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SpamExperts SPAM Filtering: Now Available!

We’re proud to announce the launch of SpamExperts Incoming SPAM filtering for VeeroTech Systems customers. We’re including 1 domain for free for each customer. Each additional domain is $3.99/month and we’re offering discounts for bulk domains – 5, 10, 15+ domains.

To claim your free account, please log into the Account Management portal in your dashboard as shown below. Under “Order New Services” you’ll see the option to add SPAM filtering. Once submitting the order, we’ll waive the fee for the 1st domain for you, then provide you with your dashboard login information.

 

Once your account has been created, you’ll need to update your MX records as described inside the informational email. If you’re unsure how to do this, just open a ticket and our support team will assist in making sure the correct MX records are entered. From there, you’ll then have access to the Spam Panel dashboard where you can adjust the SPAM threshold, view quarantined messages, whitelist/blacklist options & more!

Have questions? Open a service ticket at any time or email us at info@veerotech.net

Want SPAM filtering, but not yet a VeeroTech Systems customer? Sign up today and experience the VeeroTech difference! www.veerotech.net

WHMCS Cookie Exploit

From the WHMCS Blog: http://blog.whmcs.com/?t=81138

 

We are aware of a post that is circulating in which the author proposes an exploit via a cookie variable. However the proposed vulnerability is only possible if the attacker has gained access to a valid admin login session already through other means. For this reason, we feel that the viability of the vulnerability is not immediate nor is of a critical risk to installations.

We can confirm this vulnerability vector does exist as we have already identified and resolved it in our currently in progress internal security audit. We have in fact also prepared a refinement to the code that will negate the proposed attack vector and we anticipate publishing a new release of the software next week that will include this change along with others found during our internal audit.

In the meantime however, you may download the hook file below and upload it to the /includes/hooks/ folder of your WHMCS installation to negate any potential attacks based on this – although please note this will also prevent admin list ordering from working fully in certain places.

Cookie Override Hook – http://go.whmcs.com/262/cookie_override_hook

 

 

If you currently have WHMCS, we recommend that you follow the instructions for this patch. You’ll need to upload the file to your /includes/hooks folder as mentioned above & in the post made by WHMCS.

R1Soft Continuous Data Protection

A few weeks ago, a security audit completed by a 3rd party security firm discovered various security flaws in the previously used software “StoreGrid” that we used on shared & reseller web hosting accounts. This discovery prompted us to completely disable all instances of StoreGrid running on VeeroTech Systems servers. The security vulnerabilities were reported to StoreGrid however, they did not seem to get fixed. This prompted us to remove StoreGrid completely from all servers to protect our customers.

Upon removing StoreGrid, we chose to replace it with Idera R1Soft CDP (continuous data protection). We have recently been working on a complete integration for all shared & reseller web hosting servers. In addition to R1Soft CDP daily/hourly backups, we still complete weekly & monthly account level (cPanel – shared/reseller) backups for Disaster Recovery.

Now, what does this mean for you? If you’re a shared or reseller hosting customer, you will have access to restore file-level backups from 4 previous days right from within cPanel. You will notice there’s an R1Soft icon inside of cPanel as well.

Traditional shared/reseller hosting: Daily backups, 4 copies retained. + weekly/monthly account backups.

Cloud shared/reseller: Hourly backups, 120 copies retained. + weekly/monthly account backups.

We are nearing the completion of the integration & hope to be 100% complete within the next few weeks. If your hosting accounts are located on our older servers, the integration has not yet been completed. (dallas01, dallas02 & dallas03 servers). If you are not located on these servers, the backups have already been integrated. You can check the server name from within cPanel on the right hand pane where your statistics are located.

 

Virtual Servers. (VPS)

The second phase of the implementation includes installing the R1Soft CDP agent on all VPS customer virtual machines. This will be included with your current VPS rate, and there will be no extra charges.

Agent Installation: We will contact each VPS customer directly to coordinate the installation & configuration.

Backup Frequency: VPS customers will have daily R1Soft CDP backups

Backup Storage Amount: Each VPS will include identical storage allocations. EG: 50GB VPS will include 50GB of R1Soft CDP backup space.

 

Cloud Virtual Servers. (VMware Cloud Servers)

These servers have not been released on our website however, the backup options will be the same as standard virtual servers (VPS).

 

Backup Storage Location.

All R1Soft CDP agents will have target destinations on “off-site” storage. We retain R1Soft CDP backups & our weekly/monthly shared/reseller account backups both in different locations. This greatly reduces the chance of data loss should we be required to restore from our Disaster Recovery backups.

 

As always, should you have any questions, certainly feel free to get in touch with our support desk.

Vmware & NetApp High Availability Cloud Hosting

Vmware // NetApp Cloud

Recently, we’ve implemented our new Vmware & NetApp based cloud shared & reseller web hosting. Going against the grain with cloud solutions, we’ve decided to implement Vmware & NetApp as our cloud infrastructure based on their proven track records in the true, “enterprise” world.

 

High Availability // High Fault Tolerance

Vmware isn’t just a plain old virtualization technology, it’s an industry leading technology. Vmware empowers many features that the alternatives do not, or try to but don’t work efficiently. As a true, solid, enterprise grade solution, Vmware has proven time & time again it’s reliability & innovation. NetApp is also an industry leader when it comes to high availability, mission critical storage solutions. Both technologies combined, provides us with a rock-solid cloud hosting platform known as the VeeroTech Cloud.

 

Tech Specs // Features

– Infrastructure

  • 4 Physical locations (fail-over / DR)
  • Redundant Connectivity
  • Commercial Grade Cooling
  • 24X7 Staffed Secure Facilities
  • HA Power Infrastructure
  • 200Gbps+ Capacity Backbone

– Hardware (nodes & storage)

  • Vmware Hypervisors
  • Genuine Intel Xeon series processed host nodes
  • High Availability SAN’s (NetApp)
  • Redundant Controllers, Heads, HBA, Processors
  • iSCSI / Fiber Channel Connections
  • Redundant Power Supplies
  • RAID DP (NetApp Proprietary RAID)
  • 7.2K & 15K SATA/SAS Shelves

– Software Specs

  • Vmware vSphere
  • Vmware ESX (not ESXi)
  • NetApp Data On Tap
  • Vmware vSphere Replication
  • Vmware High Availability
  • CDP Disaster Recovery

Affiliate Partners: Create Your Own Discount Promo Codes!

Create your own promotional discount codes!!

That’s right! Now, all VeeroTech Systems affiliate partners have the ability to create & manage custom discount codes. In addition to creating custom discount codes, you can also change the URL you would like your affiliate partner like to go. For example, if you have a blog that features strictly “shared” hosting related content, you might want to change your URL to go directly to our Shared Hosting page.

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