Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
How to Install SSL Certificate using WHM/CPanel
To install this once you have got to the installation screen you will need to fill in all the correct information in the relevant areas.
Step 1 : In the first box, you will need to paste your domain / site certificate from the zip file that you received from Positive SSL.
Step 2 : Fill in the required domain / user / IP address information.
Step 3 : In the middle box, you will need paste the correct RSA private key that was generated with the CSR that you sent to Comodo to get your certificate generated.
Step 4 : In the bottom box, you will need to paste the correct PositiveSSLBundle file for you certificate.(which you can download from our support section also sent to you in the zip file as XXXXXX-ca-bundle)
(this is the combined AddTrustUTNServerCA and PositiveSSLCA files supplied in the zip file that was sent to you and is also available from the support section of the website.)
Step 5 : Press the "Do it" button
The SSL certificate is now added to your server and assigned to the domain.
Source : Comodo
The SSL certificate is now added to your server and assigned to the domain.
Source : Comodo
Sunday, May 25, 2014
DDoS attacks using SNMP amplification on the rise !
Attackers are increasingly abusing devices configured to publicly reply to SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) requests over the internet to amplify distributed denial-of-service attacks.
This amplification technique, which is additionally known as reflection, can on paper work with any protocol that's vulnerable to science (Internet Protocol) address spoofing and might generate giant responses to significantly smaller queries. Attackers can craft requests that seem to originate from the science address of their intended victim in order to trick servers that accept requests over such protocols from the internet to flood the victim with information.
Many DDoS attacks within the past year have used misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) and NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers for amplification. However, devices that support SNMP, a protocol designed to allow the observation of network-attached devices by querying info about their configuration, may be abused if the SNMP service is directly exposed to the internet. SNMP-enabled devices with such configurations are often found each in home and business environments and embody printers, switches, firewalls and routers.
This amplification technique, which is additionally known as reflection, can on paper work with any protocol that's vulnerable to science (Internet Protocol) address spoofing and might generate giant responses to significantly smaller queries. Attackers can craft requests that seem to originate from the science address of their intended victim in order to trick servers that accept requests over such protocols from the internet to flood the victim with information.
Many DDoS attacks within the past year have used misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) and NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers for amplification. However, devices that support SNMP, a protocol designed to allow the observation of network-attached devices by querying info about their configuration, may be abused if the SNMP service is directly exposed to the internet. SNMP-enabled devices with such configurations are often found each in home and business environments and embody printers, switches, firewalls and routers.
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