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Hello,

right now I have a dedicated server with LunarPages. It’s a Dedicated Server III with the following specs:

Dual Xeon 2.80 Ghz with Hyperthreading
2 GB RAM
2,048 GB monthly bandwidth
Linux CentOS 4.7 with cPanel
3 IP addresses (server IP and two nameservers)

Right now I’m paying 255$ per month.

As of lately, I’ve got a problem with LunarPages. I control bandwidth via cPanel and LunarPages controls it with their own switch connected to the server.

cPanel measured around 700 GB transferred per month during the last months that it’s alright according to the historical usage of my server that just hosts a vBulletin forum with around 10,000 daily visits and picture attachments as thumbnails.

But Lunarpages measures around 2.5x that (1,800 GB) and they haven’t given me a detailed explanation about this discrepancy between cPanel and their measurements.

As far as I know my server has not been hacked and there hasn’t been any DDoS against my server. After five months, with the same 10,000 daily visits (+-10%) bandwidth consumed that it’s measured by LunarPages keeps growing and I don’t know what to do because they don’t offer me any explanation or details about this. I don’t know if their measurements are wrong or not.

I used to offer the picture attachments as full-size photos and then converted them to thumbnails in order to keep bandwidth controlled. When doing this, cPanel measured a change of bandwidth consumed from 60 GB to 20 GB daily (a third), but this wouldn’t be reflected by LunarPages measurements and they haven’t given me any reason for this.

So I’ve decided I have to change webhosts before my forum exceeds those 2,048 GB that limit the bandwidth consumed per month.

I would like to pay around the same per month, including a more generous monthly bandwidth and a better and newer server with a Core2Duo. Unmetered bandwidth would be a plus so I don’t have to be worried about bandwidth anymore.

Also I would like a new webhost with cPanel too so I could transfer my account from one server to the other (it would be a 70 GB transfer with old attachments from the forum).

I’ve seen FDC Servers that offer unmetered 10 Mbit/s dedicated servers, but I would like to know more reliable offers.

Thanks for any advice solving this problem or choosing a new webhost and best regards,

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If you run WHMCS on the same server you setup client accounts, someone can simply sign-up and easily access your WHMCS configuration file.

All it takes is for the user to upload a shell script and execute the following command:

From there, they can access your configuration settings (MySQL) and create an administrator account.

How to fix:

If you have already disabled functions in your php.ini file, then you should be fine. If not, you will want to disable the following functions in your php.ini file:

You may want to enable safe_mode as well, but this may cause issues for certain scripts.

I would highly recommend installing mod suPHP and php cgi or simply move your "master" account to a different server.

I’ve been researching web hosting companies for about a week, and came across this forum. I’m very impressed – what a helpful site for newbies like me! I’d like to ask if you have any suggestions as to which webhosting companies to consider.

I’m looking to host three websites:

1. I already designed using iWeb
2. want to start a Wordpress blog (to replace my current Blogger blog)
3. want to start a photo blog, probably also using Wordpress
4. (to be added down the road) want to be able to sell hand-crafted items (need a shopping card/Paypal/etc.)

I don’t expect to need a ton of disk space or bandwidth…just as long as I have enough room for my photos (1 gig or 2 would make me feel comfortable). I’d like to go as cheaply as possible, but still have reliable uptime and decent customer support (I’m a fan of live chat). I’m hoping to spend under $40/year, if possible. I’d like to be able to pay using PayPal.

At first I was thinking of going with JustHost or HostGator, but now I’m thinking I’d rather go with a smaller company. After poking around in this forum, I’m now considering HawkHost, PowerMonster, and JunaWeb. What do you think? Any other suggestions for me?

Thanks for your help in advance.

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This morning, I noticed that my Google Apps account showed 12000 e-mails in the SPAM folder. Checking into it, I saw that the spam were all undeliverables/ndr received back from my dedicated server with IP aa.bb.cc.dd that I’ve changed in the header.

I’ve been running RKhunter and Clamav which have been coming back clean.

I’ve blocked inbound SMTP.

There was a few thousand (at least) messages in /var/spool/mqueue and /var/spool/clientmqueue which I deleted and restarted sendmail after.

I need to run to a meeting but will be back to check on this … the header looks legit in every way that it’s from my dedicated server.

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Delivered-To: user{at}abc.com
Received: by 10.90.106.3 with SMTP id e3cs91435agc;
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:53:06 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.141.41.12 with SMTP id t12mr362057rvj.127.1246553987615;
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:59:47 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <>
Received: from xyz (mail.xyz [aa.bb.cc.dd])
by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 29si4186558yxe.9.2009.07.02.09.59.47;
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:59:47 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of xyz designates aa.bb.cc.dd as permitted sender) client-ip=aa.bb.cc.dd;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of xyz designates aa.bb.cc.dd as permitted sender) smtp.mail=
Received: from localhost (localhost)
by xyz (8.13.1/8.13.1) id n62IxEbU021883;
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:14 -0400
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:14 -0400
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON{at}xyz>
Message-Id: <200907021859.n62IxEbU021883{at}xyz>
To: <apache{at}xyz>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary="n62IxEbU021883.1246561154/xyz"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

–n62IxEbU021883.1246561154/xyz

The original message was received at Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:11 -0400
from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]

—– The following addresses had permanent fatal errors —–
<cheriamore{at}sacbeemail.com>
(reason: 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try)

—– Transcript of session follows —–
… while talking to aspmx.l.google.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
<<< 550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient’s email address for typos or
<<< 550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
<<< 550 5.1.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a…py?answer=6596 16si318649yxe.3
550 5.1.1 <cheriamore{at}sacbeemail.com>… User unknown
<<< 503 5.5.1 RCPT first. 16si318649yxe.3

–n62IxEbU021883.1246561154/xyz
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; xyz
Received-From-MTA: DNS; localhost.localdomain
Arrival-Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:11 -0400

Final-Recipient: RFC822; cheriamore{at}sacbeemail.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Remote-MTA: DNS; aspmx.l.google.com
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:14 -0400

–n62IxEbU021883.1246561154/xyz
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Return-Path: <apache{at}xyz>
Received: from xyz (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
by xyz (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n62IxBbU021881
for <cheriamore{at}sacbeemail.com>; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:11 -0400
Received: (from apache{at}localhost)
by xyz (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n62IxAFj021880;
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:10 -0400
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:59:10 -0400
Message-Id: <200907021859.n62IxAFj021880{at}xyz>
To: cheriamore{at}sacbeemail.com
Subject: MasterCard No. 5148654789406543
From: MasterCard® / Word Mega Jackpot Lottery UK <info{at}megajackpotclaims.com.net>
Reply-To:
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

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———————————————————-<BR>
Material Copyright © 2009 Mastercard. Ltd.

–n62IxEbU021883.1246561154/xyz–

Hello,

Someone has just made an order with me on Google Checkout. I went to Google and accepted the order. It said the credit card was charged successfully but the account has not been set up automatically. I’m using the default Cron that comes with WHMCS.

The information the client used is fake. Such as HI for the state / county.

What should I do? I have sent an email to the given email address.

Thanks all

Jack

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