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Webhosting UK provides first-class fully managed dedicated hosting services in UK with FREE proactive server management. The key to our clients' online business success is smooth and seamless functioning of their server. Dedicated servers require constant monitoring, care and maintenance which is taken care of by our experienced Linux System Administrators. They ensure that your server is always available, has the latest security updates installed and technical issues if any are resolved asap. Our server management policies are designed to relieve you of any system administration duties. A full set of infrastructure and dedicated server management services are available with us to make sure that all the complexities involved behind the service delivery are handled by our support team allowing you to focus on the management of your business-specific content. Below is the list of functions performed by our seasoned System Administrators to maintain your managed Linux dedicated server round the clock to ensure that it performs in a safe and secure manner 24x7x365 SSH Security & Configuration
• Installation and compilation of the latest version of OpenSSL.
• Installation and compilation of the latest version of OpenSSH • Configuring OpenSSH with the latest version of OpenSSL. • Enabling key based access and Disabling Root access as per the client needs. • Enabling SSH 2 protocol, Disabling SSH1 protocol and Changing default SSH port. Firewall Configuration
• Installing latest version of CSF/APF firewall.
• Configuring the firewall to accept only incoming/outgoing connections on ports that are necessary on a cPanel system. • Disabling default SSH port (Port 22). • Setting up Brute Force Detection and its configuration with the firewall. • Linux socket monitor setup - sends you an alert when a new port is opened on the server. Server Monitoring Process
• Installation of System Integrity Monitor for monitoring the following services
- Apache
- MySQL - Server load - SSH - FTP
• Our Server Monitoring System will automatically fix problems such as big log files that would automatically get recycled. If the Server Monitoring system fails to fix the problem on its own it will send a notification to our dedicated server department.
Linux Server Security
• Installation of mod_security with our custom ruleset. This module consists of many different rules.
• Dangerous attempts to hack the server are blocked by our defined ruleset that we use. Adding or disabling a particular rule is very easy and can be done whenever needed as per our requirements. • Compilation of PHP version 4 or 5 according to the client needs. • Prevention of DDoS Attacks with the help of installation of mod_evasive • PHP Security (disabling few php functions which can be used for php backdoor:"exec,system, passthru,readfile,shell_exec,escapeshellarg,escapeshellcmd,proc_close, proc_open,ini_alter,dl,popen,parse_ini_file, show_source,curl_exec") Apache Tweaks
• Installation of Zend Optimizer. • Tweaking Apache configuration. • Recompiling Apache with commonly used Apache and PHP modules. Environmental security
• Mounting /tmp partition with noexec permissions so that no files on these partitions can be executed.
• Disabling compilers for all users on the server except root. • Sysctl.conf hardening to prevent attacks by syn floods. • Open basedir protection setup. • Installation and configuration of chkrootkit to send daily report to our dedicated server department. Security Audit
• Installation and Configuration of RK Hunter to update and run itself on a daily basis - It will then send a report to the client if anything goes wrong.
• Repair or Re-installation of corrupt binaries. Securing Binaries
• Installing/updating Libsafe.
Firewall Configuration DNS recursion restriction Email scanning for viruses and spam Please review our managed linux dedicated server packages or contact us to discuss your requirements. We would love to offer you our dedicated hosting services. |