Simple tweeks to make cPanel more secure

Having used Plesk and cPanel as web hosting software manager for a few years I am finally getting rid of the last of our Plesk servers. With very few tweaks like the one below you can make a cPanel server more secure.
1. enable phpsuexec, this will deal with many security problems. it helps you find out which or your hosting clients is doing what on your server. It also disabled CHMOD 777 which usually leave many a script vulnerable.

2. Enable cPHulk Brute Force Protection, this will prevent the most
hackings as will block any IP that enters wrong password on your server incorrectly after x number of tries.
3. enable PHP open_basedir Tweak, this prevents scripts from accessing
files outside of its own public_html folder.
4. enable SMTP Tweak, this will prevent users from bypassing the mail
server to send mail, so spammers can send messages from a servers
using other SMTP servers.
5. Disable open relay, to stop spammers using your server to spam.

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Written by temi · Filed Under Web Hosting 
Tagged: cpanel, linux, php, plesk, prevent spamming, secure hosting, server exploits, smtp