The PHP developers recently released versions 7.0.9, 5.6.24 and 5.5.38 that fix several bugs. We’ve upgraded the PHP 7.0, 5.6 and 5.5 series on our servers as a result.
These changes should not be noticeable, but in the unlikely event you experience any trouble, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Recently, security researchers announced a bug that affects many web scripts, called the httpoxy bug.
Sites hosted on our servers are not vulnerable to this bug, because we’ve added a security rule blocking all HTTP requests that contain a “Proxy:” header. This completely blocks all malicious “httpoxy” requests, and our customers don’t need to do anything else.
We’ve updated the AWStats software we use to generate website statistics. The statistics beginning today use the latest version 7.5.
This version has support for newer browsers, operating systems, and search engines, and is somewhat better at identifying and filtering out traffic from non-human visitors.
We should probably mention that if you’re relying on AWStats for information about the behavior of human visitors, you can usually get more accurate statistics using Google Analytics, which works in a different way than simply analyzing log data after the fact. We have a page explaining more about the difference between AWStats and Google Analytics.
The PHP developers recently released versions 7.0.8, 5.6.23 and 5.5.37 that fix several bugs. We’ve upgraded the PHP 7.0, 5.6 and 5.5 series on our servers as a result.
These changes should not be noticeable, but in the unlikely event you experience any trouble, don’t hesitate to contact us.
