The apache stop menu item in Backtrack Linux accomplishes one goal which is to stop the Apache web server. The previous article for apache start would have been enough to explain the basics to anyone using Apache on Backtrack Linux but since my goal is to write an article for every menu item and every…
Backtrack Linux offers a lot to people of all skill sets and I really appreciate the thought that the developers have put behind making this a operating system platform that is friendly to all. In my experience there are penetration testers or information security enthusiasts of all levels and having Backtrack as a platform to…
Earlier while analyzing a Linux server it was pointed out to me that the Apache logs were filling up with constant connections requesting domains that were not configured on the server. To me it looked as if a load balancer somewhere was misconfigured and sending traffic to our IP address by mistake but I needed…
While working on a server farm for a client I kept running into some issues with one of the servers. The issue appeared to be a single CentOS Linux server in a cluster of ten CentOS Linux servers configured exactly the same as the other nine CentOS Linux servers was having issues writing to a…
If you performed a default install of ModSecurity but never modified the configuration or completed any other steps the chances are that you are not logging any ModSecurity items. Typically you just need to add a directory structure with the proper permissions and then ModSecurity will do the rest as far as generating the files…
After upgrading PHP recently on a CentOS Linux server from PHP 5.2.X to PHP 5.3.X I ran into numerous minor issues. One of the issues was with a web application that requires the ionCube PHP Encoder libraries to function properly. After upgrading PHP I noticed some errors in the Apache error logs including the ionCube…
I booted up a server yesterday that I had not used in quite a long time and had some issues right from the beginning. I remembered the server working the last time it was live so I was assuming I could boot it up and test something on the ruby application that was installed on…
After moving a WordPress site from one server to a brand new server I ran into an issue with one of the WordPress plugins called MM-Forms. The MM-Forms WordPress plugin allows you to easily create contact forms that will either email filled out forms to you, store those forms in the MySQL database, or both…
You may receive the below error when attempting to upload files via the WordPress Add New Media page. The error is fairly specific regarding what the issue is however you may be unfamiliar with how to resolve the issue so below I will explain how to modify php.ini and resolve the error.