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SSL sites on shared IP via SNI

SSL Sites On Shared IP via SNI Days are gone when we needed a dedicated IP for each website with SSL! With  Server Name Indication(SNI)  extension of the Transport Layer Security protocol, it is now possible to use authentic SSL certificates for sites hosted on shared IP addresses. If you are on a Linux hosted environment, you could very well reap the benefit of the feature right away. Key benefits 1. Reduces the cost of adding dedicated IP addresses 2. All domains can have their own SSL certificates installed How it works! We all know how SSL works. In normal SSL, when a user types “https” in a browser’s URL field, the encryption is provided by the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. TLS uses a digitally signed certificate that includes the domain name of the site to ensure that the user connects to the correct site requested. Browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera, Google chrome generally accepts the certificate as “trusted...

cPanel / WHM Explained

cPanel and WHM Details                    *******Cpanel Explanation In Detail *******   Cpanel Introduction -------------------- Cpanel Important directories. /usr/local/cpanel /var/cpanel /scripts /usr/local/cpanel --------------- cpsrvd cpsrvd-ssl cpkeyclt /usr/local/cpanel/bin ------------------- *Houses only scripts and binaries which provide installation and configuration of many cPanel managed services Notable Contents: eximstats checkperlmodules /usr/local/cpanel/logs -------------------- CPSRVD -------access_log, error_log CPANELLOGD---stats_log CPKEYCLT------license_lo /usr/local/cpanel/base -------------------- frontend-------x, x2,xmail,monsoon webmail-------x, monsoon neomail horde 3rdparty-------squirrelmail, phpPgAdmin, phpMyAdmin /usr/local/cpanel/etc ------------------- init -----------start | stop cpsrvd AND start | stop AND start | stop cppop exim---...

Increase server security using Linux Malware Detect ( LMD )

Linux Malware Detector(LMD) Introduction LMD or the Linux Malware detect is yet another useful software application form RfxNetworks , it has been prepared keeping the specific share hosting requirements and malware scenario in mind. RfxNetworks Defines is at follows : Linux Malware Detect (LMD) is a malware scanner for Linux released under the GNU GPLv2 license, that is designed around the threats faced in shared hosted environments. It uses threat data from network edge intrusion detection systems to extract malware that is actively being used in attacks and generates signatures for detection. The author of LMD declares the limited availability of existing open source free tools for Linux system that focus on malware detection as the driving force behind making this software. The shared hosting environment has its own dynamics and LMD targets this specific environment considering the specific features of shared hosting. There are so many new malware coming ...