SSH tunelling is usually used to avoid firewall restriction or to ensure point-to-point encrypted communication. For example, if you want to send email to smtp server “smtp.yourserver.com” on port 587, but your organization currently blocking smtp port 25 and 587, then you can benefit from SSH tunelling to avoid from being blocked. To get around […]
IPdeny.com is a service which offers a free collection of Regional and Country IP address blocks list. The IP address blocks is useful for application developer and system administrator to enhance their system. For example, application developer can use the information redirect users from certain countries to regional websites or pages, or a system administrator […]
PHP 5.5 and 5.6 comes with OPCache. OPCache speeds up PHP execution by storing precompile bytecode of PHP in shared memory. Taking advantage of fast memory operations compared to hard disk operation, OPCache eliminates the process of having to read PHP scripts from the disk each time whenever a script must be executed. In short, […]
Google has announced that they will take Mobile-Friendly site into account when indexing sites. Thus, it is prudent to ensure the particular website that you’re maintaining is mobile friendly. There are two main tools released by Google for testing if the website is Mobile-Friendly: Google Mobile Friendly Test PageSpeed Insights However, personally I like PageSpeed […]
Comment spams is the bane of any website operator that rely on real human interaction. Stopping comment spams by hand is a tedious process especially when comment spam attacks are sophisticated and are launched from Botnet. There are several techniques that can be employed to fight comment spams including behavioral analysis and also IP analysis. […]
I’ve managed to connect this blog with IFTTT! However due to certain security restriction that I’ve enforced on this blog to curb spammers and unauthorized access (aka crackers), I’ve decided against connecting my blog directly through XMLRPC endpoint. So I’ve use RSS/ATOM feeds instead. IFTTT is a wonderful service which allows you to connect various […]