Category: News
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Business review 2024
Although I started my business in 2010, it was in September 2023 that I decided to devote myself fully to my web business, focused on hosting, maintenance and specialized creation explicitly on WordPress. So 2024 is the first full year for the "LRob" you know today. So, what's the balance [...]?
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Black Friday 2024 at LRob!
From November 29 to December 6, 2024 7 days to enjoy -50% for life on selected hosting! -50% for life on selected annual web hostings Power your site faster than ever, with the maximum security and expert support you've always dreamed of. All with exemplary eco-responsibility [...]
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Symfony: 8 new security vulnerabilities discovered - Analysis and recommendations
On November 6, 2024, after a year without a vulnerability, Symfony released eight vulnerabilities on its blog. They affect different versions of the Symfony framework. Here's a summary of these critical vulnerabilities, their potential impact, and the solutions implemented by Symfony. It will help you understand the implications of these vulnerabilities for securing your [...]
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What's new in Nextcloud 30?
Like every 6 months, Nextcloud has just released its new major version. The official release notes are rather limited, and no one wants to read the complete changelog... With 2,363 changes cumulated on Nextcloud 30.0.0 and 30.0.1. Fixes, new features, enhancements, dependency updates and more. It's all quite complex [...].
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WordPress vs WP Engine conflict: ACF becomes Secure Custom Fields
The conflict between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine continues to rock the WordPress community. The latest development in this affair concerns a major ecosystem plugin: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). Since October 12, 2024, ACF has been entirely replaced on the official WordPress.org directory by Secure Custom Fields (SCF), [...].
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LRob Documentation: Migrating from MediaWiki to WordPress
Replacing a wiki with WordPress: a simpler solution for documentation At LRob, documentation management is essential, but until recently it was handled by MediaWiki. Although this tool is effective for collaborative projects, it becomes cumbersome and complicated to manage when you're alone writing and maintaining [...].
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Blacklists (RBL): SPFBL.net's outrageous practices
It's time to denounce an organization - SPFBL.net - which, although it claims to fight spam, actually seems to adopt practices contrary to this objective. Instead of fulfilling its role, this provider seems to be taking advantage of its position to engage in absolutely scandalous and unacceptable practices. Not all RBLs are [...]
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WordPress vs WP Engine conflict: analysis of the drama
The world of WordPress, which powers over 40 % of the world's websites, is in turmoil. At the center of the conflict are two major players in the ecosystem: Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, and WP Engine, one of the leading hosting companies for WordPress. This confrontation, which took [...]
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Critical security flaw in CUPS on GNU/Linux September-October 2024: What you need to know
A quadruple critical security flaw has just been discovered in CUPS for all GNU/Linux systems. This article will be updated with the new information, to provide you with a simple and effective summary of what you need to know and do. UPDATE 09/29/2024: These vulnerabilities concern CUPS only, and are therefore very [...]
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Back to school for adults 2024: New products and special offers from LRob
💥New offers & up to -30% in September 💥Boost your back-to-school! All the details 👇 In September, adults go back to school too! And it's been exactly 1 year since I left my CDI to focus totally on the LRob business. So it's time to mark the occasion. September's schedule is [...]
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Increase in URSSAF contributions for 2025 (AE/EI)
Since July 1, a decree dated May 30, 2024 has set the increase in contributions for 2025 for BNC (and Cipav). For better social protection. Auto-entrepreneurs (and EI): get ready. As indicated in this first news item: This concerns auto-entrepreneurs affiliated to the general Social Security scheme and declaring their sales [...].
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From self-taught to WordPress host: 12 years of passion summed up 🚀
In 2012, I created a geek community. I wanted to host it myself on Linux servers. Because everyone knows that a server worthy of the name is necessarily Linux-based! I was unknowingly entering my true vocation: sysadmin 🌱 📷 Photo by Manon Laterza - 2012 - I manage my servers, my friends [...]
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Free LRob migration in August!
Is your site too slow? Insecure? Are you wasting time managing it? ▶️ Migration to LRob is free during the month of August! 👌 Working in the middle of August instead of drinking Mojitos in Ibiza? 🍸Taking advantage of the lull to get organized and improve? 💪 Be [...]
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Apache web server vulnerability affects millions of servers
The Apache HTTP server is one of the most widely used web servers in the world. However, like all software, it is not immune to vulnerabilities. And beware, it's a double vulnerability. On July 4, a critical security flaw was discovered, affecting Apache version 2.4.60. This flaw is rated CVE-2024-39884. [...]
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[Solved] o2switch customers targeted by insidious WordPress hack - UPDATE: Hosting company's exemplary handling of the situation
Identification & causes: everything you need to know 👇 Last week, on LinkedIn, I revealed a hack that was apparently widespread among owners of WordPress sites hosted by o2switch. As a WordPress security expert, and thanks to an investigation with a few affected and unaffected colleagues, we were able to find out more. [...]
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I fixed a Linux kernel bug!
Literally billions of devices will benefit! 🥹 ❓What is the kernel? It's the most primordial code: in a nutshell, it enables the operating system to talk to the components of a device, and handles the most basic functions such as reading/writing data to disk, executing programs, and so on. ℹ️ [...]
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New year, new era: Welcome to Portail LRob! 🎉
The new year brings with it its share of renewal, and I'm delighted to announce an innovation that will revolutionize your experience with us: the launch of the LRob Portal. This platform is your new point of contact for simplified and efficient management of all your subscription and support needs. Ordering made easy Subscribing [...]
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New infrastructure: lrob.net and other server changes
As some of you already know, I'll be leaving HaiSoft in October to embark on new adventures with a web agency, still as Sysadmin and WordPress specialist, but now as hosting manager. A few months ago, I launched my own freelance webmaster business, which I've decided to officially accompany with hosting services for [...].