cPHulk Brute Force Protection
cPHulk Brute Force Protection prevents malicious attempts at accessing your server’s services by guessing the login password for that service.
Steps
1. To access the cPHulk Brute Force Protection feature, click on Security, on the main screen of your WebHost Manager interface.
2. Then click on Security Center.
3. Then click on cPHulk Brute Force Protection.
4. Click on the Enable button to enable cPHulk Brute Force Protection or click on the Disable button to disable cPHulk Brute Force Protection.
5. Next to IP Based Brute Force Protection Period in minutes, enter the number of minutes IP Based Brute Force Protection should last.
6. Next to Brute Force Protection Period in minutes, enter the number of minutes Brute Force Protection should last.
7. Next to Maximum Failures By Account, enter the number of times an account is permitted to fail.
8. Next to Maximum Failures Per IP, enter the maximum failures allowed per IP.
9. Next to Maximum Failures Per IP before IP is blocked for two week period, enter the maximum amount of failures before the IP is blocked for two weeks.
10. Place a check-mark in the check box next to Extend account lockout time upon additional authentication failures if you wish to enable this option.
11. Place a check-mark in the check box next to Send notification when brute force user is detected if you wish to enable this option.