Announcements

New guide: Secure Your Database, a step-by-step guide

  • 28th October 2026
We've published a new step-by-step guide to securing your FileMaker databases for online hosting. Whether you host with ODITech or run your own server, the guide walks you through 18 steps in three parts: your database files (accounts, privilege sets, scripts, encryption), FileMaker Server (Admin Console, certificates, services, backups) and the ...
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PHP and Node.js October 2026 vulnerabilities: what they mean for FileMaker Server

  • 26th October 2026
The short version On FileMaker Server 19.6.4 and later, the October 21 Node.js flaw looks unreachable, but the Node.js that FileMaker bundles is still unpatched. As of October 24, the newest build we run (FileMaker Server 26.0.3) still ships a Node.js without the fix, and we could not find a Claris statement about it. Node.js: every build ...
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Security update: PHP and Node.js emergency releases (October 21)

  • 24th October 2026
On October 21, the PHP and Node.js projects each released urgent security fixes. PHP. The PHP project released emergency updates (PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35) for two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. These could allow an attacker to run commands on a vulnerable server. Security ...
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Emergency maintenance in Los Angeles data center

  • 30th October 2022
Our Data Center Team will be performing emergency maintenance on a power distribution device in our Los Angeles location, this will take place on Monday October 31st at 21:00 PDT until November 1st at 22:00 PDT. The servers in this data center will be powered off for the duration of downtime in the maintenance window. Several precautions are ...
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