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Mod_evasive on IIS

Website DDoS protection with mod_evasive.Mod_evasive is a module for Apache and Windows Server IIS (using Helicon Ape). It provides protection and evasive action in the event of an HTTP DoS-, DDoS or brute force attack. Detection is performed by creating an internal dynamic hash table of IP Addresses and URIs, and denies an IP address access to a website if it's requesting the same page more than 10 times a second. This is configurable.

By Jan Reilink 24/07/2014Windows Server

WordPress

Huge increase in WordPress xmlrpc.php POST requests

WordPress xmlprc.php DDoS and brute-force attacks. How to identify, block, mitigate and leverage these xmlrpc.php scans, brute-force, and user enumeration attacks on WordPress sites... Secure WordPress xmlprc.php interface and reduce service disruption.

By Jan Reilink 07/07/2014WordPress

Windows Server

Remove IIS Server version HTTP Response Header

Windows Server IIS love to tell the world a website runs on IIS. And dito for ASP.NET Framework. But this gives hackers a lot of information, right? Let's remove the IIS Server header and ASP.NET version headers. Security by obscurity as a pro :-)

By Jan Reilink 06/07/2014Windows Server

Windows Server

.svc WCF web service returns 404 Not Found on IIS 8

When a Windows Communications Foundation (WCF) web service returns a 404 Not Found error, after installing the HTTP-Activation feature in IIS, you might need to add an extra Handler to your IIS configuration.

By Jan Reilink 30/06/2014Windows Server

Web applications

8 Tips to improve Joomla performance

Speed-up Joomla with just a few config settings: 8 Tips to improve Joomla performance. Add caching, gzip compression, set your sessions & optimize MySQL database functions... Provide your visitors with a blazing fast Joomla website!

By Jan Reilink 29/06/2014Web applications

MySQL

MySQL database optimization with indices

MySQL indexes (indices) are important. Why? Because they speed up the process for MySQL to find requested information.

By Jan Reilink 21/06/2014MySQL

MySQL

Convert MySQL MyISAM tables to InnoDB

Convert MyISAM to InnoDB for better database performance. In the earlier days of MySQL, the default storage engine for your database tables was "MyISAM". InnoDB is the engine to use now, and MyISAM is no longer actively developed. Therefore all MySQL optimizations are for InnoDB, and it's recommended to switch from MyISAM to this InnoDB storage engine for your MySQL database tables. Follow this tutorial on how to convert from MyISAM to InnoDB.

By Jan Reilink 19/06/2014MySQL

Windows Server

Send email with Ghost using SMTP authentication and TLS encryption

As you know, more and more web hosting providers require SMTP authentication (often abbreviated as SMTP AUTH) and a TLS encrypted connection to send email. Here you'll find some script examples to Send secure SMTP email from your website.

By Jan Reilink 19/06/2014Windows Server

Windows Server

Export and migrate WordPress to Ghost

A little while ago I installed Ghost on IIS, along with the required Node.js and iisnode module. All in an isolated test environment, in which Ghost runs as a production site only. Now I wanted migrate from WordPress to Ghost, but failed. Here's the write up.

By Jan Reilink 16/06/2014Windows Server

MySQL

How to flush MySQL query cache from time to time

Learn how to manually flush MySQL's query cache or automatically using a Linux cron job. Flushing the query cache does not delete (or clear) the query cache. For this you have to use the "reset query cache" command.

By Jan Reilink 15/06/2014MySQL

GNU Linux

How to delete all MAILER-DAEMON emails in Postfix queue

Delete all MAILER-DAEMON emails from your Postfix queue fast when it matches a sender or recipient email address condition. For example, delete emails based on Message-ID header, To or From address.

By Jan Reilink 04/06/2014GNU Linux

PowerShell

How to install the Web-WebSockets feature in IIS using PowerShell

How to install WebSocket Protocol support in IIS using PowerShell's Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet. Easily install and enable support for the WebSocket protocol on Windows Server IIS.

By Jan Reilink 27/05/2014PowerShell

Code base

How to: Test MySQL database connectivity in ASP.NET, PHP, ASP

Test MySQL database connectivity in ASP.NET, PHP, ASP; Simple MySQL connection test from your website with ASP.NET, PHP & classic ASP. Whenever you need a MySQL connectivity test from a website or server, it's handy to have various test scripts nearby. Whether it is because you are setting up a new website or you have just installed a new server and are running your tests.

By Jan Reilink 26/05/2014Code base

Windows Server

How to hide the .php file extension with IIS URL Rewrite Module

How to hide file extensions, such as .php or .asp, with URL Rewrite Module in IIS. This example will hide the .php extension using IIS URL Rewrite Module, in a ready to use web.config & .htaccess example: extension less URLs in IIS.

By Jan Reilink 23/05/2014Windows Server

WordPress

Minify JavaScript, CSS and compress images

Optimizing, minify and compressing JavaScript and CSS files, the easy and fast way? With YUI Compressor on the Windows-, Linux- and macOS command line of course! Compacting HTML, CSS, and JavaScript can speeds up your website because of smaller and faster downloads, parsing, and execution time. Fire-and-forget JavaScript and CSS minification and optimization

By Jan Reilink 18/05/2014WordPress