Hackers

Devin302 · - Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

is thier any way i could keep protect from hacking my server.

i mean is thier an way i could hide my Domain in such an way?

people are able to nock my server down with hacks.... any ideas to prevent?

Cname is that so i could hide my domain?

hc2995 · - Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 644 Location: Maryland, USA

As everyone told me when i was new, you can be hacked. There is no such things as a safe server. Its all that you do to protect it that makes it not hackable. Just make sure anti-hacking protection is engaged and you will be fine (iv never been hacked, there was a possible hack but that was cleared)

This will be use ful:

http://www.aprelium.com/data/doc/2/abyssws-win-doc-html/servergeneral.html#SERVER-ANTIHACK

(you may have to scoll down some to see it)
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Tom Chapman · - Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 933 Location: Australia

There is no way to hide your presence on the web BUT you can limit access to your web server within the Abyss Web Server control panel but as for other types of attacks such as DDOSing I have no idea.

hc2995 · - Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 644 Location: Maryland, USA

Well hiding your self from the web defeats the purpose of owning a server.......
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Tom Chapman · - Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 933 Location: Australia

Spot on!

loloyd · - Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 435 Location: Philippines

You could also help prevent hacking attempts by securing and strengthening your scripts and other web-enabled software/daemons you use on your server. Patching up to the latest updates is usually not enough. You should gradually educate yourself on how to combat over 90%, if not all, of the hacking activities attempted against your server.

Abyss provides an Anti-Hacking Protection feature from the Server Configuration dialog but this would be useless if you subject yourself to other types of attacks like SQL-injections and SSI faults. Educating yourself and applying what you know are always the keys to successful prevention against hacking.
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AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

Insecure scripts is the main way people hack your server. If you only use HTML pages, you're probably never going to be hacked, but if you use PHP or some other scripting language with a badly written script, you're at risk.
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cmxflash · - Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 872

loloyd · - Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 435 Location: Philippines

In the past, malformed URL requests can bring shell-access to the hacker. Advanced web servers like the current releases of Abyss, Apache and IIS now address these types of attacks.
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hc2995 · - Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 644 Location: Maryland, USA

just as long as you use scripts from reputable makers and a server that is up to date (like AWS 2.4) then you will be fine

PS If you make scripts yourself make sure you add things to prevent hacking
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