Qualsys SSL Labs is a free resource to test your SSL web server configuration. It’ll test for vulnerabilities, certificate validity, supported standards, and more.
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html

Here’s a quick modification to the awstats file that allows you to add a totals field for the “Viewed – Full List” option. There isn’t a total hits field for matching files in awstats, so I added one to make it more useful. This makes it a lot quicker to total up hits for a specific folder, file type, or specific file in awstats.

Mod deflate in Apache 2 is a great way to save on server bandwidth since it can compress files (js/xml/html/css) before it is sent to the client. Most web browsers support gzip compression (90%+) so this is a great way to reduce the amount of traffic sent by the server. It also helps with the Google Page Speed result.

View the full post for the configuration instructions.

If you have an Apache server with strange logfile entries such as:

GET http://proxyjudge1.proxyfire.net/fastenv HTTP/1.1" 404
GET http://images.google.com/ HTTP/1.1" 404


You need to reconfigure your Apache to deny any access to a host that is not specifically configured on your server. This can be done via changing your /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/[your default config]

I ran across this error today after noticing a file_get_contents was not working. This was on a page that had been working fine for about a year.
“php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known”

This issue is typically caused by the Apache/PHP host unable to contact the DNS server.

The first thing to check is to see if you can ping the remote host using console.

• If no, then your primary name server on /etc/resolv.conf (Debian) is not working. Find a working DNS and restart Apache.
• If yes, then Apache is still connecting to the broken DNS server. You should try restarting Apache …