Recently our servers have experiencing DDOS Attacks. After further
investigation, it appears that the attacks came from CPanel Demo Accounts (all
have static IPs).

So, I'm calling for other CPanel based web hostings to review their policy on
giving a demo account to their visitors. Your demo account could be the next
place for irresponsible people to attack other servers.

Thanks.

demo accounts are always a nuisance...but a lot of hosts can not simply eliminate it... its the demo account that gets in the clients... its always a good idea to limit its functionality though...

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37236

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37220

I guess I missed the second thread at the time as that's the first I've seen it. In a way I wish I hadn't seen it as I had been considering both of these (among others) as hosts for a project and am now somewhat apprehensive. Since it points out potential problems however, I am grateful.

Thanks a lot though for the first thread on securing cpanel.