One World Hosting

::: $100 Check - A Stimulus Plan for the Rest of Us!

We’ll credit your account $100 (or send you a check) for every single 2 year
hosting plan referral you make. Easy money: Just have any client you refer
that orders any 2 Year Plan enter your domain name on our order page when
they place an order. A simple way to make some extra income during these
tough times.

::: Cpanel hosting + The latest Technologies

Hunting for a Cpanel host, PHP or MySQL 5, PCI compliance, Ruby on Rails
support, or another cutting edge capability? One World is proud to
introduce our latest service, cpanel hosting with our own NEW World
Hosting:

http://newworldhosting.com/

The same company and customer support you know, with a new product to
meet all of your hosting needs!

Sincerely,
The Staff at One World Hosting

Have you added additional FTP users to your account via your account control panel, using the FTP Manager tool?  If not then the following message does not affect your account, but if so please note the following.

We have seen a number of recent incidences where hackers have accessed added FTP user accounts and uploaded bad files.  In nearly every case, the reason for the breach was a weak password.  To address this problem, we are introducing a new password policy for added FTP users. The new policy requires a password to include at least one lowercase letter (a-z), one uppercase letter (A-Z), and one number (0-9) and must be between 8-10 characters long.  This is a standard password convention used by many organizations to protect their content and systems.

Please change your added FTP user password(s) before 17th Feb, 2009. Because of the risk involved, we will be scanning passwords for all added FTP users and change the passwords where they do not comply with this policy. To securely view the updated password simply log into your account control panel and select the FTP Manager icon.

Just to clarify, this does not affect your main account password for the control panel and main FTP access - only for added FTP users.  Of course, if your control panel password is simple, this convention is also highly recommended there, for your protection.

Thank you,
One World Hosting

Hackers are working harder than ever to get into web sites. In our experience, they first look for weak or outdated scripts with openings through which they can gain access to your account.  The second most common method is simply to guess passwords.  To protect your site, we
recommend a few steps:

::: Security 1: better passwords

If your web site or mailbox has a simple password, you are at risk.  The best passwords have a combination of letters (both upper and lower case) and numbers.  It’s also best to have a separate password for every online service you use.  If your password is easy to crack, someone probably will.  Update it today and protect your investment.

::: Security 2: good security habits

1. Make sure that all scripts or applications which you have uploaded to your site are secure.  If a script is even a few months old, it’s worth checking for a new version; patches come out frequently.  If in doubt, search this site for vulnerabilities: http://www.securityfocus.com.

2. If you are uploading and using scripts, avoid the use of “wide open” or “777″ permissions where anyone can read, write, and execute your script.

3.  Monitor your account.  Your control panel offers a range of tools to help you monitor your account use, traffic, and files.  Keep an eye out for suspicious files or directories, or mysterious traffic spikes.  If you’re unsure, don’t delete - ask us!

IMPORTANT NOTE:
If your site is hacked, our immediate response will be to lock it down. We’ll investigate the problem, and then contact you with our findings. Sites hacked multiple times can be subject to removal.  Be safe!

Whether you could use a little extra cash, or are looking for a service or capability you didn’t think One World offered, we can help.  We’re always adding and reviewing new services based on your input, and you might surprised at what we can do for your business in 2009:

::: One World Hosting: our “economic stimulus package”
Now extended through the winter!  We’ll credit your account $50 or send a check for every single referral - your choice.  Nothing could be simpler.  Just have any client you refer enter your domain name on our order page when they place an order.

::: Cpanel hosting services
Hunting for a Cpanel host, PHP or MySQL 5, PCI compliance, Ruby on Rails support, or another cutting edge capability?  One World is proud to introduce our latest service, cpanel hosting with our own NEW World Hosting:

http://newworldhosting.com/

The same company and customer support you know, with a new product to meet all of your hosting needs!

::: Windows hosting services?
An ASP package add-on can give your site basic ASP functionality, but for .NET , Sharepoint, etc, you need a Windows server.  One World is reviewing ways to provide true Windows hosting packages - are you interested?  Let us know at info@oneworldhosting.com.

OK, it’s been a while; with everything going on, we’ve not had much time to get to our blog. Now that the dust has settled, we can again use it as a client update tool, and a general communication outlet. Today’s quick story is that we have migrated our servers and services from an aging Baltimore data center to a state of the art facility in Massachusetts. The new facility will give us the flexibility to make all sorts of needed improvements in capacity, speed, security, and new features.

The move itself was longer than expected, and complicated by a number of factors not foreseen before the process began. We’ll provide more details in the coming days and weeks, but we are over the hump now, and making great progress toward what we continue to firmly believe is a bright new future. Our customers have been sometimes frustrated with this process, and certainly concerned, but on the whole very supportive of us and our terrific technical staff as we work through the remaining details.

Stay tuned for more!
One World Hosting