lavalamp213 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:56 pm
The main function is the malware scan and "repair." And it really seems like the host should be attending to that for the sake of everyone on the shared server.
That may be the main function they advertise but as you have correctly noted that should be something that is the responsibility of your host.
I've also got a back-up service coming up for renewal (codeguard basic) that I am really considering dropping since I will have to upgrade it because my board has exceeded their limit. I'll have to sort out a system for doing my own backups I guess.
Using windows scheduler and WinSCP you can schedule backups nightly or whatever floats your boat. There is sync feature that will download new or changed files from the server to local folder.
I believe there is extension for phpBB for automatic backups. You would actually be able to use WinSCP to manage this by deleting the files on the server after they were downloaded. There is plenty of free and very reliable options for backup.
I might look at all this differently if my board generated an income for me or something but mostly it's just an expense so I can't justify a ton of bells and whistles.
I wouldn't disagree with you. Other than the expense they can complicate things especially if you don't understand how to use them or can't fully utilize them. The DDOS protection is the one must have feature if your site is prone to being attacked but that is something that requires a bit more configuration on the server end to fully protect a site. Those configurations are not possible with shared hosting.
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lavalamp213 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:56 pm
I tried cloudflare once and it seemed to cause a lot of trouble on my board, blocking people from logging in and slowing the whole thing down. I shut it off and everything was fine again.
Just wanted to add this is likely configuration problem on your end. When you deploy CL as proxy server all of the IP's accessing your server are from Cloudflare. This could be a problem with phpBB security settings and can also cause other problems like server logs not having the real IP of the user. To prevent this you need to install and configure either mod_cloudflare or mod_remoteip. This can't be done with shared hosting.
As a band aid there is a phpBB extension for this however that only affects IP's being recorded by phpBB. Server logs and anything else recording the IP would still have CL IP's.
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