SSH

COUNTERS AND STATS

.HTACCESS

MAILING LISTS

URL

SSH

1.  How do I setup SecureCRT for SSH?

To telnet, you must use an SSH program. If you are using a PC and wish to use SecureCRT from www.vandyke.com, these are the settings.

Protocol: SSH
Port: 22
Cipher: 3DES
Authentication: RSA

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2.  What is SSH?    

As the internet grows it is more frequently the subject of security breaches. The easiest way to hack a web site is to setup a sniff program, usually at an ISP and grab the username and password where a user is logging into. This is very easily done when a client uses telnet because telnet passes all information to the server in clear text. When we allowed users to access our network with telnet we had at least one hack attempt per day. Successful hack attempts result in damaged or destroyed sites, stolen information, and FBI investigations.

Brython Hosting now has one of the most secure networks thanks to the cooperation of all shell account users who are abandoning telnet and accessing their account via Secure Shell. SSH does not pass any information in clear text but rather uses secure encryption.

To get started with SSH, you must do the following:

A. Acquire client side software

There are two companies we recommend who sell client versions of SSH.

1) The most stable is SecureCRT. They have a 30 day free trial available at their web site. SecureCRT is at http://www.vandyke.com/products/SecureCRT/.

2) A stable international version is available at Datafellows http://www.datafellows.com/download-purchase/

Users looking for a free version or users outside the United States should file through the free implementations at:

http://www.net.lut.ac.uk/psst/

Pay attention to the totally free internationally available ttssh:

http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html

1.  How can I use the counter script on my website?    

There are different types of counters you can setup on any of your web pages. Below are a few examples. To create the counter image, you need to do the following two things. Decide what type of counter you would like to use, and place the corresponding code in your web page (example code is under "HTML Code" below).

You can place this code in your HTML page by using the File Manager in the control panel to edit your pages.

Note: Input your site specific data in place of "Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html" in the HTML tag below. Please be sure not to use strange characters like "/" in the name of your data file.

Counter Examples:
Image (HTML Code)

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html">

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&display=date">

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&display=clock">

How do I change the appearance of my counter?

1. CHANGE THE DIGIT STYLE

We have five (5) different styles of digits installed on our server. You can change the style of your counter by simply adding dd=(A,B,C,D,or E) to the img tag.
For example:

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&dd=C">

Below are the five styles of digits included on our server:
Style A <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&dd=A">

Style B <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&dd=B">

Style C <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&dd=C">

Style D <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&dd=D">

Style E <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&dd=E">

2. CHANGE THE BORDER OF THE COUNTER

You can change the width of the border on your counter by adding ft=X (where X is the number of pixels).
For example:

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Business Hosting Plus-PageName.html&dd=C&ft=0">

3. WHAT IF I WANT TO USE MORE THAN ONE COUNTER?

No problem, all you need to do is simply change the data file (df) to Business Hosting Plus-whatever. Make sure you include your domain name or sub-directory name in the name of the data file. Just be sure not to use strange characters like "/" in the name of your data file.

1.  What is .htaccess?  

Important Note: Do not edit the .htaccess file if you are using MS Frontpage! which uses the .htaccess file, and editing it may cause errors in your configuration.

The .htaccess file can be placed in one or more of your /home/$user/$domain-www subdirectories. Among other things, this file can be used to restrict access to other files and web pages.

When a request for a web page is made, the web server first checks for an .htaccess file. The server begins this check by looking for .htaccess in the root of the current web directory, and on down the directory tree until it reaches the directory where the requested file resides. Since the placement of the .htaccess file determines when it is executed, this fact can be used to restrict access only in certain subdirectories.

Functions

To create an .htaccess file, make a text file as described below, name it .htaccess and upload it.

Except for the first feature, described below, the following features will only work for a .htaccess file placed in /home/$user/$domain-www. Add all features you want to the same file.

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Restricting Access: Password Protection

The directory you want protected must have a .htaccess file in it that looks like the following (do not put the comments in the actual .htaccess file [comments begin with #]):

AuthUserFile /home/$user/.passwd
AuthGroupFile /home/$user/.group
AuthName "Protected Space"
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET>
require group $users and #users, is the group of users that you give access to
#require user as $user #if there is only one user in the group, you can substitute this line; remove the #.
</Limit>(Other possible groups are administrators, etc)

Groups and users are stored in the .group file, and passwords are stored in .passwd. The .htaccess file looks for these files in the /home/$user directory. Do not attempt to edit these manually! Alabanza has a special script you can use to manage your .group and .passwd files (the "webmister" script). Ask support to install it for you.

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Redirects

Redirecting allows you to send the user to, for example, new.html when they attempt to access old.html. To see this example in practice, simply add the following line to the .htaccess file:

Redirect /$directory/old.html http://$domain.com/$directory/new.html

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Error Documents

There are two main styles of error messages you may encounter. The first is the standard form, which looks something like:

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MAILING LISTS

1.  How do I send to a mailing list?    

After adding a mailing list to your account, a message similar to below appears as confirmation (sample mailing list is test2):

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Create A New Mailing list

Create list test2!

Done!

To subscribe to the mailinglist, simply send a message with the word "subscribe" in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list.

To: test2-request@domainname.com
Subject: subscribe

To subscribe the digest, simply send a message with the word "subscribe" in the Subject: field to the following address.

To: test2-d-request@domainname.com
Subject: subscribe

To send email to the mailinglist, write to the following address:

To: test2@domainname.com

To unsubscribe from the mailinglist, simply send a message with the word "unsubscribe" in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list.

To: test2-request@domainname.com
Subject: unsubscribe

To unsubscribe from the digest, write a email like this.

To: test2-d-request@domainname.com
Subject: unsubscribe

Done!
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An alternative way to edit a mailing list it to edit the "dist" file in from the File Manager in the control panel; directory "/home/$user/$domain-mail/$listname".

Add email addresses, one per line, below the following text which in the text area box by default:

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test2-d@$domain.com
(Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)
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E-mailing the list must take place from one of the email addresses located in the "accept" files also located in the same directory below the following text:

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test2-d@$domain.com
(Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)
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Be sure to include your email address here.

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You can use mail manager to set up mailboxes, create aliases (box1 sends directly to box2), and even forward mail off our server to be received somewhere else (like box@aol.com).

But there is one important exception:
Using mail manager, you can set up any of the following:
['--->' means 'forwards to']

box1 ---> box1
box1 ---> box1, box2 [both boxes get a copy]
box1 ---> box@aol.com
box1 ---> box1, box@aol.com
box1 ---> box2
box2 ---> box2, box@aol.com

BUT THIS PART WILL NOT WORK:

box1 -->box2 ---> box@aol.com [box1 forwards to box2, which forwards to box@aol.com]You have to do this:

box1 --> box2, box@aol.com [box1 forwards to box2 and to box@aol.com]

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URL

1.  What is the difference between a numerical URL and an alpha URL?

A correct URL for a browser is http://www.adomainname.com/ (note the end "/"). Most modern browsers will know that most people supply the wrong URL so it goes ahead and adds the http:// and the end "/" if it has not been entered. Now because I have a IP# URL (static/numerical URL the browser will NOT correct such an address. It will not put on the required http:// or the "/". So that is why when I put in a address like http://xyz/trainee it would not add the "/" at the end and take me to the correct address.