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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

By : Aric Pedersen
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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

By: Aric Pedersen

Overview of this book

"A great book for getting the most out of your cPanel-supporting web host" If you have web hosting requirements beyond the most basic, you should look for a host that offers cPanel. cPanel gives you tight control over every aspect of your web site, email accounts, and domain names. But once you've got a web site with cPanel support, how do you go about using it? While the documentation included with cPanel may provide a quick reference, to really get the most from it you need a more detailed, systematic tutorial. Read this book to find out exactly how to get the most from cPanel in all aspects of your web site management: web, email, FTP, security, domains, back ups, and more.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
cPanel: User Guide and Tutorial
Credits
About the Author
Preface
Glossary

Chapter 11. Site and Account Security

This is probably the most important topic covered in this book. Following the recommendations in this chapter will enable you to avoid serious problems. However, if the worst does happen, you’ll also find an action plan that will help you to get your account up and running again quickly while helping you to avoid the same problem(s) in the future. Specifically, we will cover the following:

  • What hacking is and why you may be at risk

  • What you can do to protect yourself and your site from attack

  • What to do if your site is hacked

First, we’ll explore why everyone with a web presence needs to take security precautions.

Site Security and You

You have or will have shortly a presence on the Internet available to anyone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. While this constant availability is great for business, it also means that those with less‑than‑pure intentions can try to disrupt your site at any time.

Depending on who you talk to, individuals who attempt to disrupt...