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Goodbye FileZilla (Or, how to solve ENETUNREACH – Network unreachable)

Take a hike, eh!

FileZilla is an excellent bit of software that I’ve been using (and recommending) for many years. Today, that changed. The Problem: ENETUNREACH – Network unreachable A few months ago at the web host I work for, we started seeing problems with folks who were using FileZilla. Being on a slow network connection at the time, …

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Top 5 Chrome Extensions for Techs and Web Geeks

At my Day Job, I work in the web hosting industry. But really, if you do any amount of work daily online and deal with domain names and web development, you’re going to want some browser extensions to make things easier on yourself. Here are my top 5 chrome extensions.   The first step for making …

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Malwarebytes Forum Hacked: Yes, It can happen to anyone

Just a few minutes ago, I received the following letter in my email: “geocrasher, I’m writing to let you know that on November 10th a vulnerability in our forum software allowed a hacker to gain access to the server hosting our community. We have no evidence of any personal data being stolen (nor do we …

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