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Two Factor Authentication (Implemented)

  • 3rd November 2013
Two factor authentication is fully implemented at Host 99. Your account at Host 99 is now secured including your billing and cPanel logins with added phone authentication, and use 2FA to ensure that your account stays in your hands.

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Host 99 Billing Software Update (Mandatory) [Done]

  • 3rd October 2013
To All Host 99 Customers, A critical zero-day vulnerability was published today affecting any hosting provider using SFAF Billing Systems. As part of building a safer web, Host 99 and CloudFlare has added a rule to our Web Application Firewall (WAF) to block the published attack vector.   To enable this rule, log into your account at ...
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Industry Standards are Changing to 2048-bit

  • 14th August 2013
There is a new standard in town. All certificates from here on out will be at least 2048-bit encryption (or ECC), rather than the older 1024-bit. This is a new requirement that will be permanently in place by January 1, 2014, set forth by the one and only Certificate/Browser (CA/B) Forum. All new certs and renewals that are being issued are ...
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Domain Registration Price Increase

  • 10th June 2013
Effective July 1st, ORG, NET, NAME Domain Registry prices will increase. Tomorrow is the day that the domain registry prices for the .com, .net and .biz TLDs go up by circa 50 cents. All domains including renewals and pending invoices will also be increased to meet the new threshold. We do apologize for the inconvenience on the domain registration ...
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