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Apache, Hacks, Scripts, Security

Installing LetsEncrypt SSL Certificates on CentOS + cPanel Servers

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Update! cPanel supports LetsEncrypt, but you just need to install the plugin for it to work. To do this, run: /scripts/install_lets_encrypt_autossl_provider Once installed, Let’s Encrypt will appear in WHM’s Manage AutoSSL interface (Home >> SSL/TLS >> Manage AutoSSL) where you can enable the provider. At the time of this writing, LetsEncrypt is in public beta […]

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Linux, Security

CloudLinux or BetterLinux?

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UPDATE 6/18: Shortly after this was posted and one of the major hosting companies I’m affiliated with removed BetterLinux from their servers due to stability problems, BetterLinux announced that they are shutting down, effective July 1st. Customers ask us all the time whether they should use CloudLinux or BetterLinux on their servers, and what differences exist

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Apache, Fixes, Howto, Linux, News, Security

de-POODLE-ing: How to Disable Support for SSLv3 on a cPanel Server

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The latest security buzz this month is about the SSLv3 POODLE vulnerability, and how SSL version 3.0 is now officially designated as insecure, joining its predecessors versions 1.0 (unreleased) and 2.0.  This effectively concludes the life cycle of the SSL protocol in favor of TLS.  This post will give you a brief overview of what POODLE

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Security

cPanel Configuration Clusters and Security Considerations

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cPanel 11.44 introduces a new feature fresh from their feature request system that now allows server administrators to deploy the configuration of one server to multiple servers in what the they call a “configuration cluster”.  It will start by offering this capability to just the cPanel update preferences, but will eventually be expanded to work with

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Apache, Linux, Security

OpenSSL Heartbleed Bug and What You Need to Know

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Over the past few days, we have received an overwhelming number of questions about the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug and how cPanel system administrators should be handling this. First of all, if you haven’t read Codenomicon’s write-up on the bug, which thoroughly explains what it is, you should look visit heartbleed.com. Because their website already covers

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