OpenSSL vulnerability – Heartbleed Bug statement
You might think the Heartbleed bug is already history, but in recent days some of our customers have requested a public announcement due to the unprecedented media profile of this particular security vulnerability.
Whilst the media are (rightly, to an extent) making a lot of noise about this bug and its significance to the Internet population at large, the truth is we as sysadmins haven’t treated this security threat any differently to any other.
There are lots of important security vulnerabilities uncovered which have the potential to give an attacker full access to your server (arguably more serious than this case) – so we patch and workaround security vulnerabilities on an almost daily basis as part of our fully managed service. There is simply no reason or benefit to announce each and every one of these – our customers use our service to stay focused on their business rather than technical details like these.
Our expert technical team are always there in the background, performing server tune-ups to ensure that the configuration is optimal and secure at all times, so that you don’t have to.
If you somehow managed to miss the media coverage and the myriad of announcements and emails in your inbox about the Heartbleed bug, you can find more details regarding this vulnerability alert issued by the OpenSSL group on April 7, 2014: http://heartbleed.com/
Case study: Fusion Ticket powered by Plesk 11.5 Managed Hosting
Today’s case study showcases the importance of using the right tools (with the right service provider) for your web hosting needs, so that you can focus your time and energy where it’s most useful – developing your application and websites.
“We love the latest Plesk Panel 11.5 with all the new features, managing the server is a piece of cake now!”
As Platinum Parallels Technology Partners, Layershift’s technical team are all highly experienced Parallels Plesk certified engineers. With over a decade of experience with this product we know exactly how it works, and more importantly know how to make it work best for you.
We are very excited about the latest Plesk version – 11.5. Our customers have been enjoying its many benefits for a little while now, so it’s a perfect opportunity to evaluate the real-world benefits of Plesk 11.5 combined with our legendary fully managed service.
Mike Taylor, Administrator and Marketing Manager at Fusion Ticket, was kind enough to share his thoughts regarding Plesk 11.5, and his upgrade from cPanel to Plesk.
Loyalty bonuses for trusting us with your hosting
As you browse our new website you will see we’re now focusing our web presence on our two great dependable cloud hosting services, Cloud VPS and Jelastic Cloud, and wanted to offer all of those existing customers something special just in time for the Christmas rush.
Cloud VPS & Extreme – still dependable, but now even better
Like all of our loyal customers know, our Cloud VPS and Cloud VPS Extreme range (and its legacy predecessor VPS range) has been a pinnacle of the hosting industry for many years, and we continue to improve our exceptional managed hosting services by pushing these services even further.
All of our Cloud VPS and Cloud VPS Extreme customers will now enjoy the following three new benefits, effective immediately, and without any extra charge as a Christmas cloud hosting loyalty bonus from Layershift:
1: Supercharged RAM & CPU
All plans have received a free boost in CPU and most plans extra RAM! More space to grow your visitor numbers, host additional websites and increase your performance with improved page loading times and faster scripts.
New features in Plesk Mobile Server Manager 1.2
As we have a growing number of users using Plesk Mobile Server Manager we wanted to update you regarding some new features added in the latest update for Apple IOS devices.
New Plesk mobile manager features
- View Plesk Admin Server error logs and access logs
- View current traffic usage for web (HTTP), FTP and inbound email (POP3/IMAP) & outbound email (SMTP)
- Notifications can be sent to you about server events, even if the application is not running on your device
- Improved user experience for VPS customers
- Improved user interface and embedded panel view for iPad
Plesk Mobile Server Monitor & Manager
Did you know that our Cloud VPS, Cloud VPS Extreme and Linux Dedicated servers all include Plesk Mobile Server Monitor for FREE? This cool new feature allows you to view the health of your Plesk server any time from your iPhone, Android or BlackBerry.
We also offer Plesk Mobile Server Manager as part of our Power Pack upgrade for just £5/month (UK hosting) or US$7.50/month (US/Singapore hosting) – simply contact our sales team to upgrade now!