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  Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates

  A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates.

  By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 20:35

  Tags: pki, privacy, online safety, security, Web servers, software, Internet Engineering Task Force

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  PHP patches actively exploited CGI vulnerability

  The PHP Group has released PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 on Tuesday in order to address two remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited by hackers.

  By Lucian Constantin | 09 May, 2012 22:44

  Tags: Web servers, software, security, php, patches, Exploits / vulnerabilities

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  PHP working on new patch for critical vulnerability after initial one failed

  The PHP Group plans to release new versions of the PHP processor on Tuesday in order to patch two publicly known critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which was improperly addressed in a May 3 update.

  By Lucian Constantin | 07 May, 2012 21:51

  Tags: Web servers, software, security, php, patches, Exploits / vulnerabilities

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  Most of the Internet's top 200,000 HTTPS websites are insecure, Trustworthy Internet Movement says

  Ninety percent of the Internet's top 200,000 HTTPS-enabled websites are vulnerable to known types of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) attack, according to a report released Thursday by the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to solving Internet security, privacy and reliability problems.

  By Lucian Constantin | 27 April, 2012 02:51

  Tags: Access control and authentication, encryption, online safety, privacy, qualys, security, software, Trustworthy Internet Movement, Web servers

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  Most webmasters don't know how their websites got hacked, report says

  Most owners of compromised websites don't know how their sites got hacked into and only 6 percent detect the malicious activity on their own, according to a report released by StopBadware and Commtouch on Thursday.

  By Lucian Constantin | 23 March, 2012 04:14

  Tags: Commtouch, security, software, StopBadware, Web servers

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  Flaw in web app frameworks pushes Microsoft to patch ASP.net promptly

  Many web app frameworks are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack targeting the way they handle hash tables, researchers revealed Wednesday, prompting Microsoft to announce an "out-of-band" patch for its ASP.NET platform just hours later.

  By Peter Sayer | 30 December, 2011 00:37

  Tags: Exploits / vulnerabilities, Microsoft, security, software, Web servers

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  Unpatched Apache reverse proxy flaw allows access to internal network

  A yet-to-be-patched flaw discovered in the Apache HTTP server allows attackers to access protected resources on the internal network if some rewrite rules are not defined properly.

  By Lucian Constantin | 26 November, 2011 00:43

  Tags: Apache Foundation, Exploits / vulnerabilities, Hosted, internet, patches, security, services, software, Web servers

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  HTML versioning eliminated

  The working group for HTML has done away with version numbers for the Web page rendering standard.

  By Joab Jackson | 21 January, 2011 08:54

  Tags: internet, software, Web servers, World Wide Web Consortium

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  Oracle burnishes its Lustre

  While a number of small companies have been ramping up support for a file system called Lustre that Oracle acquired in its Sun Microsystems purchase earlier this year, Oracle itself has no plans to abandon the technology, a company executive told the IDG News Service in an interview.

  By Joab Jackson | 14 December, 2010 06:50

  Tags: Clusters, hardware systems, High performance, Lustre, open source, oracle, software, supercomputers, Web servers

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  Can Oracle pull off Sun portals merger without a hitch?

  Oracle is preparing to launch a major migration of portals that serve customers and technologies gained through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 07 July, 2010 05:38

  Tags: application development, applications, business issues, business objects, mergers & acquisitions, open source, oracle, Portals, sap, services, software, Sun Microsystems, Web servers

• Taiwanese companies join on cloud computing for Asia

  Taiwan's biggest telecommunications company, Chunghwa Telecom, signed an agreement Monday with the world's largest contract laptop maker to jointly develop cloud computing software, services and hardware products aimed at markets in Asia.

  By Dan Nystedt | 05 July, 2010 17:17

  Tags: application development, Architecture, Chunghwa Telecom, hardware systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Quanta Computer, servers, software, Web-oriented architecture, Web servers, Web services development

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  Apache mulls end of 1.3, 2.0 releases

  The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) may stop releasing new versions of the older 1.3 and 2.0 series of its flagship Web server product with most development now focused on the 2.2 series.

  By Rodney Gedda | 12 January, 2010 15:22

  Tags: apache, HTTP, open source, software development, Web servers

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  Web server attacks, poor app patching make for lethal mix

  A dangerous combination of a massive increase in Web server attacks and poor patching practices is a major cause of concern for experts, according to a report issued today by several security organizations.

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 September, 2009 08:00

  Tags: 3Com, phishing, tippingpoint, Web servers

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  Facebook releases real-time Web server tech as open source

  Facebook is releasing as open source a Web server technology because it wants to make it easier for developers to create applications that let users post status updates in real time, a functionality popularized by Twitter.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 11 September, 2009 05:04

  Tags: Facebook, open source, real-time, Tornado Web Server, Web servers