Oh my, we have a whole raft of upgrades to announce. Highlights include an update to Perl, Python, Apache2, and PHP5. Included in the update were the following packages:
- perl-5.8.9_6 (port has 5.8.9_7)
- pcre-8.21_1 (port has 8.30_1)
- python26-2.6.7_2 (port has 2.6.7_3)
- apache-2.2.22_5
- glib-2.28.8_3 (port has 2.28.8_4)
- php5-5.3.10_1
- ca_root_nss (port has 3.13.2)
- e2fsprogs-libuuid (port has 1.42)
- djbdns (port has 1.05_14)
- maildrop (port has 2.5.5_1)
- nmap (port has 5.61.t4_1)
- nspr (port has 4.9)
- nss (port has 3.13.2)
- p11-kit (port has 0.11)
- p5-B-Hooks-EndOfScope (port has 0.10)
- p5-Catalyst-Manual (port has 5.9003,1)
- p5-Catalyst-Runtime (port has 5.90010)
- p5-Catalyst-View-TT (port has 0.38)
- p5-Class-Load (port has 0.18)
- p5-Clone-Fast (port has 0.96)
- p5-Compress-Raw-Bzip2 (port has 2.049)
- p5-Compress-Raw-Zlib (port has 2.049)
- p5-Data-Visitor (port has 0.28)
- p5-Error (port has 0.17017)
- p5-File-ChangeNotify (port has 0.21)
- p5-File-Listing (port has 6.04)
- p5-HTTP-Cookies (port has 6.01)
- p5-HTTP-Daemon (port has 6.01)
- p5-HTTP-Date (port has 6.01)
- p5-HTTP-Message (port has 6.03_1)
- p5-HTTP-Negotiate (port has 6.01)
- p5-IO-Compress (port has 2.049)
- p5-IPC-Run (port has 0.91)
- p5-LWP-MediaTypes (port has 6.02)
- p5-Module-Runtime (port has 0.013)
- p5-Module-Starter (port has 1.58)
- p5-MooseX-MethodAttributes (port has 0.27)
- p5-MooseX-Types-Common (port has 0.001005)
- p5-Net-HTTP (port has 6.03_1)
- p5-Path-Class (port has 0.25)
- p5-Sub-Uplevel (port has 0.2400)
- p5-Test-Deep (port has 0.109)
- p5-Test-Fatal (port has 0.010)
- p5-WWW-RobotRules (port has 6.02)
- php5-bcmath (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-bz2 (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-calendar (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-ctype (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-curl (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-dba (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-dom (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-exif (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-filter (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-ftp (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-gd (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-gettext (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-hash (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-iconv (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-imap (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-json (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-mbstring (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-mssql (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-mysql (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-mysqli (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-openssl (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-pdo (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-pdo_mysql (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-pdo_sqlite (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-pgsql (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-phar (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-posix (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-session (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-simplexml (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-soap (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-sqlite (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-sqlite3 (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-tidy (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-tokenizer (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-xml (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-xmlreader (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-xmlwriter (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-zip (port has 5.3.10_1)
- php5-zlib (port has 5.3.10_1)
- png (port has 1.4.8_1)
- postgresql-contrib (port has 8.3.17)
- py26-pycrypto (port has 2.5)
- sdl (port has 1.2.15,2)
We do expect a few more updates to occur to finish up this round.
We only have but one plugin upgrade to announce:
Enjoy!
Yet another series of updates have been installed, keeping our servers up to date is a top priority! The following packages received a face lift:
- p5-B-Keywords -> (port has 1.12)
- p5-Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-FastMmap -> (port has 0.16)
- p5-Eval-Closure -> (port has 0.08)
- p5-Module-Implementation -> (port has 0.05)
- p5-MooseX-Getopt -> (port has 0.39)
- p5-PadWalker -> (port has 1.93)
- p5-Params-Validate -> (port has 1.06)
- p5-Test-Fatal -> (port has 0.009)
- p5-WWW-Mechanize -> (port has 1.72)
Does your ISP keep your server up to date? The following packages have been updated:
- joomla -> (port has 1.7.5)
- p5-CPAN-Meta -> (port has 2.120351)
- p5-CPAN-Meta-YAML -> (port has 0.007)
- p5-Class-Load ->(port has 0.15)
- p5-Class-Load-XS -> (port has 0.04)
- p5-ExtUtils-Manifest ->(port has 1.60)
- p5-IO-Socket-SSL -> (port has 1.54)
- p5-Inline -> (port has 0.50)
- p5-Moose -> (port has 2.0402)
- p5-Params-Validate -> (port has 1.05)
- p5-Pod-Coverage -> (port has 0.22)
- p5-Template-Toolkit -> (port has 2.24)
- p5-Version-Requirements -> (port has 0.101022)
- p5-version -> (port has 0.96)
In addition, a new update to apache was applied:
- apache-2.2.22 -> (port has 2.2.22_4)
Several packages updates were received overnight and applied today. They include:
- freetds-msdblib -> (port has 0.64_8,1)
- libvorbis -> (port has 1.3.3,3)
- p5-Log-Log4perl -> (port has 1.35)
- p5-Module-CoreList -> (port has 2.60)
- pciutils -> (port has 3.1.9)
- unixODBC -> (port has 2.3.1)
We have upgraded the following WordPress plugins:
- Fast Secure Contact Form – Version 3.1.3.1
- IDX Broker -Version 1.5.1
- wp-forecast – Version 0.4.3
We have completed a number of new package upgrades to our web hosting servers. The following upgrades were installed:
- libXaw -> port 1.0.8,2
- libXt -> port has 1.0.9,1
- pixman ->port has 0.24.2
- xorg-macros ->port has 1.16.1
We have also removed a few deprecated packages and re-compiled dependencies:
- libltdl-2.2.10 – rebuilt p5-Mail-ClamAV
- p5-Catalyst-Log-Log4perl-1.05
- p5-DBIx-Class-Validation-0.02005
- p5-FormValidator-Simple-0.28
- p5-HTML-Widget-1.11_2
- p5-IO-Socket-INET6-2.65
A number of popular web packages are based on PHP. PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Popular content management systems like WordPress are written in PHP.
It is very important that this base layer software package be maintained up to date. I am always amazed at some of my competitors that claim they have written the best most easy to use CMS for your website, and when you look, you find that they are using a base PHP installation that is years old and full of security flaws.
The latest security fix for PHP was released on Feb 2, 2012 and we installed the upgrade on our web hosting servers this morning. This included the following PHP modules:
- php5-5.3.10
- php5-bcmath-5.3.10
- php5-bz2-5.3.10
- php5-calendar-5.3.10
- php5-ctype-5.3.10
- php5-curl-5.3.10
- php5-dba-5.3.10
- php5-dom-5.3.10
- php5-exif-5.3.10
- php5-filter-5.3.10
- php5-ftp-5.3.10
- php5-gd-5.3.10
- php5-gettext-5.3.10
- php5-hash-5.3.10
- php5-iconv-5.3.10
- php5-imap-5.3.10
- php5-json-5.3.10
- php5-mbstring-5.3.10
- php5-mcrypt-5.3.10
- php5-mssql-5.3.10
- php5-mysql-5.3.10
- php5-mysqli-5.3.10
- php5-openssl-5.3.10
- php5-pdo-5.3.10
- php5-pdo_mysql-5.3.10
- php5-pdo_sqlite-5.3.10
- php5-pgsql-5.3.10
- php5-phar-5.3.10
- php5-posix-5.3.10
- php5-session-5.3.10
- php5-simplexml-5.3.10
- php5-soap-5.3.10
- php5-sqlite-5.3.10
- php5-sqlite3-5.3.10
- php5-tidy-5.3.10
- php5-tokenizer-5.3.10
- php5-xml-5.3.10
- php5-xmlreader-5.3.10
- php5-xmlwriter-5.3.10
- php5-zip-5.3.10
- php5-zlib-5.3.10
So the next somebody tries to sell you on their hosting plan, or their “homegrown” CMS system, ask them a simple question. “What version of PHP are they running?” If they do not keep up to date, then give us a call for the most reliable web hosting money can buy. You deserve no less.
There is a reason that Apache is the world’s most popular web server. After receiving a very rare security warning yesterday, the fix was in and installed today. We are now running version 2.2.22.
We always keep our servers up to date to provide a robust security environment. This is in contrast to the big boys, who, once you establish an account, never upgrade the operating system software and packages. The following packages have been updated:
Bison – version 2.5.1
GMP – version 5.0.3
NSS – version 3.13.1_1
p5-DBI – version 1.617