Published by Peter Armstrong on July 18th, 2024
MAXER is committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Part of this commitment involves our technicians maintaining multiple different PHP versions on our web hosting servers. Each PHP version has its own lifespan: a beta version, a stable launch, numerous minor updates and security patches, and finally …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on December 3rd, 2021
Spiral Hosting are committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Part of this job is our technicians maintaining multiple different PHP versions that we offer. Every PHP version has its own lifespan: a beta version, a stable launch, lots of minor updates and security patches, and finally decommissioning. …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on December 6th, 2019
Spiral Hosting are committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Part of this job is our technicians maintaining the many different PHP versions on offer, with every version having its own launch date, updates and patches throughout its lifespan, and finally decommissioning. From time to time we …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on July 24th, 2018
The latest release of Google’s Chrome v68 web browser will now warn users that a website is “not secure” if the website is not using HTTPS (the S stands for Secure). With a market share of over 60%, Chrome is sending a clear message that all websites should use an SSL certificate and contain no …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on June 28th, 2018
Saturday 30th June 2018 marks a significant change to how the Internet communicates. An old security protocol (TLS version 1.0) is being phased out, and this might cause issues for anyone hasn’t updated their computer’s operating system, web browser or email software in the last few years. This blog post explains what’s happening and what you …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on February 12th, 2017
Spiral Hosting are making it easier than ever to secure your website with HTTPS. We have introduced a new AutoSSL feature on all our shared hosting, enterprise hosting and reseller hosting plans. AutoSSL is an automatically provisioned SSL certificate securing your HTTPS website (whether it is a domain, sub-domain, add-on domain or alias). AutoSSL offers a DV …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on July 18th, 2016
Spiral Hosting are committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Today we emailed all our clients important information on changes to email, FTP and database access. It is essential that clients read the full information and take action. To comply with PCI (payment card industry) requirements, which are important for hosting clients …
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Published by Matt on March 4th, 2016
Spiral Hosting are committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. We will be updating the native (default) PHP version on our web servers to PHP 5.6. PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP is used by …
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Published by Matt on February 17th, 2016
We’ve updated our site today with a few small cosmetic changes and a more fluid and simple design. We’ve also further optimised the site for mobile and tablet so you will be able to view it from any device! We’re really chuffed with the changes and we hope you benefit from the clearer and more …
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Published by Matt on October 29th, 2015
It’s come to our attention that some registrars are being targeted by phishing attacks against domain owners and registrants. We have received communications that some of those attacks are using Tucows branded emails to potentially contact you. all over the world. The fraudulent emails claim that a particular domain name has been suspended and ask users to …
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