Bleeping Computer reports that executable files (.exe, .msi, etc.) were showing safe browsing errors in Google Chrome and Firefox for around 8 hours yesterday (25 January, 2017).

Although this only affected a small number of users, it would be pretty significant for the commercial and open source projects hosted there who use executable downloads.

Neither the Bleeping Computer article nor the GitHub blog explains what happened or how it was fixed. Since this had to be caused by something GitHub changed (and subsequently fixed) without requiring changes to the browser, explaining what happened would be helpful not only to impacted projects to assess how they handle downloads and their GitHub accounts in the future, but also others who might avoid similar issues. It would also help those considering hosting projects on GitHub decide how to proceed.

What do you think?  Comment here.

papamike writes:  

 

 

The increasing number of new registrations from temporary email accounts and free email accounts caused me to delete all of the accounts on my site and also close my site to new registrations.  Although my site is basically used for working on my new theming system, it would be nice to have those new features that you are describing in your post.  All of the RN sites that I visit have been closed down because let's face it, Nuke, in general, has died on the vine.  But, if RN could get added to the large list of software in Softaculous it might help bring it back.  I noticed PHP-Nuke is added.  

 

 

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 Please PM kguske if you're interested in part-time, project-based PHP work.

It's been a while, but we haven't stopped looking for ways to help websites expand their reach and operate more efficiently.  Since member management continues to be a challenge, especially with the continued onslaught of spammers, the current focus for nukeSEO is on these areas.

Your feedback in the forums will help determine priorities.  Please add comments here, where you'll also find more detailed discussion on these topics.

Currently, we're looking to:

• RNYA 
  • Replace the grid, search and maintenance functions with the DataTables class used in nukeSPAM
  • Add functions to delete users without notification and add domain / subdomain to the blocked mail domains list
  • Share blocked mail domains list across sites
  • Add tools for removing members who never logged in, identifying members from blocked domains
• nukeSPAM
  • Integrate nukeSPAM with RNYA for simplified domain blocking (e.g. add this domain / subdomain to the blocked domains list)
  • Integrate nukeSPAM with additional blocking tools for:
    • Email validation services
    • Disposable Email Address lists / services
  • Auto-block domains / subdomains with multiple offenders

Please let us know what you think at RavenPHPScripts.com.

In addition to providing reviews of web hosting companies, WhoIsHostingThis.com provides a collection of PHP resources, including:

• Tutorials for PHP beginners
• Intermediate and Advanced PHP Tutorials
• PHP Reference Material
• PHP Development Tools
• PHP Frameworks
• and more

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 Carl Alexander describes the modern PHP application server stack with recommendations for:

• Web server
• HTTP Cache
• PHP
• Database Server
• Object Cache
• Deployment Tools

This is a well-written article based on a presentation from WordCamp San Diego 2016, later republished in Smashing Magazine.  Check it out!