FTP hacks seem to be on the rise nowadays, with viruses like Gumblar stealing FTP passwords and farming buy cheap propecia them out to hackers so they can upload malicious code into user files. What you end up with is a flood of complaints from users about errors on their site and being flagged by […]
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From time to time I’ve had users ask me to install an SSL certificate for their MySQL server. Currently this support is not enabled in cPanel automatically, nor is there an option to use it in WHM > Manage Service SSL Certificates at the time this article was written. However, you can install a certificate manually by following a few simple steps.
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Server and network monitoring can be crucial to a host’s success. I mean, how embarrassing is it when your customers are aware of downtime before you are? You don’t have to pay big bucks or spend loads of time setting up monitoring for your server. We’ve compiled a list of free monitoring solutions you can use to guarantee minimal downtime for your users, and show customers how reliable your service is!
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Lately FTP has been a problem for a lot of hosting providers. Especially since the recent influx of Gumblar-related attacks and FTP exploits, some hosting providers are now considering changing their FTP ports as an added measure of security. If you’re on a cPanel server you have a couple extra steps to go through, but
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Update: As of cPanel 11.40, you can install shared SSLs on the main/shared IP just as you do any other certificate. It was kind of annoying in the midst of cPanel 11’s release when cPanel discontinued the ability to install an SSL certificate on a shared IP. Sure, you can do it as ‘nobody’, but
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