After calming down a bit and speaking to my friend about the HostMySite security issue I think I will show a bit more patience with HMS on this issue. The reason being (and this is a big stretch for forgiveness!) HMS offers budget hosting for ColdFusion sites. At US $19.95 per month it is cheap for [...]
Category Archives: ColdFusion
HostMySite security breach
I recently posted an article about a security breach on my web server which was as a result of my own stupidity but when a site that I manage and host on HostMySite.com is breached twice in 4 days I get extremely peeved. The incident occurred on their ColdFusion shared hosting plan and an attacker [...]
File upload timeouts on IIS 6
Scenario: Simple file upload application using ColdFusion 8 on IIS 6 and Windows 2003 server. The application allows for large files to be uploaded to the server for backend processing. File sizes range from 10MB – 300 MB. Problem: File upload fails for files greater than 30MB. Analysis: Several options were investigated including [...]
ColdFusion 8 useful little gems
This is just a repost of an article by Charlie Griefer on PactPub.com. It contains some very cool little tips that may not be as popular as some of the other big enchancements provided by Coldfusion 8. http://www.packtpub.com/article/coldfusion-8-enhancements-you-may-have-missed Enjoy!
Tag timeouts in HostMySite shared hosting
I recently moved a client to HostMySite.com and I am for the most part happy with their service. I have used them in the past and have recommended others to use them. One of their policies in the CF shared hosting plan is that page requests that are longer than 50 seconds are timed out. [...]
