How to migrate from Github to your self-hosted Gitlab
Today Github has announced that it has been acquired by Microsoft. Some of you do not like this move and choose to move over to the hosted version of Gitlab. However, did you know that you can host your own Gitlab installation without investing a lot in managing your own server? In this article we […]
GDPR: How does this affect you
As of 25 May 2018, we have to comply with the GDPR (or AVG in Dutch, Algemene Verordening gegevensbescherming). In this blog we explain how this affects you. Privacy is important As a customer of Yourwebhoster.eu you can expect that we understand privacy. We value privacy and welcome the GDPR. Unfortunately, this means that we need […]
Why you should have your own .eu domain
There are in Europe multiple geographical TLDs (Top Level Domain, such as .com, .eu, etc) you can choose from. If you are Dutch, perhaps .nl is the best one to go. But you can also use .eu or even a .com domain. So, which TLD should you register? Make your company known in the EU […]
Important details regarding DirectAdmin CVE-2017-18045 Segfault
Back in October 2017 DirectAdmin released version 1.52.1 with a cryptic message regarding a bug that could provide unauthorised access. The exact impact and access to what was unknown until today. To show the importance, DirectAdmin issued CVE-2017-18045. But what is this security bug really and what implications does it have? Recently we have been seeing […]
Statement Kernel Side-Channel Attacks
Recently a vulnerability has been disclosed about flaws in processor designs, affecting but not limited to Intel, AMD and ARM processors. Due to how the flaws work and limitations in processor designs, it is not possible to mitigate these flaws with a processor firmware update (microupdate). Instead, an update is required on Operating System level, […]