26Jun2017

Security Updates and Reboots – June 26

We will install Linux kernel updates to patch a vulnerability with the Apache web server today. The update will require a reboot of each server and hence a couple of minutes of downtime.

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29May2017

ZA Domain Delays – 29 May

The ZA Central Registry is experiencing a problem with their payments, causing failure of registration and renewal of CO.ZA and ORG.ZA domains via Anno. The root issue a technical problem with a switch at ABSA. We trust that the issue will be resolved soon.

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8Mar2017

SMTP connection errors – 8 March

We Our Cape Town infrastructure has been struggling with outgoing spam scanning, resulting in SMTP connection errors.

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24Feb2017

Time to change those passwords… AGAIN!

Big news today is the leaking of sensitive information by Internet giant Cloudflare over the past few months…

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14Feb2017

Taming the SPAM flood – 14 February

February is synonymous with Valentine’s Day, but unfortunately this year February seems more synonymous with SPAM…

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