It is time to stop hosting my own SMTP server and search for a Small Business eMail host. For most Small Businesses selecting an eMail host is a necessary startup task. But, where to start? The Starting point for my search I started with two key decisions. 1. I need a hosted eMail solution using…
The virus alert message to start the day. In August 2020, ImunifyAV reported that it found malware in a file on my website. Troubleshooting a virus alert from ImunifyAV became that day’s task. These are the steps I took to correct the problem. I found this because, on a regular basis I check my system…
In looking at my server logs, I found several PowerDNS (pdns) “Warning!” messages regarding the use of an invalid hint. The warning emphasis is by pdns not mine. This should really be just an informational message and can be ignored. The Warning message The following is the warning message that appears in the logs (/var/log/messages…
How I manage PowerDNS in a Linux environment using cPanel’s Zone editor. After 20+ years of using bind, I switched to PowerDNS, due to the lower memory requirements and convenience of a GUI to manage the zone records. I use cPanel’s zone editor to manage Configuration Files The default configuration files can be found here:…
Now that my web server is up and running and my websites are stable. Time to look at locking down the server. Why should I enable and configure DNSSEC One of the lower risk vulnerabilities is DNS spoofing. I classify it as a low risk because we don’t collect any user information. If I was…
Sources of Spam For most websites using WordPress, you have several sources of SPAM that you need to be concerned about Comments, User Forms, Login Forms and Search Forms. These can be a source of SPAM and malicious code. Each need to be considered separately. All in One WordPress Security (AIOWPS) – Settings for Comments…
Today I cleaned up from a sloppy Wordfence un-install In comparing Security Plug-ins, i tried out WordFence and All-in-one WordPress Security (AIOWPS). In the end I decided to use AIOWPS and uninstall WordFence. A word of advice. I just de-activated and deleted the Wordfence plug-in. This left behind remnants and did not completely remove the…
My new websites went live this week, now I need to upgrade critical packages. Last week I went live with a new WordPress Website. It was built with the latest releases supported by cPanel 88, MySQL 5 and CentOS 7. Now, I will have to do a major upgrade to CentOS 8 and MySQL 8.…
Converting a website from static pages to WordPress, a content management system (CMS) The two sites that I manage are the World Wide Foreign Travel Club and My Village Club. Before migration, the two sites were made up of static pages and are maintained using Web Page Maker. This software was last updated in 2014. In early 2017, I started…
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