Category: LRob news

Seeing a blacklisted IP address is part of life as a web host—a daily occurrence for the biggest or most permissive providers. Nevertheless, this is a first for LRob in its 10 years of existence! The more optimistic among you might say this is the price of fame… Naturally, as traffic increases, so does the risk of unauthorized activity on a site. The more critical among you will make a big fuss. In any case, at LRob, we’ve chosen transparency. So we’re answering all your questions. What happened, and what solutions are we implementing? Here are the answers. Read on…

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Replacing a Wiki with WordPress: A Simpler Solution for Documentation At LRob, documentation management is essential, but until recently it was handled by MediaWiki. Although this tool is effective for collaborative projects, it becomes cumbersome and complicated to manage when you’re the only one writing and maintaining the documentation. It was while working on a WordPress site with numerous pages organized as categories that the idea struck me: why not use WordPress to manage the documentation, without any additional plugins? Why switch to WordPress? WordPress, which powers portail.lrob.fr/, offers…

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For a long time, I’ve been looking for a way to effectively utilize the hacking data blocked by my servers. And as a WordPress-specialized hosting provider, believe me when I say I thwart hundreds, if not thousands, of hacking attempts every day (and I regularly repair hacked WordPress sites that come from other hosting providers). Intrusion attempts are constant, but thanks to security systems like Fail2ban, attacks are automatically stopped before they can cause any damage. However, beyond simply protecting my systems and clients, I wanted to go a step further: to share this information and make the internet a safer place…

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💥New offers & up to -30% in September 💥Just what you need to kick off the new school year! All the details 👇 In September, adults are heading back to school, too! And it’s been exactly one year since I left my full-time job to focus entirely on LRob. So we’ve got to celebrate. September’s schedule is packed, so let’s get right to the point. ⭐ What’s New ⭐ 🟢 You can now order your migration to LRob right from the LRob portal! With three service tiers available, ranging from €120 to €499 (the top tier lets you migrate 50 email accounts overnight!). 😎…

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A decree dated May 30, 2024, sets the increase in contributions for 2025 for BNCs (and Cipav) effective July 1. For better social protection. Self-employed entrepreneurs (and sole proprietors): get ready. As indicated in this initial news update: This applies to self-employed entrepreneurs enrolled in the general Social Security system who report their revenue under the BNC category. The goal is to guarantee their rights to a supplemental pension. Source: autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr An email from URSSAF dated August 28 provides information on the change in the overall contribution rate. This aligns with the information posted on July 10 on the official website. Summary of…

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In 2012, I started a geek community. I wanted to host it myself on Linux servers. Because everyone knows that any server worth its salt runs on Linux! Without even realizing it, I was embarking on my true calling: sysadmin 🌱 📷 Photo by Manon Laterza – 2012 – I’m managing my servers while my friends play pétanque nearby. 😂 The Beginning In 2012, we needed: a website (starting as a forum), a voice server, and game servers. As someone who’d been passionate about computer science for 10 years, I was the only one among the 25 people to…

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Is your website too slow? Is it insecure? Are you wasting time managing it? ▶️ Migration to LRob is free during the month of August! 👌 Are you working in the middle of August instead of sipping mojitos in Ibiza? 🍸 Are you taking advantage of the lull to get organized and improve? 💪 Finally, get rewarded! 🥇 👉 With any annual LRob hosting subscription, the migration of your websites and emails is free! The migration is comprehensive and includes:✅ Smart DNS changes for a seamless migration✅ Migration of files and the database…

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Recently, I discovered a new issue at OVH: anyone who had registered a .fr domain name with OVH was affected by a new restriction. Here’s the story of a two-week journey that, for once, ended successfully. This article is based on this LinkedIn post. The Problem Technically ▶️ OVH was blocking DNS server changes unless all the NS records in the destination DNS zone were specified. In practice ▶️ This prevented flexible and efficient management for web hosts like me. In layman’s terms ▶️ OVH acted like God. 😅😅 The impact was…

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The new year brings a fresh start, and I’m thrilled to announce an innovation that will revolutionize your experience with us: the launch of the LRob Portal. This platform is your new point of contact for simplified and efficient management of all your subscriptions and support needs. Order with Ease Signing up for my annual services, such as hosting and webmastering, has never been easier. With the LRob Portal, you can now order directly online with just a few clicks. Credit card payment adds an extra layer of convenience. No more need for quotes…

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Some of you already know this: In October 2022, I’ll be leaving HaiSoft to pursue new opportunities at a web agency. I’ll still be a sysadmin and WordPress specialist, but now in the role of hosting manager. In addition, a few months ago, I launched my freelance WordPress webmaster business. I’ve decided to officially expand it to include hosting services to ensure seamless management of all services. And since I’m committed to offering the best possible service, this meant switching servers and overhauling the infrastructure to make it more efficient and advanced than ever. For the past fifteen days or so,…

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