I’ve been an Updraft client for over a decade yet recent events have caused me to stop and consider how secure using Updraft for commercial backups is. The occasion of my re-thinking this was taking on a new client whose prior hosting provider is using Updraft for backups. It didn’t go well. Here is why. … Read more
By default iRedMail doesn’t send out notifications if throttling has occurred. There is no clear documentation on how to set it up. So here is what i found works : Assuming you have fail2ban loaded (which I believe iRedMail has by default): 1. Update the Jail Configuration Edit the Fail2Ban jail configuration: sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.local … Read more
I have held a Paypal business account for over 10 years. While the fees and charges have been eye watering at times it has been a place to make payments reasonably safely. This started to change a couple of years back. Recurring payments set up with no explicit warning the payments you are making through … Read more
I’m going to get my opinion out of the way right up front – do not use UCEPRotect ( http://www.uceprotect.net ) as part of your blacklist / anti spam protection process. Their business is unethical, their services incompetent and their processes deeply deeply flawed. Wow that’s quite an opinion right there. Why would I think … Read more
The following .htaccess code will allow you to set a 301 redirect on your site – using a set of ip addresses that can still log in. Ideal for fixing up things if there has been a hack or other issue. # MAINTENANCE-PAGE REDIRECT RewriteEngine on #add IP addresses that are allowed to access the … Read more