Category: cPanel

How to prevent DNS recursion attack

DNS recursion attacks are common in cPanel linux servers. During recursion attcks server load increases and in the /var/log/messages file you will find domain queries which are not present in the server. Fix ** Add this to the "options" section of /etc/named.conf recursion no; additional-from-auth no; additional-from-cache no;

email ip does not change in /etc/mailips issue

Firstly found that there was lsattr set for the file. Tried by removing and resetting the lsattr but no use. Fix Found that in whm exim config settings this should be like this Send mail from account’s dedicated IP address Off Reference /etc/mailhelo for outgoing SMTP HELO Off Reference /etc/mailips for outgoing SMTP connections On … Continue reading email ip does not change in /etc/mailips issue

Install ssl for addon using dedicated ip in a cPanel Server

It's not directly possible from WHM inteface. But you can manaully edit the cpanel config files and assign dedicated IP for the addon domain and then install the SSL Edit the file Code: /var/cpanel/userdata/username/addon-domain.com also checkl file /var/cpanel/userdata/username/addon-domain.com_ssl and change the IP to a dedicated IP. Also edit the DNS entires for the addon domain … Continue reading Install ssl for addon using dedicated ip in a cPanel Server