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 […]
One of the great benefits of being a member of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is it gives you a chance to be heard. This has been especially true of their representation of business owners with apprentices such as ourselves. I am proud to have been interviewed extensively for the latest FSB research into […]
On 3rd January 2018 engineers around the world scrambled to respond to the announcement that most CPUs on the planet had a vulnerability that would allow attackers to steal data from affected computers. Almost two weeks later and we do know a lot more however the outlook is still bleak. Am I vulnerable? Almost definitely. […]
A new vulnerability was announced today affecting all Linux servers (including OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris, on i386 and amd64). The vulnerability allows local users to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code. We are currently contacting customers to arrange for appropriate times to reboot servers and load in the new kernel. If you manage your […]