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Secure website via FTP access blocking with IP address

IX Web Hosting Reviews — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:05:42 +0000

Ix web hosting is one of its kind shared web hosting plan that allows you to block FTP access to server. Some other web hosting plan that you found online, are blocking the access to mysql database only, and that is the only thing you can block. Well, thanks to the new server module at ix web hosting that allow user to specifi allow list & deny list to access to their ftp server.

We are using this ix web hosting review account to test the ix web hosting ftp access blocking feature, it is very easily get it right, and managed to setup the ftp.allow & ftp.deny file that list the allow IP address and blocking the remaining other IP address. We allow a range of IP address to access to our ftp account, and only to this group, hence pretenting others from access to the ftp home directory.

Once you uploaded the ftp.allow & ftp.deny files to the ftp home directory, all the ftp user accounts will be restricted by the rules. If you need more IP range to be added to allow list, simple edit the ftp.allow file and upload to server.

“ftp.allow file content as ‘ALL: 50.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ALL: 51.0.0.0/255.0.0.0‘”

“ftp.deny file content as ‘ALL: ALL‘“

With this new feature in place, your ix web hosting account is more secure and safe from malicious attack. You will be safe from hacker that targeting ftp access and their attempt to login and upload virus or spam html code will be blocked & prevented.

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Ix web hosting FTP login problem

IX Web Hosting Reviews — Fri, 25 May 2007 11:53:35 +0000

At localtime 6pm, 25th May 2007, first time i having ftp downtime. The website still can appear as normal, and wordpress blog are accessible like normal days. However, just the ftp account can not be login/accessible. I am using cuteftp ftp client to make ftp connection. Might be a short downtime, so i waited after 10 minutes, and try to make the ftp connection to ix server again. I got the same ftp problem again. The FTP log as following:

STATUS:> Getting listing “”…
STATUS:> Resolving host name Ixwebhostingforum.com…
STATUS:> Host name Ixwebhostingforum.com resolved: ip = 76.163.44.91.
STATUS:> Connecting to FTP server Ixwebhostingforum.com:21 (ip = 76.163.44.91)…
STATUS:> Socket connected. Waiting for welcome message…
ERROR:> Can’t read from control socket. Socket error = #10054.

Yaisk… this problem still persist. So, quickly i live chat with ix web hosting support and tell them about this problem. OK, my problem got their attention, and after 2 minutes, they reply and said that no problem as their site and they tested it. So, this left one solution, which is the problem is at my side. I try to login from webbrowser to ftp server, still can not connect to server. Frustrated at the beginning, but later i search online for the error message explaination. It lead me to a setting changes on cuteftp software. Change the detect mode to port, and not the auto mode instead. This solved the connected issue. So, the problem is as my side actually.

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