SSL Certificate Renewed

July 30, 2007

We have just renewed and re-installed our GeoTrust SSL certificate, so browsers won’t complain when visiting cPanel or webmail, and mail clients won’t complain about faulty certificates when using POP/IMAP/SMTP. This does not make our services any more or less secure than they were before - it just means that […]

Shell Access Limited

July 23, 2007

Birdhouse has always enabled shell access for all users by default, primarily to promote SFTP usage. However, this practice has become untenable, primarily because too many users opt for easily guessable passwords. Effective immediately, Birdhouse grants shell access only to selected users, after a trust relationship has been established. Please contact us to request shell […]

Performance Improvements

July 19, 2007

Our conversion to cPanel 11 is complete, and we’ve done a ton of work over the past few weeks to improve server performance, bring down loads, and further secure the server. Please enjoy our new, improved Birdhouse!