cPanel: Information about Useful Terms

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cPanel Information about Useful Terms
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Table of Contents

• Backscatter
• Backup
• Bandwidth
• Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)
• Bayes Testing (Bayesian Spam Filtering)
• Blackhole (Black Hole)
• Blacklist
• Blocker

• Bounce Message
• BoxTrapper
• BoxTrapper Blacklist
• BoxTrapper Ignore List
• BoxTrapper Whitelist
• Branding
• Brute Force Attack
• Build

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Backscatter

• It is the term that is used for bounced email
  messages (or failed Delivery Status
  Notifications) that have been sent erroneously by
  the system to a domain. This happens when an
  attacker forges the domains name as the sender
  of spam. SPF should be used on the users mail
  server, so that backscatter can be reduced. Other
  terms that are used for it are outscatter,
  collateral spam and misdirected bounces.

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Backup

• It refers to a copy of the files, databases,
  directories and email configurations related to a
  users website or server. It is recommended that
  the users of cPanel keep a backup of their
  website and the system administrators create
  account and server backups frequently.

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Bandwidth

• It is the total size of all of the files that a
  system transfers to the computer of the visitors.
  Whenever a website visitor views a file (image,
  audio and video file) it is transferred by the
  server to the visitors computer. The bandwidth
  of a site owner is often limited by web hosting
  providers. This is done to prevent it from
  affecting the servers performance. Bandwidths
  usage can be checked by cPanel users in the
  Bandwidth interface in cpanel by clicking on
  cPanel gtgt Home gtgt Metrics gtgt Bandwidth.

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1-800-123 -8156

• Whoa! Thats a big number, arent you
  proud?

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Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)

• It refers to the most used DNS server software
  and is also referred to as named. It is meant to
  perform the main DNS server roles by functioning
  as an authoritative name server with regard to
  domains and working in the network as a recursive
  resolver.
•  Since cPanel is a web hosting control panel, it
  is important to mention the concept of web
  hosting, which refers to the services and
  technology provided by a web hosting provider
  that makes a website accessible over the
  Internet.
• Terms that indicate a web hosting company are
  Top Cloud Hosting Company, the Best Windows
  Hosting Company in India and even Website
  Hosting Companies in India. Certain other terms
  can also be used for web hosting service
  providers.

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Bayes Testing (Bayesian Spam
Filtering)

• It is that process which aids in filtering spam,
  based on statistics. In this method tokens
  (usually words) in emails are used, to ascertain
  whether an incoming message is spam or not. It
  relies on Bayesian statistics. Spam filters can
  be created in the Spam Filters interface in
  cPanel. This can be done by following the path,
  cPanel -gt Home -gt Email -gt Spam Filters.

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Blackhole (Black Hole)

• It is one of the options related to the handling
  of mail, which is received by the default or
  catch-all email addresses of cPanel users. In
  this option mail is discarded after the server
  has accepted it. Hence, it might lead to the
  users receiving additional spam. In order to
  create filters in cPanels Spam
  Filters interface, click on cPanel -gt Home -gt
  Email -gt Spam Filters.

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Blacklist

• It is a method that relates to access control
  for privileges. It is meant for a defined list of
  users, network addresses or programs.

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Blocker
It refers to a condition that is discovered by
the system, which prevents the system from
performing a version update. Compatibility checks
are performed by the cPanel WHM update process,
in order to identify blockers prior to upgrading
to a new version.
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Bounce Message
It is an email reply that is meant to inform the
sender about a problem with email delivery.  To
digress, certain terms are used to refer to web
hosting service providers. These are Top Cloud
Hosting Company, the Best Windows Hosting
Company in India and even Website Hosting
Companies in India, to name a few.
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Box
Trapper
It is an application. In it the senders need to
reply to verification emails. It uses
challenge-response verification to filter spam.
In it the system accepts the original email, post
the sender replying to the verification message.
It can be configured by following the path,
cPanel -gt Home -gt Email -gt BoxTrapper.
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BoxTrapper
Blacklist
It refers to a list of incoming email addresses
that is blocked automatically by
the BoxTrapper application. A configurable
warning message is sent automatically by the
cPanel upon receiving any mail from a
blacklisted address.
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BoxTrapper Ignore List
It is that list of incoming email addresses that
is ignored automatically by the BoxTrapper.
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BoxTrapper Whitelist
It refers to a list of incoming email addresses
that is accepted automatically by the BoxTrapper.
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Branding
It refers to the changes in the cPanels
interface that are done to match a users
companys logo as well as brand. Updates to image
assets or text labels are also included in such
changes.
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Brute Force Attack
It is a cyber-attack which entails the attacker
entering a large number of characters
combination in order to decrypt a key. WHM
includes cPHulk. It is a protective measure that
lets the user lock out brute force attackers,
once a specified number of failed attempts are
reached.
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Build
It refers to the release of cPanel WHM, which
uses a specific version number.
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