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Hello, cPanel has pushed updates again which re-enables IPv6 on any box greater than 11.40. This can cause an issue when cPanel starts rebuilding the Apache configuration though because it adds one or both of these lines: Listen[::]:80 Listen[::]:443 When IPv6 is installed on a server, the Listen directive is set to Listen[::]:80, which listens…

CloudFlare Plugin install on cpanel CloudFlare is a performance and security service. With 14 points of presence around the world, a website on CloudFlare typically loads twice as fast, uses 65% less server resources, saves 60% of bandwidth and has an additional layer of security. Hosting Providers get reduced server load, bandwidth savings, mitigation of DDoS attacks and…

When you visit a website on the Internet, the computer you use will find the address of the site using a system called DNS. If you are using your home computer to browse the internet, it will request each website address from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Dedicated and Virtual Servers are set up to…

From zdnet.com… A new vulnerability in WordPress plugin WPTouch highlights a series of recent discoveries that critically affect active plugins downloaded and used by millions of WordPress bloggers. Since May, security company Sucuri has found serious security holes in WordPress plugins WPTouch(5,670,626 downloads), Disqus (1,400,003 downloads), All In One SEO Pack (19,152,355 downloads), andMailPoet Newsletters (1,894,474 downloads)….

Hi, I recently received a clam update in logwatch and seen the duplicate database error and went in to take a look at what was going on. ——————— clam-update Begin ———————— The ClamAV update process was started 3 time(s) Last ClamAV update process started at Fri May 18 01:44:12 2012 Last Status: main.cvd is up…

Howdy, A client recently asked how to check the status of cphulk via the command line… This got me thinking; beside actually logging into WHM to check “Home »Security Center »cPHulk Brute Force Protection” to see whether cPHulk is currently Disabled/Enabled, I was unaware of a way to do this. After a little digging, I…

There was not enough solid information regarding how to simply update Ubuntu 14 from the openssl 1.0.1f version to the openssl 1.0.1g version. Here is what I found:   https://launchpad.net/~george-edison55/+archive/openssl-heartbleed-fix   ??sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/openssl-heartbleed-fix sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Works: $ aptitude show openssl Package: openssl State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 1.0.1g-1ppa1~trusty1 Priority:…

Nutty is a browser tool in which you can share your local desktop terminal console with a remote user. It does not matter if you or the remote user is behind firewall. Installation (3 steps): Install Extension After installing the extension you will see  icon beside the address bar. Install tmux Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install tmux Fedora: sudo yum…

From linoxide.com   Linux command shelf is a quick reference guide for all linux user who wish to learn linux commands. Commands are divided into 15 categories , which would be more easier to understand what commands to be used in specific requirement. The pdf format of linux command shelf is also available. You could…

From smackerelofopinion.blogspot.de forkstat: a new tool to trace process activity One of my on-going projects is to try to reduce system activity where possible to try to shave off wasted power consumption.   One of the more interesting problems is when very short lived processes are spawned off and die and traditional tools such as ps and…