Transport Layer Security (TLS), and it’s older brother Secure Socket Layer (SSL) are cryptographic protocols that clients and servers use for secure communication over the Internet. Today’s industry standards, and really just common sense, strongly encourage the use of cryptography. This is especially important if you’re running a webshop or any kind of site that …

Especially with the recent retiring of CentOS 5 on March 31, 2017, use of version 7 is on the rise. For new systems being installed now, it makes much more sense to go straight to CentOS 7 unless there is a specific compatibility issue. CentOS 6 will have maintenance updates through 2020. The minimum recommended …

There’s no doubt about it: security matters. It is what distances your server from potentially catastrophic outcomes. In a world where Internet security isn’t getting any better, making sure that your cheap VPS server is protected against attackers and other malicious actors is of utmost importance. With that in mind, we’re presenting a blog series …

Having a firewall in place and properly set up is an integral part of network security. There are many firewalls out there, both hardware and software based, but luckily, CentOS comes with a pretty powerful one already built in – iptables. CentOS 7 in particular (the environment we’ll use here) by default comes with firewalld …

In our previous posts we’ve explored some of the many ways of hardening the security of our server. One of the methods we explored was using SSH keys for root login, and disabling password authentication for root. In case we want to disable root login completely, we have to create a new user with root-level …

In the previous article we talked about SSH keys – what are they, how to create them and how to get them on your server. We’ve covered only one way of importing a key to the server – via WHM. In this article we’ll go through other ways of importing them. If you haven’t read …

cPanel has announced that the 62 release has now reached End Of Life (EOL). cPanel instances running on 62 will continue to function, but won’t receive any more security updates or bug patches. It is therefore imperative that if you’re running 62 you upgrade as soon as possible. If you’d like to upgrade to the …

Security of your server – and hence your data – should be one of the most important things to manage, no matter what you use the server for. Having your server compromised can be an issue ranging from a minor annoyance and temporary drop of service – for example if your site gets defaced, as …

cPanel 72 has been announced, and it comes with a plethora of cool and interesting features. Starting with security, which is always a priority area, cPanel 72 introduces the ability to enable strict SSL checks, to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. It also comes with enhanced spam filtering, allowing you to enable filtering at an individual account …

MySQL is one of the most popular database engines in the market. It is an open source RDBMS, which was first launched on May 23, 1995. MySQL is a central component of the LAMP open-source web application stack. The list of applications that use MySQL is endless. Just to name a few: TYPO3, MODx, Joomla, WordPress, …