As technology improves the threats to both Windows & Linux based systems are becoming stronger, meaning a higher chance of security breakage. As technology moves on more and more people are using VPS as it is becomnig much lower in price. Customers at 600Host are finding VPS much better due to being able to have there own resources they are choosing VPS rather then UK Web Hosting.
To improve your security for VPS then the following simple methods can be introduced:
CSF Firewall
RKHunter
SIM (System Integrity Monitor)
LES (Linux Environment Security).
However, you will want to secure the script programming languages also to ensure they can not be exploited to gain full access to your web hosting server.
CSF Firewall
This software is a popular firewall in the web hosting industry as it intregrates with the web hosting manager side of cpanel (WHM). When this is set up correctly it will block IP addresses/hostnames that attempt to attack your server.
Installing CSF really simple all you need to do for the basic installation is run the following commands in an SSH window:
wget http://www.configserver.com/free/csf.tgz
tar -xzf csf.tgz
cd csf
sh install.sh
RKHunter
Rootkit hunter is a software that will scan your root sector for rootkits, trojans, backdoors and local exploits.
Alot of the attacks / exploits take place within this folder so it is important to keep this folder secure. If you are running Cpanel on a dedicated server then you simply need to do the following:
As technology improves the threats to both Windows & Linux based systems are becoming stronger, meaning a higher chance of security breakage. As technology moves on more and more people are using VPS as it is becomnig much lower in price. Customers at 600Host are finding VPS much better due to being able to have there own resources they are choosing VPS rather then UK Web Hosting.
To improve your security for VPS then the following simple methods can be introduced:
CSF Firewall
RKHunter
SIM (System Integrity Monitor)
LES (Linux Environment Security).
However, you will want to secure the script programming languages also to ensure they can not be exploited to gain full access to your web hosting server.
CSF Firewall
This software is a popular firewall in the web hosting industry as it intregrates with the web hosting manager side of cpanel (WHM). When this is set up correctly it will block IP addresses/hostnames that attempt to attack your server.
Installing CSF really simple all you need to do for the basic installation is run the following commands in an SSH window: