[WHMCS] Admin Failed Login Ban Settings

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 April 2013 09:39 Written by Alex Ali Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:00

By default WHMCS will ban any IP address for a period of 15 minutes if they fail to login the admin area (invalid username and / or password) 3 times. This prevents people from being able to use multiple login combinations until they find one that actually works. You can alter the ban settings (minutes & the number of failed login attempts) by:

Defending Against the WordPress Brute Force Flood

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 04:21 Written by Scott White Saturday, 27 April 2013 12:00

There has been a massive distributed brute force attack being launched the past few days against every WordPress based website at every hosting provider in the world.

Well over 150,000 different IP addresses are currently attempting to gain access to the admin user’s password in every WordPress site.  By default, WordPress cannot protect itself against this type of attack, but you can protect yourself by following the tips in this email.

Here are the most important ones:

How to Set Maintenance Mode in BoonEx Dolphin Site

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 April 2013 04:33 Written by Henry Soria Monday, 25 March 2013 12:00

Hello everyone!

Today I will show you how to set your BoonEx Dolphin website in maintenance mode.
You’ll see, with this great module, this task will be a breeze!

First, you’re probably wondering, what is the point to my site in maintenance mode …

An Introduction to ocPortal

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:28 Written by Steve Jarvis Wednesday, 20 March 2013 12:00

I thought as a first blog post relating to ocPortal it would be beneficial to give a brief overview of ocPortal. Part two will be a tour of the main adminzone screens to help new users find their way around.  ocPortal has a large amount of bundled features and this is one of its biggest strengths. Having these features included in the software from the start gives ocPortal a distinct advantage over other Content management systems (CMS).

One of the advantages is that all of the main features of your ocPortal website will be coded in the same manner, which means making changes is easier to understand. Because all of the features are coded to the same standards, you can be more confident of the security of the software and its standards compliance.

How to Secure your BoonEx Dolphin Site

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 April 2013 04:33 Written by Henry Soria Saturday, 23 February 2013 12:00

Here are some basic tips to secure your BoonEx Dolphin website.

1) During your installation you must create an administrative profile

Don’t create a profile called “admin” but rather your nickname or first name as “henry”.

This prevents to distinguish the administrator (root) and fraud in connection (however, it is always possible with the admin ID ’1′, but we shall see in another tutorial).

2) Rename the “administration” directory by another name