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Apr 11 |
New Features and Announcements
Posted by Joe Rebis on 11 April 2012 11:34 AM
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We have recently added several new free features to your EPhost Web Hosting Account. Additionally, we are announcing some upcoming changes to improve security for your account.
Internal Instant MessagingWe are happy to announce that your email service at EPhost now includes an internal instant messaging (IM) application. This application give you the ability to privately instant message users within your organization while keeping the service internal to your organization. It can be accessed through webmail directly, through downloading a desktop chat client, or even on your mobile phone. Webmail Now Touch CapableFinally! The EPhost webmail system is now touch capable affording access on most all mobile devices including the iPad and iPhone. You can now fully read and respond to emails using webmail on most any mobile device. This be helpful when traveling or checking your email on someone else's device. Improved Synchronization with Microsoft Outlook and Apple MailSmarterMail 9.x includes support for Exchange Web Services, a newer data synchronization protocol that will eventually replace the outdated MAPI protocol, as Exchange Web Services allows for faster communication between an email client and the mail server. Available as an optional add-on at the server level, Exchange Web Services seamlessly syncs SmarterMail messages, contacts, calendars and tasks to third-party email clients like Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac, Microsoft Outlook 2012 for Windows and Apple Mail on Snow Leopard and Lion. Complex Password Reminder and InformationWe have recently seen a string of FTP and email accounts that have been compromised due to the use of weak passwords (e.g. "Password" or "joe123"). This often leads to your website getting hacked, possibly affecting other users, or your email account being used to send 1000's of spam messages. This may result in fines, temporary suspension or termination of your account per or Terms of Service. We have recently updated the password policy on many of our service to require the use of 1 UPPERCASE letter and 1 NUMBER. This does not affect current user passwords but we do suggest updating the next time you rotate your password. Please consider the new requirements when creating a password at EPhost. Firewall Rule UpdateIn a couple of weeks or less we will be announcing an update to our firewall RULES. This will be made to limit the overall scope of the PORTS we have open to particular servers, and attempt to obfuscate services by disabling common features like PING. We will be implementing individual firewall rules for each server in the network. Dedicated, Virtual and Cloud server customers will have an opportunity to accept our default rules, or establish custom permit and deny rules to whitelist particular IP addresses. These changes are being made to improve overall security for your account. Read more » | |
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Jan 30 |
pcAnywhere software security vulnerability risk discovered
Posted by Tegan King on 30 January 2012 11:42 AM
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It has been brought to our attention that Symantec, the makers of PCAnywhere, told their customers Thursday not to use pcAnywhere until Symantec can secure the PC remote control software following the theft of its underlying code by hacktivists. This issue does not affect normal shared web hosting customers, but rather dedicated or cloud server customers who may be using pcAnywhere. Most EPhost dedicated or cloud server customers use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) for remote PC access instead of pcAnywhere. None-the-less, we felt it was prudent to post this important news just in case you are using PCAnywhere on your server. "At this time, Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere until Symantec releases a final set of software updates that resolve currently known vulnerability risks," Symantec said in the advisory. Symantec found that the code came from 2006 versions of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton SystemWorks and pcAnywhere. Only the latter software contained vulnerabilities exposed as a result of the theft. If your dedicated server has pcAnywhere installed and you are currently using it to manage the server, then you will need to remove or disable the software until further updates can fix the vulnerability. Related Articles from Google News http://gcn.com/articles/2012/01/26/ecg-disabling-remote-pc-software.aspx http://www.tomshardware.com/news/symantec-norton-antivirus-Dharmaraja-Anonymous,14509.html http://www.myce.com/news/symantec-admits-their-network-was-hacked-57529/ Read more » | |
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Jan 24 |
New IP Address Change Completed
Posted by Tegan King on 24 January 2012 12:19 AM
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We have completed converting to the new set of IP addresses for the EP1 Network previously using 71.6.174.X or 71.6.175.X. This move was made to ensure the best quality routing and networking for our valued customers. No changes have been made to IP’s on our EP2 Network (formerly Mallsoft). New IP Sets: We have moved the entire 71.6.174.X and 71.6.175.X networks to the new IP set on a 1:1 basis. 71.6.174.X = 64.87.22.X For example, if your IP address is 71.6.174.100 then it will now be 64.87.22.100. If your IP address is 71.6.175.44 it will now be 64.87.23.44. ****IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ****** Please make sure to check your website in the morning, and contact your developer if you encounter any errors. If you have any questions or concerns please email us at support@ephost.com. Read more » | |
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Jan 18 |
IP Change Third Reminder
Posted by Tegan King on 18 January 2012 06:00 PM
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On January 23rd, we will be updating IP addresses across our EP1 network. If you are on the EP2 Network (former Mallsoft customers), please disregard. Please take a moment to review our news article to see if any action is needed on your part (likely not). Please contact support@ephost.com if you are unsure if any action is needed on your part. Read more » | |
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Jan 2 |
IP Change Second Reminder
Posted by Tegan King on 02 January 2012 12:50 PM
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On January 23rd, we will be updating IP addresses across our EP1 network. If you are on the EP2 Network (former Mallsoft customers), please disregard. Please take a moment to review our news article to see if any action is needed on your part (likely not). Please contact support@ephost.com if you are unsure if any action is needed on your part. Read more » | |