--> eth0=123.123.123.123,…
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