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Parallels Security Issue – Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SeanParallels recently sent out this Security Advisory. Parallels Plesk Panel 9.x, 10.x, 11.x – Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Parallels Customer, Please read this message in its entirety and take the recommended actions. Situation Parallels Plesk Panel privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been discovered and are described in VU#310500 and CVE-2013-0132, CVE-2013-0133 (CVSS score 4.4 – http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/310500). Impact [...]
New to server management?
SeanIf your website requires the power of a server but you aren’t experienced with server management, we emphatically recommend purchasing a server with Parallels® Plesk Panel. Having a control panel like Parallels Plesk Panel makes managing a server much easier. It removes the mystery of running command lines to do things like set up user [...]
DNS Attack Targets Some Customers
BetsyCWe recently emailed some of our customers about an attack that could affect their Virtual Private Servers or Dedicated Servers. There is a misconfiguration causing their DNS servers to answer queries from any host (this is also called recursive DNS queries). Attackers use this misconfiguration to perform DNS attacks against other Internet services. For more [...]
Hosting Product Name Changes
Just like folklore legends of shape-shifting humans and stories of mythological creature transformations, Go Daddy’s product names occasionally morph to reinforce branding and set the pace for industry standards. We’re excited to announce the re-branding for two of our core hosting products. Virtual Dedicated Servers are now called Go Daddy VPS (Virtual Private Servers) and [...]
Putting You in Charge with Reseller Hosting
Are you interested in running your own hosting company? With Reseller Hosting you can do just that! Reseller Hosting is a special type of hosting account that lets you use your allocated storage and bandwidth to host multiple sites for third parties. Each site has its own control panel and operates independently from the others. [...]
Announcing Plesk Panel 11
We’re excited to announce the launch of Parallels® Plesk Panel 11 on VPS hosting environments. All new Plesk installations will provision with version 11, and existing Go Daddy customers can request a server reprovision to update their control panels to the newer version. What’s in store for Plesk 11 users? First and foremost is the [...]
Critical MicroUpdate for Plesk Users
LeslieParallels® recently released a new set of Critical MicroUpdates for certain versions of Plesk Panel 10.4 or earlier. This MicroUpdate addresses functional fixes, stability, and security – including for third-party components. Here’s some great news: By applying this new MicroUpdate, all previous MicroUpdates are also applied to Plesk. We are emailing our customers who need [...]
Resolving IPv6 Routing
Earlier this month we announced the release of IPv6 to our Linux® Virtual Dedicated Servers. We are monitoring IPv6 usage to ensure any concerns with the release are handled in a swift manner. Recently we identified an issue with some utilities not being able to communicate outside of the Go Daddy network on IPv6. Services [...]
Announcing CentOS 6.2 for Dedicated Servers
CentOS 6.2 is now available for Linux Dedicated Hosting. You will now see both CentOS 6 and CentOS 5 as operating system options in the Hosting Control Center when you provision or reprovision your account. If you use DSM/SCP (Simple Control Panel) you can’t reprovision with CentOS 6 until you remove DSM/SCP from your plan [...]
Linux VDeds Now Serving IPv6
We’re excited to announce the release of IPv6 to our Linux® Virtual Dedicated Servers. This means you can now configure your servers using the newest Internet technology of IPv6. Do you need a crash course on IPv6? We created a handful of articles to help you on your IPv6 journey: What is IPv6? IPv6 Address [...]
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