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    Severe Bash vulnerability affects Unix-based systems including Linux and Mac OSX

    On 25.09.2014 a severe internet security alert was issued for many Linux/Mac systems. stSoftware immediately patched all our cloud hosted servers in response to this alert.

    We advise individuals or organisations with Unix-based systems they will need to patch all internet facing Linux/Mac servers immediately.

    See Severe Bash vulnerability affects Unix-based systems including Linux and Mac OSX for more information on how to manage this internet security issue.

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    by:Tina Odling - 26 Sep 2014
    How to use the "Web Folders" from Mac OS

    You can use cloud file manager as a web folder (webDAV) on Mac by "Map network drive" lunching Finder and choosing the menu item "connect to server" from the "Go" menu.

    Connect to server

     Choose "Connect to a server"

    Connect to server dialog

     

    Then enter the URL of your Job Track server https://hostname/dav 

    You'll then be asked for your user name and password:- 

     Enter your user name password

    Now the files will be listed as if they were local to the Mac:-

    Mac using webdav


    by:Nigel Leck - 9 Sep 2014
    How to define a RESTful Web Services?

    Overview

    Representational State Transfer (ReST) has gained widespread acceptance across the Web as a simpler alternative to SOAP- and Web Services Description Language (WSDL)-based Web services.

    The resources are acted upon by using a set of simple, well-defined operations. The REST architectural style constrains an architecture to a client/server architecture and is designed to use a stateless communication protocol, using HTTP/HTTPS.
     
    The system allows a series of RESTful services to be defined. The ReST service will normally return a JSON object

    by:Nigel Leck - 4 Sep 2014