5 minute page load times!

[d_cee]

Hi

I've got a Serendipity based website at http://www.vindonhealthcare.com/ and for some reason page loads are now taking in excess of 5 minutes.

I'd be grateful if anybody could help and suggest what's happening.

Thanks

Dave

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Usually a plugin can cause this, or a template that uses config.inc.php.



(Rub your crystal ball and guess what my real answer sounds like *g*)

Best regards,
Garvin

[d_cee]

Hi Garvin

as you know, I've resolved this by remaking the website from an old backup but I'm concerned about how this happened - particularly as the site uses the ext php plugin! What are the most secure permissions I can set for this plugin and which files/folders can I secure?

thanks

Dave

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

I'm also pretty uncertain as to what might have caused this. Without looking at the site when the problem happens, I can't really tell much about it

About the ext PHP plugin: I'm not sure what you mean, do you mean the external PHP application, or the PHP nugget plugin?

The first can be secure by only giving read permissions ot the php user on the file you want to include, and to make sure PHP has no write privileges other to templates_c, upload (and maybe plugins).

If you use the PHP nugget plugin, there's not much you can do, except the above. And be reminded that somebody with mysql access could inject you PHP code, and someone that might gain s9y editor privileges could also inject PHP code.

Best regards,
Garvin

[d_cee]

Thanks Garvin

cheers
Dave