A common misconception we see all the time is that HTTPS is only useful for scrambling (encrypting) connections between you and a website, but this is only half of its potential. So how do we know we are connected to Facebook’s servers when we access www.facebook.com? HTTPS ensures this, by making two important aspects of […]
We often get questions over the technologies which help get your legitimate email delivered. There are three main ones: SPF – Used to lock down email sources to your servers DKIM – To authenticate your sent emails DMARC – For real world email reporting and DKIM enforcement Email is vital to any organisation. Ensuring your […]
Dogsbody Technology maintenance customers are already protected against the newly disclosed DROWN attack, but as of the 1st March, 33% of all HTTPS sites are affected by this vulnerability. The DROWN (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption) vulnerability affects HTTPS and other services that rely on SSL and TLS, these cryptographic protocols that make […]
In the past few days Google has identified a vulnerability in glibc (GNU C Library). It allows attackers to crash processes and potentially run code remotely on your server. The vulnerability itself is best described by the Google Security Team’s blog-post. To summarise: “The glibc DNS client side resolver is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer […]
We are back! Finally caught up on sleep after the busy LinuxCon EU 2015 schedule. There was so much going on we really needed Hermione’s Time Turner to see all the sessions we wanted. Not to mention the conference hall filled with people and booths at all times. It was awesome to see so many […]
Tickets Received ✓ Hotel Booked ✓ New Embroidered Polo Shirts ✓ New Business Cards ✓ We are ready for LinuxCon Europe next week! An entire conference dedicated to our favourite Operating System. We can’t wait to attend as many sessions as possible and explore what everyone else is doing in the community. We will continue monitoring and […]
Hello! I’m Rob; Gamer, Tea drinker, and lover of all things hackable. I have customised every computer I have ever owned within a inch of its life. I am joining the Dogsbody team as a Linux Systems Apprentice. Excited to learn more about Linux, the cool new technologies out there as well as giving back to […]