How to whitelist hostnames in ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF)

CSF offers the option to whitelist fully qualified domain names (FQDN). This can be useful if you want to allow connections from hostnames with IPs that change frequently. The CSF file with the allowed hostnames is /etc/csf.dyndns /etc/csf.dyndns The content…

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How to protect Apache web server(w/ cPanel/DirectAdmin) from XMLRPC attacks

In a previous article, we detailed How to protect WordPress from XML-RPC attacks. The article was written for website owners. We received questions on how to use this method to protect all the websites on an Apache web server. On…

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How to enable notifications for account creation in DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin has an option that allows admins to receive email notifications when an account is created. This can be useful if you want to keep track of accounts creation. Some companies have policies that require logging such operations. The DirectAdmin…

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