Host Your Website in Paris, France!
I am pleased to announce that we have added Paris, France as an option for shared, reseller, and both managed and unmanaged VPS hosting! This provides us a third hosting location in Europe! As with our...
View ArticleThe GHOST Vulnerability
There has been a lot of news lately about a new security vulnerability affecting most Linux-based operating systems. At Site5, all of our servers run Linux (CentOS specifically). The vulnerability has...
View ArticleState of Site5: January 2015
Greetings! First and foremost, welcome to 2015! We hope your holiday season was joyous and your New Year full of laughter. As we reflect on what 2014 brought us, we are grateful for you, our customers....
View ArticleState of Site5: February 2015
Greetings! We hope everyone is staying warm! If you are lucky enough to live in a region where the temperatures stay relatively warm, we certainly envy you! February, although cold, has been nice and...
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Going Green – how at Site5 we’re doing our bit to save the environment!
We at Site5 are proud to be providing services that help you build great things online. However, there is an environmental cost to this – as a web hosting provider we have to keep our servers powered...
View ArticleSite5 recommends switching to SHA-2 SSL Certificates
Greetings! Do you have an SSL certificate installed on your website? If so, please check if your certificate was generated using the SHA-1 algorithm. We would urge customers using SHA-1 based SSL...
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State of Site5: March 2015
Hi there! Spring has arrived! The winter months are finally behind us and warm days are ahead! With Spring on it’s way, we are happy to announce new and exciting projects for Site5. There is just...
View ArticleWordPress SuperCache Plugin
It was recently discovered that a popular WordPress plugin, WP Super Cache, has a security vulnerability in older versions. This plugin is actively being targeted by hackers and with an outdated...
View ArticleMagento Security
Earlier in the year, it was discovered that Magento contained a critical security vulnerability which allowed a hacker to take full control of a Magento based website and run any command they wanted....
View ArticleWordPress Plugin Vulnerability
It was recently discovered that a large number of WordPress plugins have security vulnerabilities allowing hackers access to websites running outdated versions of these plugins. The list below includes...
View ArticleMagento Security Update
Magento recently released a security update that fixes many vulnerabilities found in their software. If you are running a Magento installation without patch SUPEE-6285 we highly recommend you update...
View ArticleSave Net Neutrality in the EU
Site5 has always been a big supporter of Net Neutrality and its vast importance. If you’re new to the Net Neutrality movement, please see this guest blog post from Christian Dawson, chairman and...
View ArticleSay Hello to PHP 5.5 (and goodbye to PHP 5.2)
We are excited to announce that we will soon be upgrading PHP on all of our servers! PHP 5.5 will be added and it will become the new default version (previously version 5.3). This change will begin on...
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WordPress 4.4 Released – Upgrade Today
WordPress 4.4 was recently released and comes with a wealth of improvements, features, and a new default theme! We encourage all WordPress users to update to the latest version as soon as possible, as...
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