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Should hosts require ID before handing over a dedicated server? One WebHostingTalk member wants KYC at checkout. Others say fraud screening and risk-based checks catch bad actors without driving off real customers.

#WebHosting #KYC #Security

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CloudLinux Black Friday: from security to performance, upgrade your stack. Imunify360 up to 40% off,
CloudLinux up to 30%, VPS Bundle up to 65%. Ends Dec 5.
https://t.co/eJLRADb1N7

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Top 5 on WebHostingTalk this week:

🤖 AI-written support tickets
🔁 cPanel to DirectAdmin mid-contract
🚩 False-flag abuse reports
🌍 Best EU DCs for bandwidth
🌐 ccTLDs clients commit to

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#WebHosting #HostingIndustry

[Biometric Update @BiometricUpdate]

Cloudflare and Tools for Humanity have proposed a framework to help websites tell legitimate AI agent activity from abuse, without blocking agents or forcing every user to disclose their identity.

#AIAgents #DigitalIdentity

https://t.co/4jfRC88i2C

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Missed @CloudLinuxOS's WordPress security webinar? The recording's up. Exploits that hit the morning after a fix, why sites stay unpatched for weeks, and malware that reinfects after cleanup.

https://t.co/LLaRkYVl66

#WordPress #WebHosting #InfoSec

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Top 5 on WebHostingTalk this week:

🛡️ After a WordPress compromise, what helps?
💬 Live chat spam: bots or people?
🖥️ What's your dedicated server for?
🗄️ Budget 42U colo in Miami?
🌐 BGP VPS, US company, global locations

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#WebHosting #HostingIndustry

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Going live at 10am EDT: CloudLinux on WordPress exploits that hit the day after a fix, and malware that reinfects sites after cleanup. Still time to register.

https://t.co/BglKcM4Vcu

#WordPress #WebHosting #InfoSec

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Exploits for a critical WordPress plugin flaw hit the day after the fix. Two weeks on, 84% of affected sites on CloudLinux's network hadn't patched.

🧐Webinar tomorrow 10am EDT on why, plus malware that survives cleanup.

https://t.co/BglKcM5t22

#WordPress #WebHosting #InfoSec

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Scaling a small SaaS? One WebHostingTalk member's warning: a client was paying $1,200+/mo across a dozen AWS services while barely using the compute. Moving off meant rewriting 30%+ of the app.

#SaaS #DevOps #CloudComputing

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A WebHostingTalk member filed for an ARIN /24 at around position 440 in August. Replies guessed 9-14 months. It came through in two months. Another member got theirs in 12 days. ARIN filled 483 waitlist requests on Oct 7.

#ARIN #IPv4 #Networking

https://t.co/EvAgTrjTS5

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What's a fair price for a 1Gbps unmetered dedi in the EU? Replies mostly land at €80-200/mo. Two warn that much below €85 often means an oversold port, so ask if you can run it at full speed 24/7.

#DedicatedServers #Bandwidth #WebHosting

https://t.co/0w4IUkXedW

[CloudLinuxOS @CloudLinuxOS]

A critical WordPress plugin flaw drew exploits the morning after its fix was shipped.

Two weeks later, 84% of affected sites we monitor still hadn't patched.

Oct 27, live with Web Hosting Talk: what secures sites in that window.

https://t.co/uGUxxuVbjx

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@ReliableSite Happy birthday, @ReliableSite! What a milestone.

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PHP2Shell: two critical (CVSS 9.2) PHP RCE flaws patched today in 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35. WordPress auto-updates won’t fix it, so it’s on hosts. How are you handling it?

#PHP #cybersecurity #webhosting

https://t.co/peF5NJ2GQh

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Would you rent an Intel Atom dedi in 2026? £15/mo gets 2 cores, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD and unmetered bandwidth. Most replies say a cheap VPS or mini PC beats it, unless you need the unmetered port. Poll closes Oct 24.

#DedicatedServers #VPS #WebHosting

https://t.co/s3Ahd9KDZ7

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Top 5 on WebHostingTalk this week:
💻 Old Intel Atom dedis: still worth it?
📈 Scaling a small SaaS
📧 Setting up a Linux mail server
💶 What to pay for 1Gbps in the EU
🔩 US server builder for Ohio colo
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Month-old WebHostingTalk thread, still going: which control panel do you run?

cPanel's still the default, but pricing has hosts trying DirectAdmin, Enhance and Hestia. Brand-new AI-built panels? Lots of skepticism.

#WebHosting #cPanel #DirectAdmin

https://t.co/IqKP8j2yNR

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Still using @whmcs, or have you moved on?

WHT members are discussing billing and automation alternatives.

@blesta, @clientexec, @hostbillappcom or something else?

What made you switch — or what's keeping you with WHMCS?

https://t.co/2c9vXtI2ra

#WebHosting #WHMCS