CentralNic Registry was recently informed of a security issue with one of its third-party vendors. There’s no evidence of a compromise or any unauthorised access however there is a risk that domain authCode’s have been leaked. A domain auth code can be used to steal a domain from you. Any domain owners of the following […]
Dogsbody are proud to announce 24/7 support in partnership with Just After Midnight (JAM). As our business has grown our customers have needed more and more from us. As the business owner I didn’t want to ask our staff to be on-call out of hours. They work darn hard during the working day and need/deserve […]
The winter season can be a challenging time for many people which is why every year, at around Christmas time, we donate a percentage of our profits to good causes. For the last two years we have let our staff pick the charities close to their hearts. We are honoured to support their chosen causes… […]
Last month I was interviewed as part of Linode’s Managed Service Provider Spotlight Series. The result was 50 mins of talking about what it’s like to be a business owner and my goals for the industry we work in. So go get yourself a cup of tea and have a listen… you don’t really even […]
We are proud to officially sponsor Pride in Surrey and would like to invite you to join us in supporting this great cause. The main event happens on 27th August 2022 in Camberley. A festival and parade will make Camberley the host of the largest Pride in Surrey event yet boasting performances from Sonia, Savior, […]
This weekend, a very serious vulnerability in the popular Java-based logging package Log4j was disclosed. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code on a remote server; a so-called Remote Code Execution (RCE). Because of the widespread use of Java and Log4j, as well as the relative ease with which the vulnerability can be exploited, […]
Following the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union on 01 February 2020, many owners of .EU domains based in the UK will no longer be eligible to own their domains. If you own a domain ending .eu then you have until 01 January 2021 to ensure that it is correctly registered else it […]
CentOS 6 goes End of Life (EOL) on the 30th November 2020. We recommend you upgrade to CentOS 7 or 8 before this date. Technology and security evolves. New bugs are fixed and new threats prevented, so in order to maintain a secure infrastructure it is important to keep all software and systems up to […]
There has been a lot of noise regarding the current coronavirus outbreak and I’ve been trying hard not to add to the volume. That said, we’ve had a number of customers come to us this week asking what we were doing and what has changed so I wanted to address that… Dogsbody Technology are open […]
This post will show you the keys to troubleshooting ‘server down’ issues in Linux, cover some common causes for outages and how you can investigate and resolve them. A well configured Linux server offers an incredible level of stability and performance. Inevitably though, outages are pretty much a fact of life. First though, it’s important […]