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10 years of server and web hosting news — Linux releases, security vulnerabilities, control panel updates, PHP releases and web server news from 2016 to 2025.
ProtonMail Opens Source Code — Privacy Email Revolution
ProtonMail open-sources its iOS, Android and web clients — a major milestone for privacy-focused email that validates end-to-end encryption claims independently.
Cloudflare Disrupts Largest HTTPS DDoS — 26M RPS
Cloudflare mitigates a record 26 million requests-per-second HTTPS DDoS attack — demonstrating the growing scale of modern DDoS threats.
OpenSSL 3.0.5 Security Release — Patch Immediately
OpenSSL 3.0.5 patches memory corruption vulnerabilities — all servers running OpenSSL 3.x should update immediately.
Nginx 1.23 Released — QUIC and HTTP/3 Experimental
Nginx 1.23 introduces experimental QUIC and HTTP/3 support — the future of web transport protocol arrives in mainstream Nginx builds.
Google Workspace Price Increase — Self-Hosted Email Alternatives
Google Workspace doubles prices in 2022 — businesses evaluate self-hosted alternatives like Mailcow, iRedMail and Zoho Mail to reduce email hosting costs.
PHP 8.2 Alpha — Readonly Classes Preview
PHP 8.2 alpha introduces readonly classes, disjunctive normal form types and the new Random extension — a strong incremental release.
Docker Desktop Licence Changes — Impact on Enterprise Teams
Docker Desktop requires a paid subscription for companies with 250+ employees or $10M+ revenue — enterprises evaluate alternatives as Docker reshapes its business model.
Elastic 8.0 Released — Security Features and Performance
Elastic 8.0 enables security by default, adds ML features and improves search performance — requires migration planning for existing deployments.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Released — Jammy Jellyfish
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish launches with kernel 5.15, OpenSSL 3.0, nftables by default and 10 years of security support.
MariaDB 10.7 Released — UUID Data Type
MariaDB 10.7 introduces a native UUID data type, natural sort order and improved JSON path expressions.
Cloudflare Mitigates 2Tbps DDoS Attack
Cloudflare automatically mitigates a 2Tbps DDoS attack — one of the largest ever recorded — without human intervention.
Rocky Linux 8.5 Released — Enterprise Ready
Rocky Linux 8.5 reaches enterprise-ready status with full RHEL 8.5 compatibility — a credible CentOS replacement backed by major industry sponsors.
Backblaze B2 Free Egress with Cloudflare — Game Changer for Hosting
Backblaze and Cloudflare announce the Bandwidth Alliance — free egress between B2 and Cloudflare makes B2 the most cost-effective backup storage.
WordPress 6.0 Released — Full Site Editing
WordPress 6.0 expands Full Site Editing to all themes — server admins should review PHP memory limits and enable OPcache for the block editor workload.
Log4Shell CVE-2021-44228 — Critical Java Vulnerability
Log4Shell — a zero-day in Log4j affecting millions of Java applications — becomes the most severe vulnerability in years. Linux admins must act fast.
PHP 8.1 Released — Enums, Fibers and Readonly Properties
PHP 8.1 officially releases with first-class enums, fibers for async, readonly properties, never return type and intersection types.
LiteSpeed vs Nginx — Performance Benchmarks 2021
Independent benchmarks show LiteSpeed outperforming Nginx by 3-9x under concurrent load — what the data means for server administrators choosing a web server.
MariaDB 10.6 LTS Released — New Long Term Support
MariaDB 10.6 becomes the new LTS release with Atomic DDL, improved InnoDB and Oracle compatibility improvements.
Let's Encrypt Root Certificate Expiry — What Happened
The DST Root CA X3 expiry caused widespread SSL failures on older devices — a reminder of certificate chain complexity and the importance of staying current.
Hetzner Launches ARM-Based Cloud Servers
Hetzner introduces ARM64-based cloud servers at competitive prices — Ampere Altra processors delivering excellent performance-per-euro.