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SubscribeJun 20, 2019
A dark theme for the hosting Control Panel is now available
We have a new, dark theme for our online Control Panel. The new theme is called simply Dark. Users can switch to the new theme via the Theme drop-down menu in the Control Panel.
Our designers have also optimized the icons on the Control Panel's main screen for Retina displays. The icon optimizations affect the Modern and Dark themes.
Jun 17, 2019
New PHP version available on all servers - PHP 7.3
We are glad to inform you that PHP version 7.3 has been installed on all servers. All new hosting accounts are automatically configured to use it by default. Existing accounts can be switched to use the new PHP version via the hosting Control Panel > PHP Settings > Default PHP interpreter.
As with any new version, PHP 7.3 is expected to bring speed and stability improvements over previous PHP versions.
Jun 1, 2019
New compression module available on all servers: mod_brotli
We are pleased to announce that we enabled the mod_brotli compression module for Apache on all our servers.
It is an alternative to the mod_deflate module that is already available on our servers, but it should provide better compression.
More information about the mod_brotli module is available here:
May 29, 2019
New design for the hosting Control Panel
We are happy to announce that we have redesigned our hosting
Control Panel. It now has a new and improved design that is
better-suited to utilize the displays of modern computers.
There are two themes currently available - Classic and
Modern. The Classic theme resembles the previous design of the
Control Panel, whereas the Modern theme features a modern flat
interface. ICDSoft customers can switch between the themes from the
upper right corner of their hosting Control Panel.
May 18, 2019
Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities patched on all ICDSoft servers
In regards to the recently discovered MDS vulnerabilities (also known as Zombieload, RIDL, and Fallout) in Intel CPUs, we want to assure our clients that all of our machines have been secured. Since our servers use Intel CPUs, our system administrators have applied the necessary security updates in order to protect our customers from these Microarchitectural Data Sampling vulnerabilities.
We take security very seriously, and although we aren't aware of any real world attack...