After the great success of the CloudLinux OS, which is now being considered the #1 operating system for the shared hosting environment, the CloudLinux team introduced Imunify360 – The all in one security solution for shared server. Licensing Licensing for the Imunify360 is pretty straightforward, and it is based on a number of accounts hosted […]
ConfigServer Security & Firewall is the most commonly used software firewall in a shared hosting environment. Due to multiple failed login attempts for shared hosting accounts, users get temporarily blocked in the CSF firewall and encounters the warning message. Learn, how to unblock yourself from CSF on Shared/Reseller services. First, you try to access the […]
There will be times that you have an IP address that is static and you want toe nsure that you no longer experience firewall blocks against your IP. They may be times that you have a developer that needs to be let in due to their incorrect password attempts. Does this sound like you? If […]
If you’ve been getting a lot of alerts for a specific IP that’s listed in a CSF e-mail but CSF hasn’t blocked the IP and you want to block the IP, these are the steps that will help resolve the noisy e-mails as well as keeping your server safe from attacks such as SQL injections […]
Below, we will outline two different methods of configuring port knocking with CSF/LFD (via CLI and via GUI). This can be quite helpful for maintaining SSH functionality while also addressing PCI Scans failures due to SSH. Via CLI Log in as root via SSH. Remember that KH servers use port 2200 by default for SSH connections. […]
It is worrisome when you receive a notification from the firewall regarding a suspicious process, especially for those processes that you do not readily recognize. That is why KnownHost has compiled a list of some common alerts that are mostly false positives and provided the instructions for stopping the notifications. This list is specific to […]
In a firewall sometimes you only want to allow an IP through on a certain port without fully whitelisting them. To do so in CSF is pretty straight forward and the concept is the same as on many home routers. This tutorial will show you how to do it both via WHM’s CSF GUI and via command […]