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[student303]

Hi,

I am happy with my hosting company. But, repeatedly an ip address is getting added to the Access Hosts of the MySQL Databases option of the cPanel. I don't know how somebody can do that without knowing my cpanel password. I never tell my cpanel password to anyone or store it any where.

I keep on removing it. I cannot block this ip address, because the added ip address ends with .% (Wild Card). To block an ip address, I need a specific ip address.

Can anyone help me understand the situation.

Thank you

[mripguru]

What is this IP address that keeps getting added?

[Mini]

Your host may be adding it, or even your host may be compromised.

Make a backup of your data before something catostrophic happens to your account and change your password, as someone may of guessed it.

Mini

[student303]

How does knowing the ip address that's been added will help us. I am only hesitating to give the ip address


I changed the password everytime the ip address was added. It is not easy to guess.

[Mini]

Originally Posted by student303

How does knowing the ip address that's been added will help us. I am only hesitating to give the ip address

Because them we can check it in the SpamHaus XBL and SBL.

Mini

[student303]

It is 192.168.1.%

[Mini]

That's an INTERNAL PRIVATE IP address. Which means it is only for interal private networks. That is not an external/public IP address - Don't worry about it, it wont do any harm.

http://www.duxcw.com/faq/network/privip.htm

Mini

[gearworx]

Yeah and don't forget that the host can setup the access hostname in WHM.

[firestarter]

It should not affect you. But better ask the host for an explaination of this.

[student303]

Thank you very much for the information. BTW what is WHM

Thanks,

[mripguru]

WebHostManager.

[wonderpoint]

It should not affect you . Usually your host may add internal private IPs of the network for remote acceess/backup/administration to database. It will not work outside of the private network.

[PhenomenonHosting]

If you give me your ip address to your server i can check for security holes.