If you host web applications for clients you know that a reliable web control panel is always a must. I have received calls at wee hours of the night from clients who needed something that could easily be executed with a simple web control panel and I was kicking myself for being so lazy.
I spent a few days looking for a reliable and even more importantly, affordable web hosting control panel. Unfortunately the free stuff still came at a price (learning curve for unwilling clientele) and the pay stuff was way out of budget.
As any enraged geek, I wrote it myself, here is my masterpiece in action :
This thing ate up so much of my time but I didn’t even care. The learning curve was huge – especially the DNS administration. I had to think of new ways to execute administrative tasks from a very limited user. I had to automate reloading services, span updates of SOA record strings – it was awesome.
The reason I put this whole video / post thing together is that I have a feeling there are others who are / were in my situation. Now I need feedback and I need to find any insecurities / vulnerabilities so heres what I want to do :
I am putting together a demo server, one you all can play with and try to break – you wont see it for another day or two but it will be here. I want to offer a full years free hosting to the one who provides the best feedback for this application.
Feedback may include :
- Best Feature Request
- Best Hack / Exploit (do your worst!)
- Stupidest mistake on my behalf
Submissions will be judged by an unbiased third party and we will gladly host the winners stuff for an entire year!
I will post the host / IP as soon as the demo server is complete and I am looking forward to hearing from you.
I ordered 512MB RAM for my 1GHz Titanium Powerbook a few weeks back and got a great deal from Global Laptop Solutions. I paid around $24 USD (including shipping) for 1 lightly used module and I couldn’t be happier. The local computer shop had some OEM modules for $199 a piece but I just wasn’t willing to spend $400 for a moderate performance increase.
Once I received the package I opened it up then turned off my Mac, flipped it over to find that I had no clue what I was doing. I did some googling and found this wonderful guide.
The machine now has 768MB and I am on the lookout for another 512 module. If anyone is interested in my old 256 modules leave a comment. Here are some pictures (I know the old girl needs a bath!) 
